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Southwest shuffle : pioneers of honky tonk, Western swing, and country jazz
Author
Title
Southwest shuffle : pioneers of honky tonk, Western swing, and country jazz / Rich Kienzle.
ISBN
1136718893
1299698573
1315024039
9781136718892
9781299698574
9781315024035
9781315024035
0415941024
0415941032
9780415941020
9780415941037
Published
New York : Routledge, 2003.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xv, 288 pages) : illustrations
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
English.
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Summary
Southwest Shuffle documents an important period in country music history. During the '30s and early '40s, hundreds of thousands of ""Okies, "" ""Arkies, "" and other rural folks from around the Southwest resettled in California, in search of work. A country music scene quickly blossomed there, with performers playing Western Swing, Cowboy, and Honky Tonk country. After World War II, these styles rocked country music, leading to the innovations of '60s performers like Buck Owens and Merle Haggard in creating the so-called ""Bakersfield Sound."" These stories are based on original interviews an
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Kienzle, Richard. Southwest shuffle. New York : Routledge, 2003
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Bibliography
Discography: pages 265-271.
Includes bibliographical references (page 263) and index.
Contents
Western swingers
Capitol chronicles
Honky tonkers
Flaming guitars
Against the grain.
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Genre/Form
Electronic books.
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