San Antonio Rose

The Life and Music of Bob Wills

AvCharles R. Townsend

Häftad, Engelska, 1986

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"Until Hank Williams came along, it was just Bob Willis," says Willie Nelson. "He was it." And indeed he was, especially for the thousands in the Southwest who knew and loved the King of Western Swing. The colorful band leader-composer-fiddler from Turkey, Texas, lassoed the emotions of country-and-western fans nationwide. In the early 1940s, his records outsold those of any other recording artist. He was voted not only into the Country Music Hall of Fame but also into the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, the only performer other than Gene Autry to be so honored. Affectionately written by a Texan who responded to the legendary fiddler's style, San Antonio Rose captures Wills's magnetism and the musical excitement he created. Charles R. Townsend traces Wills's dynamic life from his birth into a family of frontier fiddlers through his career and stardom and on to the poignant last recording session in 1973 and his death two years later. Townsend shows how Wills brought black and white music together and examines the tremendous impact he had on both popular and country music through the more than 550 selections he recorded and the forty years he and his Texas Playboys performed in dance halls and on radio.

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Utgivningsdatum:1986-10-01
Mått:175 x 254 x 29 mm
Vikt:867 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Music in American Life
Antal sidor:498
Förlag:University of Illinois Press
ISBN:9780252013621

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Charles R. Townsend is a professor emeritus of history at West Texas A&M University. He won a Grammy Award in 1975 for his brochure notes accompanying For the Last Time, the last recording session of Bob Willis and his Texas Playboys.

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"One can only stand in awe at the kind of work that went into Townsend's book. . . . San Antonio Rose must be recognized as a major advance in the study of American music. It is a masterpiece of layout and design, rich with photos and well-done illustrations, [and] should be in the library of anyone interested in American music."--Charles Wolfe, Journal of Country Music "A warm and honest portrait of the man who brought the music of 'country folks' to town, who merged the spontaneity of country fiddling with the Big Band Sound, giving birth to Western Swing."--Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times Book Review "A landmark in country music scholarship."--Michael Mendelson, Western Folklore

Innehållsförteckning

Preface xi1. Cotton Fields and Cotton Camps 12. Down between the Rivers 163. "I Slurred My Fiddle . . .to Play the Blues" 364. Frontier Folk Music Moves to Town 445. Western Jazz 536. Light Crust Doughboys and Texas Playboys 687. The Spread of Western Jazz 888. Music out of a Straitjacket 989. "You Hired Bob Wills, Didn't You?" 11210. Here Comes de Judge 12111. "The Ballad of 'Seabiscuit' McAuliffe" 13212. The Glory Years and the most Versatile Band in America 14313. Faded Loves 15614. "San Antonio Rose," Western Swing, and Some of the Finest Jazzmen You've Ever Heard 19015. The Silver Screen and Music on the West Coast 20616. That Certain Woman: Betty and the Summer of '42 21517. "This Is the Army, Mr. Wills" 22518. "Take Me Back to Tulsa" 23519. Just Lookin' for a Home 26120. "His Body Wore Out before His Desire" 27721. Country Music Hall of Fame 28322. More Tributes to a Pioneer Musician 29523. A Product of the Jazz Age 31024. Twilight Falls 316Essay on Sources 325The Bob Wills Recordings: A Comprehensive Discography Bob Pinson 337A Preliminary Bob Wills Filmusicography Bob Pinson 375Index 377