LEADER 00000cam 22006497i 4500 001 ocn984646036 003 OCoLC 005 20211004213025.0 006 m o d 007 cr |||||||nn|n 008 161014s2017 txu ob 001 0 eng d 019 984301843|a984595653|a1059109307|a1097103860 020 9781623495206|q(electronic book) 035 (OCoLC)984646036|z(OCoLC)984301843|z(OCoLC)984595653 |z(OCoLC)1059109307|z(OCoLC)1097103860 040 P@U|beng|epn|erda|cP@U|dOCLCO|dYDX|dOCLCQ|dCNCGM|dIDEBK |dUAB|dOTZ|dOCLCQ|dEBLCP|dOCLCF|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ|dOCLCA|dAU@ |dUKAHL|dN$T|dOCLCQ|dAJS 043 n-us-tx 049 GTKE 050 4 ML3477.8.A97|bM55 2017 082 04 792.709765/31|223 100 1 Miller, Donna Marie,|d1956-|eauthor. 245 14 The Broken Spoke :|bAustin's legendary honky-tonk /|cDonna Marie Miller. 250 First edition. 264 1 College Station :|bTexas A and M University Press,|c[2017] 300 1 online resource (1 volume). 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 347 data file|2rda 490 1 John and Robin Dickson series in Texas music 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Foreword, by Charles Townsend -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s -- Dance hall tradition -- James White receives his honky-tonk education -- Dance hall influences on James White -- The 1960s -- Origins of country music -- The Broken Spoke opens -- First performers booked for dancing at the Spoke -- The 1970s -- The progressive country movement -- The White family expands -- George Strait, Alvin Crow, Jerry Jeff Walker, and the Wheel -- The 1980s -- Urban cowboy, Dallas, and South by Southwest -- "The Broken Spoke legend" song - - Mixed drinks and loyal customers -- The 1990s -- Austin becomes the "live music capital of the world" -- "If there's a Willie, there's a way" fund-raiser and the "Broken Spoke Series" -- Making movies and introducing new talent -- The 2000s -- Movie and music mecca -- Sale of the land and a rash of health issues -- The Dixie Chicks, Kinky Friedman, Ray Price, and a bus crash -- The 2010s -- The Whites' small family business thrives -- New neighbors, dance lessons, and celebrations -- Documenting the Broken Spoke. 520 James and Annetta White opened the Broken Spoke in 1964, then a mile south of the Austin city limits, under a massive live oak, and beside what would eventually become South Lamar Boulevard. White built the place himself, beginning construction on the day he received his honorable discharge from the US Army. And for more than fifty years, the Broken Spoke has served up, in the words of White's well-worn opening speech, ". . . cold beer, good whiskey, the best chicken fried steak in town ... and good country music." White paid thirty-two dollars to his first opening act, D.G. Burrow and the. 588 0 Print version record. 600 10 White, James M.,|d1939- 610 20 Broken Spoke (Dance Hall)|xHistory. 650 0 Businessmen|zTexas|zAustin. 650 0 Popular culture|zTexas|zAustin|xHistory. 650 0 Bars (Drinking establishments)|zTexas|zAustin|xHistory. 650 0 Dance halls|zTexas|zAustin|xHistory. 650 0 Country musicians|zTexas|zAustin. 650 0 Country music|zTexas|zAustin|xHistory and criticism. 650 7 Bars (Drinking establishments)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00827779 650 7 Businessmen.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00842951 650 7 Country music.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00881424 650 7 Country musicians.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00881442 650 7 Dance halls.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00887519 650 7 Popular culture.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01071344 651 7 Texas|zAustin.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204313 655 0 Electronic books. 655 7 Criticism, interpretation, etc.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411635 655 7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 |iPrint version:|aMiller, Donna Marie, 1956-|tBroken Spoke.|bFirst edition.|dCollege Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2017]|z9781623495190|z1623495199|w(DLC) 2016047168|w(OCoLC)961266518 830 0 John and Robin Dickson series in Texas music. 914 ocn984646036 994 92|bGTK
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