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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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword, by Charles Townsend
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- The 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s
- Dance hall tradition
- James White receives his honky-tonk education
- Dance hall influences on James White
- The 1960s
- Origins of country music
- The Broken Spoke opens
- First performers booked for dancing at the Spoke
- The 1970s
- The progressive country movement
- The White family expands
- George Strait, Alvin Crow, Jerry Jeff Walker, and the Wheel
- The 1980s
- Urban cowboy, Dallas, and South by Southwest
- "The Broken Spoke legend" song
- Mixed drinks and loyal customers
- The 1990s
- Austin becomes the "live music capital of the world"
- "If there's a Willie, there's a way" fund-raiser and the "Broken Spoke Series"
- Making movies and introducing new talent
- The 2000s
- Movie and music mecca
- Sale of the land and a rash of health issues
- The Dixie Chicks, Kinky Friedman, Ray Price, and a bus crash
- The 2010s
- The Whites' small family business thrives
- New neighbors, dance lessons, and celebrations
- Documenting the Broken Spoke.