[bksvol-discuss] Newly submitted - San Antonio Rose: The Life And Music Of Bob Wills
- From: "Rik James" <d28rik@xxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 13:36:09 -0600
NEWLY SUBMITTED:
TITLE: San Antonio Rose: The Life And Music Of Bob Wills
AUTHOR: Charles R. Townsend
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YEAR OF COPYRIGHT: 1976
COPYRIGHT NAME: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
GENRE: (checkboxes)
Biography, non-fiction, music
How Many Pages: 498 pp.
SHORT DESCRIPTION: 300 character limit (with spaces)
A comprehensive history of one of America?s most influential musical
figures, Bob Wills, often referred to as the father of Western Swing.
ISBN #: 0-252-01362-X
LONGER DESCRIPTION: (1197 characters)
The virtual creator of Western Swing, Bob Wills, gets his due from Charles
R. Townsend's SAN ANTONIO ROSE, a thoroughly researched study of the
bandleader's life and times. Born to a large family of fiddlers, Wills
gained much of his musical knowledge from the black workers the family
picked cotton with and sometimes employed; he credited the blues with
lending his brand of country dance music much of its originality. After
various truncated careers, including farming, a turn at horse racing, and
some time spent as a barber, Wills finally turned professional when his band
performed weekly radio spots for a flour company as the Light Crust
Doughboys, whose popularity led to a name change and the birth of the
legendary Texas Playboys. Wills' music was an eclectic mix of jazz, blues,
Mexican music, and West Texas fiddling that attempted to sound like a jazz
dance band while using the instruments common to country music; the
resulting mix was an irresistible hybrid that would outlast many of the jazz
swing bands of the 1940s. Townsend's discerning overview of Wills' career
and musical influence is an authoritative and entertaining biography of this
celebrated country music original.
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