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Milton Brown and the Founding of Western Swing

Author : Cary Ginell,Roy Lee Brown
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Music
ISBN : 0252020413

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Milton Brown and the Founding of Western Swing by Cary Ginell,Roy Lee Brown Pdf

"Milton Brown is one of the great unsung heroes of American music; and one of the true fathers of western swing. Ginell's biography offers a wealth of new information on Brown and his times and paints a marvelously detailed portrait of the rich Texas music scene of the Depression era." -- Charles K. Wolfe, Middle Tennessee State University

Western Swing Guitar

Author : Fred Sokolow
Publisher : Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Country music
ISBN : 0793557348

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Western Swing Guitar by Fred Sokolow Pdf

(Guitar Recorded Versions). Western Swing was born in the '30s and is still going strong! This book includes 25 swingin' classics, including the solos of the best guitarists from yesterday and today, such as Chet Atkins, Ray Benson, Vince Gill, Roy Lanham, Marty Stuart and more. Songs: Choo Choo Ch' Boogie * Corrine Corrina * Faded Love * Hesitation Blues * Honky Tonkin' * My Bucket's Got a Hole in It * New San Antonio Rose * Stay a Little Longer * Steel Guitar Rag * Yearning * and more. Includes a special introduction to Western Swing guitar styles.

Western Swing

Author : Tim Sandlin
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781402263699

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Western Swing by Tim Sandlin Pdf

Lana Sue has had too many husbands and too little success as a country-western singer. Loren Paul's a semi-successful writer presently sitting on top of a western Wyoming mountain waiting for Cosmic answers. Together or apart, Loren Paul and Lana Sue are modern folk heroes on this deliciously ribald saga of the new Wild West-a spirited tale of love and loss, of country music and coming home. "What propels Western Swing is a cheerfully unfashionable conviction that in spite of past mistakes, lost hopes, and emotional pain, these two people belong together." -New York Times Book Review "The humor of Western Swing is the key to Tim Sandlin's memorable characters...a wonderful and satisfying experience." -Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Sandlin's is a book about running into the sun and keeping on, with humor, passion, and faith, no matter how you burn or mess up." -Los Angeles Times Book Review "Tim Sandlin writes about crazy people. Not scary crazies, but the kind of interesting, funny eccentrics with whom the reader would like to spend an evening drinking beer...Western Swing is funny, wise and a bubbling joy to read." -Kansas City Star "Ongoing life is what this book is all about...Sandlin's voice is a wry mix of cynicism and innocence. Add to that a well developed sense of the bizarre, and you have a book that's fun to read, brimming with high-spirited zaniness."-St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Discography of Western Swing and Hot String Bands, 1928-1942

Author : Cary Ginell,Kevin Coffey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2001-06-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780313074325

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Discography of Western Swing and Hot String Bands, 1928-1942 by Cary Ginell,Kevin Coffey Pdf

The result of years of research by its authors, this discography strives to identify and trace the recorded development of the musical style now known as western swing from its early years through World War II. The style developed from the Texas string band tradition, growing from a fiddle and guitar duo into full swing band groups, and along the way, it drew from and absorbed a variety of other musical styles, thus making it one of the most diverse genres in American music. Until now, studies have been limited to a few book-length biographies, but through exhaustive research and interviews, Ginell and Coffey have provided the most complete and comprehensive listing of pre-War western swing and hot string band recordings to date. Accessible through a variety of indexes, the information included here comprises four sections. The reader can easily find cross-referenced information on which musicians played with which bands on which songs. Easy-to-follow linear and chronological development of the music is provided as well.

60 Hot Licks for Western Swing Guitar

Author : JOE CARR
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-10
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781619114821

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60 Hot Licks for Western Swing Guitar by JOE CARR Pdf

Get that authentic, professional Texas western swing sound with these all-timebest western swing guitar licks from master guitarist Joe Carr. In this book/online audio combo, Carr breaks down 60 great western swing guitar licks and how to use them in common progressions. Includes a section on scales and chords. Audio download available online

Bob Wills, King of Western Swing

Author : Bob Wills
Publisher : Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Music
ISBN : 0793543215

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Bob Wills, King of Western Swing by Bob Wills Pdf

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). All Night Long * Bring It on down to My House * Bubbles in My Beer * Dusty Skies * Faded Love * Fat Boy Rag * Hang Your Head in Shame * I Can't Go On This Way * I Wonder If You Feel the Way I Do * I'm Gonna Be Boss * Ida Red * Keeper of My Heart * A Maiden's Prayer * My Confession * New Texas Playboy Rag * Roly Poly * San Antonio Rose * Smoke On the Water * Spanish Two Step * Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima * Stay a Little Longer (The Hoedown Fiddle Song) * Steel Guitar Rag * Sugar Moon * Take Me Back to Tulsa * Texarkana Baby * Thorn in My Heart * We Might As Well Forget It * White Cross on Okinawa * You Don't Care What Happens to Me * You're From Texas.

Western Swing Guitar Style

Author : JOE CARR
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781610654951

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Western Swing Guitar Style by JOE CARR Pdf

If you have ever heard the sound of rhythm guitar in a good western swing band, you may have wondered how the guitarist achieved that unique chordal sound. While the song might be a simple one-playable with only two or three chords-the western swing guitarist changes chords every two beats, providing a driving and harmonically interesting background for the singers and instrumentalists. This book is designed for intermediate players who have a basic understanding of open chords. It begins with study of the Texas fiddle back-up style and the chords used to enhance this music. the chords and progressions explained in this book can be used in many types of music in addition to western swing and would serve as an excellent transition from open-string folk chords to more of a jazz approach.

The Jazz of the Southwest

Author : Jean A. Boyd
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780292783218

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The Jazz of the Southwest by Jean A. Boyd Pdf

They may wear cowboy hats and boots and sing about "faded love," but western swing musicians have always played jazz! From Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys to Asleep at the Wheel, western swing performers have played swing jazz on traditional country instruments, with all of the required elements of jazz, and some of the best solo improvisation ever heard. In this book, Jean A. Boyd explores the origins and development of western swing as a vibrant current in the mainstream of jazz. She focuses in particular on the performers who made the music, drawing on personal interviews with some fifty living western swing musicians. From pioneers such as Cliff Bruner and Eldon Shamblin to current performers such as Johnny Gimble, the musicians make important connections between the big band swing jazz they heard on the radio and the western swing they created and played across the Southwest from Texas to California. From this first-hand testimony, Boyd re-creates the world of western swing-the dance halls, recording studios, and live radio shows that broadcast the music to an enthusiastic listening audience. Although the performers typically came from the same rural roots that nurtured country music, their words make it clear that they considered themselves neither "hillbillies" nor "country pickers," but jazz musicians whose performance approach and repertory were no different from those of mainstream jazz. This important aspect of the western swing story has never been told before.

Western Swing Lead Guitar Styles

Author : JOE CARR
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-18
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781610657082

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Western Swing Lead Guitar Styles by JOE CARR Pdf

Take it Away! Unlock the secrets of hot take-off lead guitar as played by the greatest players from the greatest bands. Western Swing master Joe Carr has transcribed the great guitar solos from the Bob Wills band and other greats and breaks them down note by note into useful licks that can be used to improvise original hot solos. Includes solos by western swing legends Eldon Shamblin, Jimmy Wyble, Leon Rhodes, Junior Benard (often called the first rockabilly) and more. the accompanying CD uses classic western swing song progressions and presents the licks at a medium, learnable pace. Written in standard notation and tablature.Learn hot take-off style lead guitar Includes transcribed solos by Shamblin, Wyble, Rhodes, Bernard and more. Includes play-along CD with all licks at playable pace. Features the music of Bob Wills and other Western Swing greats.

Lone Star Swing

Author : Duncan McLean
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Music
ISBN : 0393317560

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Lone Star Swing by Duncan McLean Pdf

High Fidelity meets Blue Highways in this gloriously offbeat quest for the true roots of Texas Swing.

The 50 Greatest Guitar Books

Author : Shawn Persinger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Guitar
ISBN : 1619272458

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The 50 Greatest Guitar Books by Shawn Persinger Pdf

Providing the "What," "How," and "Why," master guitarist and teacher Shawn Persinger shows you how to get the most out of the best guitar books. You'll find insightful commentaries and more than 100 individually tailored guitar lessons - in all styles - that will provide beginner, intermediate, and advanced players with a lifetime of knowledge, insight, and inspiration.Unlike any other guitar method, The 50 Greatest Guitar Books is part guitar instruction, part music appreciation, and part literary criticism. Persinger delivers as much practical musical content as he does analysis and educated insight.Includes contribution from legendary educators and players: Rik Emmett, Henry Kaiser, Steve Kaufman, Wolf Marshall, Tim Sparks, and many more.More than 100 stylized guitar lessons: Chord Voicings, Arpeggios, Two-Handed Tapping, Fingerpicking, Slide Guitar, Walking Bass Lines, Improvisation, and much more.Featuring all styles: Blues, Classical, Funk, Metal, Rock, Jazz, World, Ragtime, Flamenco, Bluegrass, Gypsy Jazz, Pop, Latin, Fingerpicking, Country, Fusion, and more.

San Antonio Rose

Author : Charles E. Townsend,Charles R. Townsend
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Country music
ISBN : 025201362X

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San Antonio Rose by Charles E. Townsend,Charles R. Townsend Pdf

A fine, engaging, and valuable biography of a man who merged the spontaneity of country fiddling with the Big Band Sound, giving birth to Western Swing. A landmark in country music!

Western Swing Music

Author : Travis T. J. Walker
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-03
Category : Country musicians
ISBN : 1519674465

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Western Swing Music by Travis T. J. Walker Pdf

Western swing music is a subgenre of American country music that originated in the late 1920s in the West and South among the region's Western string bands. Popularized by artists such as Spade Cooley, The Light Crust Doughboys, Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys, and Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies. This reference guide includes information and facts about this subgenre. History, key artists & groups and more are included in this edition. Explore this fun style of music with this excellent overview and reference guide.

The Roots of Western Swing

Author : John L. Clark, Jr.
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781527532281

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The Roots of Western Swing by John L. Clark, Jr. Pdf

This book details the early history of what came to be known as Western swing – a hybrid of country, jazz, blues and cowboy music that reached its peak popularity in the 1940’s. In the 1930’s the emphasis was firmly on the jazz elements. Most early bands, such as the Light Crust Doughboys, Milton Brown and His Brownies and Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, recognized the influence of African-American and white jazz players of the 1920’s and 1930’s, and featured musicians who self-identified as jazz musicians and foregrounded elements such as improvisation, blues expression and repertoire from the tradition. Many of these players incorporated these elements and developed an original style that was eventually absorbed into Western swing.