| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 288 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 263) and index. |
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Discography: pages 265-271. |
| Contents |
Western swingers -- Capitol chronicles -- Honky tonkers -- Flaming guitars -- Against the grain. |
| Summary |
Southwest Shuffle documents an important period in country music history. During the '30s and early '40s, hundreds of thousands of ""Okies, "" ""Arkies, "" and other rural folks from around the Southwest resettled in California, in search of work. A country music scene quickly blossomed there, with performers playing Western Swing, Cowboy, and Honky Tonk country. After World War II, these styles rocked country music, leading to the innovations of '60s performers like Buck Owens and Merle Haggard in creating the so-called ""Bakersfield Sound."" These stories are based on original interviews an. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Country musicians -- Biography.
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Country musicians -- Biography. |
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Country music -- History and criticism.
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Country music. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kienzle, Richard. Southwest shuffle. New York : Routledge, 2003 0415941024 (DLC) 2003008829 (OCoLC)52086233 |
| ISBN |
9781136718892 (electronic book) |
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1136718893 (electronic book) |
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1299698573 (e-book) |
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9781299698574 (e-book) |
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0415941024 |
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9780415941020 |
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0415941032 |
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9780415941037 |
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9781315024035 e-book |
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