All over the map : true heroes of Texas music / by Michael Corcoran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corcoran, Michael, 1955-2024, author.

Series:

North Texas lives of musicians series ; no. 11.

Number 11 in the North Texas lives of musicians series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musicians--Texas--Biography.

Musicians.

Music--Texas--History and criticism.

Music.

Texas.

Local Subjects:

Music--Texas--History and criticism.

Musicians--Texas--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 307 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2017]

Summary:

A lavishly illustrated collection of forty-two profiles of Texas music pioneers, most underrated or overlooked, All Over the Map: True Heroes of Texas Music covers the musical landscape of a most musical state. The first edition was published in 2005 to wide acclaim. This second edition includes updated information, a bonus section of six behind-the-scenes heroes, and fifteen new portraits of Lefty Frizzell, Janis Joplin, and others, spanning such diverse styles as blues, country, hip-hop, conjunto, gospel, rock, and jazz. D.J. Stout and Pentagram designed the reborn edition, with photographer Scott Newton providing portraits. Michael Corcoran has been writing about Texas music for more than thirty years, for the Dallas Morning News and Austin American Statesman, as well as in such publications as Texas Monthly and Spin. These pieces are based on his personal interviews with their subjects as well as in-depth research. Expertly written with flair, the book is a musical waltz across Texas.

Contents:

A Lone Star state of mind

East Texas

Soul Stirrers (Trinity). In search of Rebert Harris

Harry Choates (Port Arthur). Death in a jail cell

Barbara Lynn (Beaumont). The empress of Gulf Coast soul

Janis Joplin (Port Arthur). Lust for love

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (Orange). Count Basie of the blues

Houston

Geto Boys and D.J. Screw. Where the dirty South began

Floyd Tillman. Honky tonk triple threat

Milt Larkin Orchestra. Birth of the Texas tenors

Archie Bell and the Drells with the Tsu Toronados. "Hey, everybody, that's me!"

Dallas/ Fort Worth area

Ray Price (Mount Pleasant). "The good times, my ass!"

T-Bone Walker (Oak Cliff). Architect of electric blues

Townes Van Zandt (Fort Worth). Poet

Ella Mae Morse (Mansfield). "You sing like a black girl."

King Curtis (Fort Worth). Cowtown soul stew

Lefty Frizzell (Corsicana). The voice of honky tonk

Freddie King (Gilmer). Stingin' sound heard 'cross the Atlantic

Ronnie Dawson (Waxahachie). The blond bomber

Waco area

Billy Joe Shaver (Waco). "The second time I done it on my own"

Bobbie Nelson (Abbott). Amazing Grace

Tom Wilson (Waco). A record producer is a psychoanalyst with rhythm

Blind Willie Johnson (Temple). Revelations in the dark

Cindy Walker (Mexia). First lady of Texas song

Johnny Gimble (Waco/ Tyler). The common man as master

Austin

Stevie Ray Vaughan. Straight from the heart

Blaze Foley. Killing of a songwriter

Butthole Surfers. Showing worm movies

Don Walser. Pavarotti of the Plains

Alejandro Escovedo. Hands of the son

Calvin Russell. The man makes the hat

San Antonio and Rio Grande Valley

Steve Jordan (San Antonio). "I'm an animal, bro."

Freddy Fender and Doug Sahm (San Benito/San Antonio). The Groove Brothers

Selena (Corpus Christi). Frozen in perfection

Lydia Mendoza (San Antonio). La Alondra de la Frontera

West Texas

Waylon Jennings (Littlefield). The first time he done it on his own

Chuck Wagon Gang (Lubbock). The Texas Carter family

Bobby Fuller (El Paso). King of El Paso rock

Bobby Keys (Slaton). Rolling stone from Texas

Ernest Tubb (Crisp/ San Angelo). Thanks a lot

Guy Clark (Monahans). Songs that work

Just kids

Nick Curran (Dallas/ Austin). Up on the sun

Bobby Ramirez (Port Arthur). Everybody's brother

Behind the scenes

Burton Wilson

Evelyn Johnson

Clifford Antone

Brent Grulke

Chet Flippo

C-Boy Parks.

ISBN:

9781574416688

1574416685

9781574416817

1574416812

OCLC:

967774679