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Author Corcoran, Michael, 1955- author.

Title All over the map : true heroes of Texas music / by Michael Corcoran.

Publication Info. Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2017]

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Edition Second edition.
Description 1 online resource (x, 307 pages) : illustrations, maps.
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Series Number 11 in the North Texas lives of musicians series
North Texas lives of musicians series ; no. 11.
Contents A Lone Star state of mind -- East Texas -- Soul Stirrers (Trinity). In search of Rebert Harris -- Harry Choates (Port Arthur). Death in a jail cell -- Barbara Lynn (Beaumont). The empress of Gulf Coast soul -- Janis Joplin (Port Arthur). Lust for love -- Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (Orange). Count Basie of the blues -- Houston -- Geto Boys and D.J. Screw. Where the dirty South began -- Floyd Tillman. Honky tonk triple threat -- Milt Larkin Orchestra. Birth of the Texas tenors -- Archie Bell and the Drells with the Tsu Toronados. "Hey, everybody, that's me!" -- Dallas/ Fort Worth area -- Ray Price (Mount Pleasant). "The good times, my ass!" -- T-Bone Walker (Oak Cliff). Architect of electric blues -- Townes Van Zandt (Fort Worth). Poet -- Ella Mae Morse (Mansfield). "You sing like a black girl." -- King Curtis (Fort Worth). Cowtown soul stew -- Lefty Frizzell (Corsicana). The voice of honky tonk -- Freddie King (Gilmer). Stingin' sound heard 'cross the Atlantic -- Ronnie Dawson (Waxahachie). The blond bomber -- Waco area -- Billy Joe Shaver (Waco). "The second time I done it on my own" -- Bobbie Nelson (Abbott). Amazing Grace -- Tom Wilson (Waco). A record producer is a psychoanalyst with rhythm -- Blind Willie Johnson (Temple). Revelations in the dark -- Cindy Walker (Mexia). First lady of Texas song -- Johnny Gimble (Waco/ Tyler). The common man as master -- Austin -- Stevie Ray Vaughan. Straight from the heart -- Blaze Foley. Killing of a songwriter -- Butthole Surfers. Showing worm movies -- Don Walser. Pavarotti of the Plains -- Alejandro Escovedo. Hands of the son -- Calvin Russell. The man makes the hat -- San Antonio and Rio Grande Valley -- Steve Jordan (San Antonio). "I'm an animal, bro." -- Freddy Fender and Doug Sahm (San Benito/San Antonio). The Groove Brothers -- Selena (Corpus Christi). Frozen in perfection -- Lydia Mendoza (San Antonio). La Alondra de la Frontera -- West Texas -- Waylon Jennings (Littlefield). The first time he done it on his own -- Chuck Wagon Gang (Lubbock). The Texas Carter family -- Bobby Fuller (El Paso). King of El Paso rock -- Bobby Keys (Slaton). Rolling stone from Texas -- Ernest Tubb (Crisp/ San Angelo). Thanks a lot -- Guy Clark (Monahans). Songs that work -- Just kids -- Nick Curran (Dallas/ Austin). Up on the sun -- Bobby Ramirez (Port Arthur). Everybody's brother -- Behind the scenes -- Burton Wilson -- Evelyn Johnson -- Clifford Antone -- Brent Grulke -- Chet Flippo -- C-Boy Parks.
Note Print version record.
Subject Musicians -- Texas -- Biography.
Music -- Texas -- History and criticism.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory.
Music. (OCoLC)fst01030269
Musicians. (OCoLC)fst01030837
Texas. (OCoLC)fst01210336
Genre/Form Biography.
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Corcoran, Michael, 1955- All over the map. 2nd edition 9781574416688 (DLC) 2016058961 (OCoLC)967774679
ISBN 9781574416817 (electronic book)
1574416812 (electronic book)
Sudoc No. Z N745.8 C811AL txdocs
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