Live from Aggieland : legendary performances in the Brazos Valley / Rob Clark ; foreword by Robert Earl Keen.
Material type: TextSeries: Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ; no. 125.Publisher: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2017]Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
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- 1623495245
- 9781623495244
- Concerts -- Texas -- College Station -- History -- 20th century
- Concerts -- Texas -- Bryan -- History -- 20th century
- Popular music -- Texas -- College Station -- History and criticism
- Popular music -- Texas -- Bryan -- History and criticism
- Concerts -- Texas -- College Station -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Concerts -- Texas -- Bryan -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Musique populaire -- Texas -- College Station -- Histoire et critique
- Musique populaire -- Texas -- Bryan -- Histoire et critique
- Concerts
- Popular music
- Texas -- Bryan
- Texas -- College Station
- 1900-1999
- 780.78/764242 23
- ML3477.7.T35
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Includes index.
"All shook up": Elvis Presley at the Saddle Club and G. Rollie White Coliseum -- "Unforgettable": Nat King Cole at G. Rollie White Coliseum -- "The man comes around": Johnny Cash at Lakeview Amusement Club -- "Makin' music with my friends": Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic at Texas World Speedway -- "This old porch": Robert Earl Keen, Lyle Lovett, and the Bonfire Benefit Concert at Reed Arena -- "Talk about the passion": R.E.M. at G. Rollie White Coliseum -- "Hey! ho! let's go!": the Ramones at the Parthenon -- "Going 'round the world in a pickup truck": Garth Brooks at Reed Arena -- Tribute: Willie Bennett (1947-2010) -- Tribute: Johnny Lyon (1937-2010) -- Concert vignettes: other notable moments in Bryan-College Station performance -- History.
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Believe it or not, Aggieland has witnessed a parade of musical icons over the years, each with an intriguing story attached. Picture a young Elvis Presley entertaining the Corps of Cadets at G. Rollie White Coliseum. Flash forward to the "Committee for Johnny Cash," originated by students after the country singer's post-Bonfire concert was canceled by the A & M administration amid controversy; despite official disapproval, the students brought him to perform off-campus. Revisit the sunbaked Texas World Speedway in the summer of 1974 and Willie Nelson's rowdy Fourth of July Picnic, complete with.
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