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All over the map true heroes of Texas music
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Title
All over the map [electronic resource] : true heroes of Texas music / by Michael Corcoran.
ISBN
9781574416817
9781574416688
Edition
2nd edition.
Published
Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2017] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (pages cm).
Local Notes
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Notes
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Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - 2017 Complete.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Project MUSE - 2017 Film, Theater and Performing Arts.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 08, 2017
Series
Number 11 in the North Texas lives of musicians series
Contents
A Lone Star state of mind
East Texas
Soul Stirrers (Trinity). In search of Rebert Harris
Harry Choates (Port Arthur). Death in a jail cell
Barbara Lynn (Beaumont). The empress of Gulf Coast soul
Janis Joplin (Port Arthur). Lust for love
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (Orange). Count Basie of the blues
Houston
Geto Boys and D.J. Screw. Where the dirty South began
Floyd Tillman. Honky tonk triple threat
Milt Larkin Orchestra. Birth of the Texas tenors
Archie Bell and the Drells with the Tsu Toronados. "Hey, everybody, that's me!"
Dallas/ Fort Worth area
Ray Price (Mount Pleasant). "The good times, my ass!"
T-Bone Walker (Oak Cliff). Architect of electric blues
Townes Van Zandt (Fort Worth). Poet
Ella Mae Morse (Mansfield). "You sing like a black girl."
King Curtis (Fort Worth). Cowtown soul stew
Lefty Frizzell (Corsicana). The voice of honky tonk
Freddie King (Gilmer). Stingin' sound heard 'cross the Atlantic
Ronnie Dawson (Waxahachie). The blond bomber
Waco area
Billy Joe Shaver (Waco). "The second time I done it on my own"
Bobbie Nelson (Abbott). Amazing Grace
Tom Wilson (Waco). A record producer is a psychoanalyst with rhythm
Blind Willie Johnson (Temple). Revelations in the dark
Cindy Walker (Mexia). First lady of Texas song
Johnny Gimble (Waco/ Tyler). The common man as master
Austin
Stevie Ray Vaughan. Straight from the heart
Blaze Foley. Killing of a songwriter
Butthole Surfers. Showing worm movies
Don Walser. Pavarotti of the Plains
Alejandro Escovedo. Hands of the son
Calvin Russell. The man makes the hat
San Antonio and Rio Grande Valley
Steve Jordan (San Antonio). "I'm an animal, bro."
Freddy Fender and Doug Sahm (San Benito/San Antonio). The Groove Brothers
Selena (Corpus Christi). Frozen in perfection
Lydia Mendoza (San Antonio). La Alondra de la Frontera
West Texas
Waylon Jennings (Littlefield). The first time he done it on his own
Chuck Wagon Gang (Lubbock). The Texas Carter family
Bobby Fuller (El Paso). King of El Paso rock
Bobby Keys (Slaton). Rolling stone from Texas
Ernest Tubb (Crisp/ San Angelo). Thanks a lot
Guy Clark (Monahans). Songs that work
Just kids
Nick Curran (Dallas/ Austin). Up on the sun
Bobby Ramirez (Port Arthur). Everybody's brother
Behind the scenes
Burton Wilson
Evelyn Johnson
Clifford Antone
Brent Grulke
Chet Flippo
C-Boy Parks.
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