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San Antonio Rose: The Life and Music of Bob Wills
1986, University of Illinois Press
Paperback
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025201362X 9780252013621
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San Antonio Rose: The Life and Music of Bob Wills
1986, University of Illinois Press
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0252004701 9780252004704
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San Antonio Rose: The Life and Music of Bob Wills
1976, University of Illinois Press
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0252004701 9780252004704
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Book Details
First Sentence
"Between Little Red River and Big Red River, about a mile off the highway that connects the small Texas towns of Turkey and Lakeview, stands an old abandoned farmhouse."
Table of Contents
Preface.
Page xi
1.
Cotton Fields and Cotton Camps
Page 1
2.
Down between the Rivers
Page 16
3.
"I Slurred My Fiddle ... to Play the Blues
Page 36
4.
Frontier Folk Music Moves to Town
Page 44
5.
Western Jazz
Page 53
6.
Light Crust Dough Boys and Texas Playboys
Page 68
7.
The Spread of Western Jazz
Page 88
8.
Music out of a Straightjacket
Page 98
9.
"You Hired Bob Wills, Didn't You?"
Page 112
10.
Here Comes de Judge
Page 121
11.
"The Ballad of 'Seabiscuit McAuliffe"
Page 132
12.
The Glory Years and the Most Versatile Band in America
Page 143
13.
Faded Loves
Page 156 |
14.
"San Antonio Rose," Western Swing, and Some of the Finest Jazzmen You Ever Heard
Page 190
15.
The Silver Screen and Music on the West Coast
Page 206
16.
That Certain Woman: Betty and the Summer of '42
Page 215 |
17.
"This Is the Army, Mr. Wills"
Page 225
18.
"Take Me Back to Tulsa"
Page 235
19.
Just Lookin' for a Home
Page 261
20.
"His Body Wore Out before His Desire"
Page 277
21.
Country Music Hall of Fame
Page 283
22.
More Tributes to a Pioneer Musician
Page 295
23.
A Product of the Jazz Age
Page 310 |
24.
Twilight Falls
Page 316
Essay on Sources.
Page 325
The Bob Wills Recordings:.
A Comprehensive Discography.
Bob Pinson
Page 337
A Preliminary Bob Wills Filmography.
Bob Pinson
Page 373
Index.
Page 377
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