Telling Stories, Writing Songs: An Album of Texas Songwriters

Media type: E-Book

Title: Telling Stories, Writing Songs : An Album of Texas Songwriters

Contributor: Hudson, Kathleen [Author]; Ball, Marcia [Contributor]; Clark, Guy [Contributor]; Clark, Jubal [Contributor]; Copeland, Johnny [Contributor]; Court, Jimmie Dale [Contributor]; Curtis, Sonny [Contributor]; Dobson, Richard [Contributor]; Dunn, Holly [Contributor]; Earle, Steve [Contributor]; Ely, Joe [Contributor]; Foley, Blaze [Contributor]; Friedman, Kinky [Contributor]; Hester, Carolyn [Contributor]; Hinojosa, Tish [Contributor]; Hubbard, Ray Wylie [Contributor]; Keen, Robert Earl [Contributor]; King, B. B [Contributor]; King, B.B. [Other]; Lovett, Lyle [Contributor]; McClinton, Delbert [Contributor]; McMurtry, James [Contributor]; McMurtry, Larry [Contributor]; Moffatt, Katy [Contributor]; Nelson, Willie [Contributor]; Nunn, Gary P [Contributor]; Phillips, Sam [Other]; Powers, Freddy [Contributor]; Rhodes, Kimmie [Contributor]; Rodriguez, Johnny [Contributor]; Royal, Darrell [Contributor]; Shaver, Billy Joe [Contributor]; Throckmorton, Sonny [Contributor]; Tillman, Floyd [Contributor]; Tucker, Tanya [Contributor]; Van Zandt, Townes [Contributor]; Vaughan, Stevie Ray [Contributor]; Winter, Johnny [Contributor]

Published: Austin: University of Texas Press, [2021]
[Online-Ausgabe]

Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (320 p)

Language: English

DOI: 10.7560/731356

ISBN: 9780292758049

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Keywords: Composers Texas Interviews ; Composers-Texas-Interviews ; Singers Texas Interviews ; Singers-Texasx-Interviews ; MUSIC / General

Type of reproduction: [Online-Ausgabe]

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Footnote: In English
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web

Description: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Talking Texas -- The Art of Listening -- Paving the Way -- The Writer -- Living to Write -- Young and Restless -- A Harder Edge -- The Storyteller -- Ultimate Tales -- The Character Within -- For Love Not Money -- Hemingway Lives in Texas -- Today's Jimmie Rodgers -- Time to Rock -- Texas Energy on the Road -- Crawlin' Crawfish Circuit -- Off the Wall -- On Dreaming -- Vulnerable -- Grace and Spirit -- A Texas Heart -- Back to Texas -- A Walking Conversation -- Family and Friends -- Heritage Matters -- Generous with Life -- Blues on the Edge -- Texas Twister -- Fears and Dragons -- Passion on the Road -- The Business -- That'll Be the Day -- My Way -- The Road Goes On . . . -- Coda -- Biographies and Selected Discographies

Willie Nelson, Joe Ely, Marcia Ball, Tish Hinojosa, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Lyle Lovett.the list of popular songwriters from Texas just goes on and on. In this collection of thirty-four interviews with these and other songwriters, Kathleen Hudson pursues the stories behind the songs, letting the singers' own words describe where their songs come from and how the diverse, eclectic cultures, landscapes, and musical traditions of Texas inspire the creative process. Conducted in dance halls, dressing rooms, parking lots, clubs-wherever the musicians could take time to tell their stories-the interviews are refreshingly spontaneous and vivid. Hudson draws out the songwriters on such topics as the sources of their songs, the influence of other musicians on their work, the progress of their careers, and the nature of Texas music. Many common threads emerge from these stories, while the uniqueness of each songwriter becomes equally apparent. To round out the collection, Hudson interviews Larry McMurtry and Darrell Royal for their perspectives as longtime friends and fans of Texas musicians. She also includes a brief biography and discography of each songwriter

Access State: Restricted Access | Information to licenced electronic resources of the SLUB

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