Delbert McClinton : one of the fortunate few / Diana Finlay Hendricks ; foreword by Don Imus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hendricks, Diana Finlay, author.

Series:

John and Robin Dickson series in Texas music

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McClinton, Delbert.

Blues musicians--Texas--Biography.

Blues musicians.

Lyricists--Texas--Biography.

Lyricists.

Country music--Texas--History and criticism.

Country music.

Blues-rock music--Texas--History and criticism.

Blues-rock music.

Texas.

Genre:

Biographies.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xii, 252 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2017]

Contents:

Prologue

"I've got dreams to remember": post-war years-Lubbock, Texas

"The cost of living": North Texas in the early '50s

"Never been rocked enough": the birth of rock and roll

"A right to be wrong": coming of age in a Texas roadhouse

"Honky-tonkin' (I guess I've done me some)": the Straitjackets

"If you really want me to, I'll go": the Rondels

"Livin' it down": learning the business of music

"Two more bottles of wine": the Los Angeles years

"California livin'": Clean Records

"Victim of life's circumstances": going solo

"Ain't what you eat but the way how you chew it": progressive country

"Second wind": the road warrior

"I want to love you": Wendy and the lost boys

"Take it easy lovin' me": the worst of times

"Good man, good woman": making it work

"Have a little faith in me": Curb cuts

"Acquired taste": the millennial groove

"Sandy beaches": the Delbert cruises

"Sending me angels": family ties and old friends

"Best of me": staying power

Epilogue

Afterword

Appendix

Notes

Selected discography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Hendricks, Diana Finlay. Delbert McClinton.

ISBN:

9781623495886

1623495881

OCLC:

987047804