GARY HARTMAN is founding director of the Center for Texas Music History at Texas State University in San Marcos. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Texas. Among his publications is the lengthy introduction to The Roots of Texas Music, an edited volume published by Texas A&M University Press.

The music of Texas is as broad, diverse, and culturally rich as the state itself. While the subject is complex and daunting, Hartman has done a masterful job of compiling the most salient traits and performers of each genre - from country to jazz - and has at the same time shown how these forms have interrelated with, and enriched, each other. Writing with the assurance of a musician and cultural historian, Hartman helps us to understand both the beauties of these musical genres and the ways in which they have reflected and helped to define the unique Texas character. - Bill C. Malone, Emeritus Professor of History, Tulane University; author of Country Music, USA, and Don't Get above Your Raisin': Country Music and the Southern Working Class

GARY HARTMAN is founding director of the Center for Texas Music History at Texas State University in San Marcos. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Texas. Among his publications is the lengthy introduction to The Roots of Texas Music, an edited volume published by Texas A&M University Press.

The music of Texas is as broad, diverse, and culturally rich as the state itself. While the subject is complex and daunting, Hartman has done a masterful job of compiling the most salient traits and performers of each genre - from country to jazz - and has at the same time shown how these forms have interrelated with, and enriched, each other. Writing with the assurance of a musician and cultural historian, Hartman helps us to understand both the beauties of these musical genres and the ways in which they have reflected and helped to define the unique Texas character. - Bill C. Malone, Emeritus Professor of History, Tulane University; author of Country Music, USA, and Don't Get above Your Raisin': Country Music and the Southern Working Class

GARY HARTMAN is founding director of the Center for Texas Music History at Texas State University in San Marcos. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Texas. Among his publications is the lengthy introduction to The Roots of Texas Music, an edited volume published by Texas A&M University Press.

The music of Texas is as broad, diverse, and culturally rich as the state itself. While the subject is complex and daunting, Hartman has done a masterful job of compiling the most salient traits and performers of each genre - from country to jazz - and has at the same time shown how these forms have interrelated with, and enriched, each other. Writing with the assurance of a musician and cultural historian, Hartman helps us to understand both the beauties of these musical genres and the ways in which they have reflected and helped to define the unique Texas character. - Bill C. Malone, Emeritus Professor of History, Tulane University; author of Country Music, USA, and Don't Get above Your Raisin': Country Music and the Southern Working Class