Deep Ellum and Central Track : where cultures converged / Alan Govenar, Jay Brakefield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Govenar, Alan B., 1952- author.

Brakefield, Jay F., 1945- author.

Contributor:

EBSCOhost

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular music--Texas--Dallas--History and criticism.

Popular music.

African Americans--Texas--Dallas--Music--History and criticism.

African Americans.

Deep Ellum (Dallas, Tex.)--History.

Deep Ellum (Dallas, Tex.).

Deep Ellum (Dallas, Tex.)--Social life and customs.

Dallas (Tex.)--History.

Dallas (Tex.).

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

Dallas (Tex.)--Race relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (unpaged) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Dallas, Texas : La Reunion, [2022]

Contents:

"Deep Elem Blues" : song of the street

The railroads create Deep Ellum

William Sidney Pittman : architect of Deep Ellum

Black Dallas

Jewish Pawnbrokers and merchants of Deep Ellum

Blind Lemon Jefferson : downhome blues

The contemporaries of Blind Lemon

Blind Willie Johnson and Arizona Dranes: the "Holy Blues" of Deep Ellum

Alex Moore : Dallas piano blues

Buster Smith : Dallas jazz goes to Kansas City and New York

Marvin Montgomery : the cross-fertilization of white and Black musical styles

The contemporaries of Marvin Montgomery : western swing, Texas fiddling, and the Big "D" Jamboree

Benny Binion : gambling and the policy racket

Deep Ellum's just too doggone slow : decline and rebirth.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 06, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Govenar, Alan B., 1952- Deep Ellum and Central Track

ISBN:

9781646053261

1646053265

Publisher Number:

99994889086

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.