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Author Lindsay, Susan Gedutis, 1969-

Title See you at the hall : Boston's golden era of Irish music and dance / Susan Gedutis ; with a foreword by Mick Moloney.

Publication Info. Boston : Northeastern University Press, [2004]
©2004

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  ML3554 .G44 2004    Available  ---
Description xix, 252 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes discography (page 217), bibliographical references (pages 233-237), and index.
Contents From shanties to three-deckers : Boston as an Irish destination -- The 1920s : my father's band -- The 1930s : If you're Irish, never mind the parlor, come into the kitchen! -- Strike up the band (again) -- If we only had old Ireland over here : dance, music, and Irish identity in the postwar dance halls -- There's a sweetheart waiting for you : women and romance -- The kings of Dudley Street : Johnny Powell and his band -- The musician crowd : a community of differences -- At my father's knee : learning Irish music -- Copley Records : Boston's Irish label -- The hucklebuck and blue suede shoes : showbands -- The exodus -- And the band played on.
Subject Irish Americans -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Music -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Irish Americans.
Massachusetts -- Boston.
Music.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Dance music -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Dance music.
Dance music -- Ireland -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Ireland.
Dance halls -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Dance halls.
ISBN 1555536107 cloth alkaline paper