Dance All Night by Jean A Boyd

Dance All Night by Jean A Boyd

Its strains may be haunting, but western swing is alive and on the upswing, enjoying a renaissance among musicians too young to recall or even comprehend its heyday. For them, the term may evoke the nationally known country music of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys and the Spade Cooley Band. Yet on the local level, western swing bands dominated the airways and dance halls in every town and rural setting throughout the Southwest in the 1930s and by the 1940s had spread their influence and music to California. Jean A. Boyd presents the history and music of those bands that did not garner national fame, but were local sensations to thousands of southwesterners hungry for diversion and good dancing during the Depression and World War II. Devoted fans who travel the festival circuit will surely appreciate the histories and recollections Boyd has carefully compiled, while musicologists will welcome her musical analysis and her transcriptions of recorded performances. Performers, as well, may learn new licks and tricks from the ubiquitous swing jazz artists of a time not yet forgotten, preserved here for another generation's enjoyment and edification.

Jean A. Boyd, who grew up in the birthplace of western swing—Fort Worth, Texas—is professor of music history and American music studies in the Baylor University School of Music.

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ISBN 13	9780896727090
ISBN 10	0896727092
Title	Dance All Night
Author	Jean A Boyd
Series	Grover E Murray Studies In The American Southwest
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Texas Tech Press,U.S.
Year published	2012-03-30
Number of pages	400
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