The Broken Spoke : Austin's legendary honky-tonk /
James and Annetta White opened the Broken Spoke in 1964, then a mile south of the Austin city limits, under a massive live oak, and beside what would eventually become South Lamar Boulevard. White built the place himself, beginning construction on the day he received his honorable discharge from the...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
[2017]
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Edición: | First edition. |
Colección: | John and Robin Dickson series in Texas music.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | James and Annetta White opened the Broken Spoke in 1964, then a mile south of the Austin city limits, under a massive live oak, and beside what would eventually become South Lamar Boulevard. White built the place himself, beginning construction on the day he received his honorable discharge from the US Army. And for more than fifty years, the Broken Spoke has served up, in the words of White's well-worn opening speech, ". . . cold beer, good whiskey, the best chicken fried steak in town ... and good country music." White paid thirty-two dollars to his first opening act, D.G. Burrow and the. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (1 volume) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 1623495202 9781623495206 |