All Over the Map : True Heroes of Texas Music /

A lavishly illustrated collection of forty-two profiles of Texas music pioneers, most underrated or overlooked, All Over the Map: True Heroes of Texas Music covers the musical landscape of a most musical state. The first edition was published in 2005 to wide acclaim. This second edition includes upd...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Corcoran, Michael, 1955- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2017]
Edición:2nd edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Musicians.
Music.
MUSIC > Individual Composer & Musician.
MUSIC > History & Criticism.
Musique > Texas > Histoire et critique.
Musiciens > Texas > Biographies.
Music > Texas > History and criticism.
Musicians > Texas > Biography.
Texas.
Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
collective biographies.
Biography.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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