Lone star swing
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Open LibraryAbout this book
Duncan McLean traveled from Orkney, Scotland, to Texas in search of the extraordinary mix of jazz, blues, country, and mariachi that is Western Swing. This account of his travels takes in barbed-wire museums, onion festivals, hoe-downs, ghost towns, dead dogs, and ten thousand miles of driving through the Lone Star State. A constant soundtrack of vintage music from bands like the Texas Top Hands, The Lightcrust Doughboys, and the Modern Mountaineers cheers McLean as he tries, with great difficulty, to track down any trace of his greatest heroes: Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys.
Themes & subjects
Description and travelHistory and criticismJourneysTexas PlayboysTravelWestern swing (Music)
First published 1997Characters & people
Setting
Texas
About the author
McLean, Duncan
1964
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