On the Porch : life and music in Terlingua, Texas / W. Chase Peeler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peeler, W. Chase, author.

Series:

Brad and Michele Moore roots music series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Texas--Terlingua.

Music.

Gentrification--Texas--Terlingua.

Gentrification.

Terlingua (Tex.).

Terlingua (Tex.)--Social life and customs.

Mexican-American Border Region--Political aspects.

Mexican-American Border Region.

Manners and customs.

North America--Mexican-American Border Region.

Texas--Terlingua.

Physical Description:

245 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2021.

Summary:

"In the desert of West Texas, ten miles from Mexico, lies the small town of Terlingua. On any given day, most of the people there are tourists visiting nearby Big Bend National Park. But a few hundred people call Terlingua home, and if there is one thing they love, it's music. Terlingua's music scene is the envy of cities many times larger. Local and touring musicians perform in commercial venues seven nights a week, and there is no end to informal porch-front jams. The town had a recording studio before it had a school, a well-stocked grocery store, or a water utility. Why does such an isolated, little-known place ring with singing and guitars? Based on more than two years of on-the-ground research, On the Porch tells the story of this remarkable community through careful documentation and the testimony of its members. Chase Peeler situates Terlingua in the broader worlds of the culture industry, amateur music, and US-Mexico border politics. He also explores the collision of gentrification and off-the-grid fantasy, as urbanites move in and transform a precarious human ecosystem. Today there are more than a hundred songs about Terlingua. On the Porch celebrates that musical spirit, showing how it sustains a place like no other"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. One Starlight and Stage Lights

ch. Two In the Incubator

ch. Three The Austin Effect

ch. Four Voices From Both Sides

ch. Five Getting Fatter.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Peeler, W. Chase. On the porch.

ISBN:

9781477323649

1477323643

OCLC:

1232011969