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BL
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645676
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Govenar, Alan B.,1952-
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| Title & Author
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Texas blues : : the rise of a contemporary sound /\ Alan Govenar
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| Publication Statement
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College Station :: Texas A & M University Press,, c2008
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| Series Statement
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John and Robin Dickson series in Texas music
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vi, 599 p. :: ill. (some col.), ports. ;; 29 cm
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| ISBN
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9781585446056 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 158544605X (cloth : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [555]-556), discography (p. [549]-554), and index
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| Contents
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East Texas -- Electrifying the blues -- Dallas -- Fort Worth -- The saxophone in Texas blues -- Houston -- Zydeco -- Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange -- The move to California -- San Antonio, Corpus Christi, and the Rio Grande Valley -- Austin
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| Abstract
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"Beginning in East Texas and journeying to the hot, dusty streets of Dakar, Senegal, Govenar traces the earliest roots of the music that became known as blues in the 1890s. Through a critical examination of the work of 19th and 20th century folklorists, historians, and popular writers, Govenar documents the transition from African-styled banjos and fiddles to the rudiments of blues guitar and the emergence of a distinctly Texas sound."
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Blues musicians-- Texas, Interviews
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Blues (Music)-- Texas-- History and criticism
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| Dewey Classification
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781.64309764
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ML394.G68 2008
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| Parallel Title
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Rise of a contemporary sound
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