[78-L] books on western swing

[Bill McClung]

Thanks.  I didn't list "San Antonio Rose" because Cary mentioned it and I
didn't think I needed to.  It is a valuable book and Cary is very
gracious in the ways he refers to Mr. Townsend in his Milton Brown book.
But I still think the book on the history of western swing is still to be
written.  It is such a rich music.  It is the comfort music I always seem to
fall back on when I get tired of others.

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Peter Schow <p.schow at comcast.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 02:59:12PM -0500, Bill McClung wrote:
> > Solid information about western swing can also be found in cd booklets
> > particularly when done by Kevin Coffey and Phillip Tricker.  Some
> examples
> > are from Wanderers Swing; Texas Dance Hall Music (Krazy Kat 11), Diggin':
> > Hot, Small Label Texas Swing 1946-1955 (KK 24), Seven Come Eleven: Texas
> > Swing on Radio & TV, 1946-1964 (KK31), and Leon McAuliffe: Tulsa Straight
> > Ahead (Bear Family.)
> >
> > Here's some other books on western swing but none are all that good.
>  "Jazz
> > of the Southwest" by Jean Boyd (Univ Texas Press) is oral history without
> > very much verification through second sources or consulting the
> historical
> > record.   "Lone Star Swing" by Duncan McLean (Norton) is more travel log
> > than history and is not very successful in telling the story he tried to
> > tell.
>
> You'd likely have to add Charles Townsend's Bob Wills bio "San Antonio
> Rose"
> to this list. (Townsend will also be appearing on the WKCR WS festival, on
> Sunday).  I know that this book is in partial contention with Cary's
> Milton Brown bio, but it definitely belongs on any WS reading list.
>
> Agree with you about "Lone Star Swing".  It starts with an earnest premise
> but he clearly tries too hard to be funny and snide, and it backfires.
>
> _______________________________________________
> 78-L mailing list
> 78-L at klickitat.78online.com
> http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l
>