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.-
Birds of the Texas Coast
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Down in the Dirt
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The Story the Bones Tell
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Equal Opportunity Hero
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Engineering the Modern American West
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The Frontier Centennial
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Artists of the Horse
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Horned Lizards
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Plants of Central Texas Wetlands
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Opus in Brick and Stone
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Brujerías
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Blackdom, New Mexico
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More Than Running Cattle
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Auto Touring America's National Parks
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Texas Natural History in the 21st Century
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The Edge Rover
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Seat of Empire
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Bronx Faces and Voices
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Dancin' in Anson
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Finding the Great Western Trail
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Little Big Bend
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Deep Time and the Texas High Plains
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Don't Count the Tortillas
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Pecans
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A Kineno's Journey
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Javelinas
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Brujerias
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Myth, Memory, and Massacre
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Kit Carson and the First Battle of Adobe Walls
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Cacti of Texas
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The Wineslinger Chronicles
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Truly Texas Mexican
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Texas Quilts and Quilters
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.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| 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 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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