Texas blues : the rise of a contemporary sound /
Govenar, Alan B., 1952-
Texas blues : the rise of a contemporary sound / Alan Govenar. - College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2008. - 1 online resource (vi, 599 pages) : illustrations (some color) - The John and Robin Dickson series in Texas music . - John and Robin Dickson series in Texas music. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 555-556), discography (p. 549-554) , and index.
East Texas -- Electrifying the blues -- Dallas -- Fort Worth -- The saxophone in Texas blues -- Houston -- Zydeco -- Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange -- The move to California -- San Antonio, Corpus Christi, and the Rio Grande Valley -- Austin.
"Beginning in East Texas and journeying to the hot, dusty streets of Dakar, Senegal, Govenar traces the earliest roots of the music that became known as blues in the 1890s. Through a critical examination of the work of 19th and 20th century folklorists, historians, and popular writers, Govenar documents the transition from African-styled banjos and fiddles to the rudiments of blues guitar and the emergence of a distinctly Texas sound." "As "race music" began to capture the interest of 1920s America, Blind Lemon Jefferson, a Dallas street musician from East Texas, emerged as the biggest selling blues singer in the country. Jefferson's guitar style and musical innovations spread quickly among his peers and were seminal in the growth of modern blues. Jefferson's profound impact. on the development of blues is probably most apparent in the music of Aaron ''T-Bone" Walker, who introduced the electric guitar as a lead instrument in blues in the 1940s, and over the years, influenced virtually every electric blues guitarist that followed him."--Jacket.
English.
9781603445108 (electronic bk.) 1603445102 (electronic bk.) (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper) 1299053874 9781299053878
Blues (Music)--History and criticism.--Texas
Blues musicians--Texas--Interviews.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC--Genres & Styles--Blues.
MUSIC--Genres & Styles--Soul & R 'n B.
Blues (Music)
Blues musicians.
Texas.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Interviews.
ML394 / .G68 2008eb
781.64309764
Texas blues : the rise of a contemporary sound / Alan Govenar. - College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2008. - 1 online resource (vi, 599 pages) : illustrations (some color) - The John and Robin Dickson series in Texas music . - John and Robin Dickson series in Texas music. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 555-556), discography (p. 549-554) , and index.
East Texas -- Electrifying the blues -- Dallas -- Fort Worth -- The saxophone in Texas blues -- Houston -- Zydeco -- Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange -- The move to California -- San Antonio, Corpus Christi, and the Rio Grande Valley -- Austin.
"Beginning in East Texas and journeying to the hot, dusty streets of Dakar, Senegal, Govenar traces the earliest roots of the music that became known as blues in the 1890s. Through a critical examination of the work of 19th and 20th century folklorists, historians, and popular writers, Govenar documents the transition from African-styled banjos and fiddles to the rudiments of blues guitar and the emergence of a distinctly Texas sound." "As "race music" began to capture the interest of 1920s America, Blind Lemon Jefferson, a Dallas street musician from East Texas, emerged as the biggest selling blues singer in the country. Jefferson's guitar style and musical innovations spread quickly among his peers and were seminal in the growth of modern blues. Jefferson's profound impact. on the development of blues is probably most apparent in the music of Aaron ''T-Bone" Walker, who introduced the electric guitar as a lead instrument in blues in the 1940s, and over the years, influenced virtually every electric blues guitarist that followed him."--Jacket.
English.
9781603445108 (electronic bk.) 1603445102 (electronic bk.) (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper) 1299053874 9781299053878
Blues (Music)--History and criticism.--Texas
Blues musicians--Texas--Interviews.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC--Genres & Styles--Blues.
MUSIC--Genres & Styles--Soul & R 'n B.
Blues (Music)
Blues musicians.
Texas.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Interviews.
ML394 / .G68 2008eb
781.64309764