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The Broken Spoke : Austin's Legendary Honky-Tonk.
ISBN:
9781623495206
Title:
The Broken Spoke : Austin's Legendary Honky-Tonk.
Author:
Miller, Donna Marie.
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 online resource (258 pages)
Series:
John and Robin Dickson Series in Texas Music, sponsored by the Center for Texas Music History, Texas State University
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Contents (continued) -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: The 1930s,1940s, & -- 1950s -- CHAPTER 1: Dance Hall Tradition -- CHAPTER 2: James White Receives His Honky-Tonk Education -- CHAPTER 3: Dance Hall Influences on James White -- Part II: The 1960s -- CHAPTER 4: Origins of Country Music -- CHAPTER 5: The Broken Spoke Opens -- CHAPTER 6: First Performers Booked for Dancing at the Spoke -- Part III: The 1970s -- CHAPTER 7: The Progressive Country Movement -- CHAPTER 8: The White Family Expands -- CHAPTER 9: George Strait, Alvin Crow, Jerry Jeff Walker, and the Wheel -- Part IV: The 1980s -- CHAPTER 10: Urban Cowboy, Dallas, and South by Southwest -- CHAPTER 11: "The Broken Spoke Legend" Song -- CHAPTER 12: Mixed Drinks and Loyal Customers -- Part V: The 1990s -- CHAPTER 13: Austin Becomes the "Live Music Capital of the World" -- CHAPTER 14: "If There's a Willie, There's a Way" Fund-Raiser and the "Broken Spoke Series" -- CHAPTER 15: Making Movies and Introducing New Talent -- Part VI: The 2000s -- CHAPTER 16: Movie and Music Mecca -- CHAPTER 17: Sale of the Land -- CHAPTER 18: The Dixie Chicks, Kinky Friedman, Ray Price, and a Bus Crash -- Part VII: The 2010s -- CHAPTER 19: The Whites' Small Family Business Thrives -- CHAPTER 20: New Neighbors, Dance Lessons, and Celebrations -- CHAPTER 21: Documenting the Broken Spoke -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2019. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Format:
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Publication Date:
2017
Publication Information:
College Station :

Texas A&M University Press,

2017.

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