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San Antonio Rose : THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF BOB WILLS By Charles R. Townsend
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- ISBN
- 9780252013621
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
ISBN-10
025201362X
ISBN-13
9780252013621
eBay Product ID (ePID)
19038277856
Product Key Features
Book Title
San Antonio Rose : the Life and Music of Bob Wills
Number of Pages
498 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1986
Topic
Composers & Musicians, General, Genres & Styles / Country & Bluegrass
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Music, Biography & Autobiography
Book Series
Music in American Life Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
30.2 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
6.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
75-045431
Reviews
"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
Dewey Edition
18
Dewey Decimal
780/.42/0924
Table Of Content
Preface xi 1. Cotton Fields and Cotton Camps 1 2. Down between the Rivers 16 3. "I Slurred My Fiddle . . .to Play the Blues" 36 4. Frontier Folk Music Moves to Town 44 5. Western Jazz 53 6. Light Crust Doughboys and Texas Playboys 68 7. The Spread of Western Jazz 88 8. Music out of a Straitjacket 98 9. "You Hired Bob Wills, Didn't You?" 112 10. Here Comes de Judge 121 11. "The Ballad of 'Seabiscuit' McAuliffe" 132 12. The Glory Years and the most Versatile Band in America 143 13. Faded Loves 156 14. "San Antonio Rose," Western Swing, and Some of the Finest Jazzmen You've Ever Heard 190 15. The Silver Screen and Music on the West Coast 206 16. That Certain Woman: Betty and the Summer of '42 215 17. "This Is the Army, Mr. Wills" 225 18. "Take Me Back to Tulsa" 235 19. Just Lookin' for a Home 261 20. "His Body Wore Out before His Desire" 277 21. Country Music Hall of Fame 283 22. More Tributes to a Pioneer Musician 295 23. A Product of the Jazz Age 310 24. Twilight Falls 316 Essay on Sources 325 The Bob Wills Recordings: A Comprehensive Discography Bob Pinson 337 A Preliminary Bob Wills Filmusicography Bob Pinson 375 Index 377
Synopsis
"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., "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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