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050  4 ML3477.8.A97|bM55 2017 
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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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