San Antonio Rose: The Life and Music of Bob Wills
- Author: Townsend, Charles R.
A warm and honest portrait of the man who brought the music of 'country folks' to town, who merged the spontaneity of country fiddling with the Big Band Sound, giving birth to Western Swing —
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Contents
- Preface xi
- 1. Cotton Fields and Cotton Camps 1
- 2. Down between the Rivers 16
- 3. "I Slurred My Fiddle . . .to Play the Blues" 36
- 4. Frontier Folk Music Moves to Town 44
- 5. Western Jazz 53
- 6. Light Crust Doughboys and Texas Playboys 68
- 7. The Spread of Western Jazz 88
- 8. Music out of a Straitjacket 98
- 9. "You Hired Bob Wills, Didn't You?" 112
- 10. Here Comes de Judge 121
- 11. "The Ballad of 'Seabiscuit' McAuliffe" 132
- 12. The Glory Years and the most Versatile Band in America 143
- 13. Faded Loves 156
- 14. "San Antonio Rose," Western Swing, and Some of the Finest Jazzmen You've Ever Heard 190
- 15. The Silver Screen and Music on the West Coast 206
- 16. That Certain Woman: Betty and the Summer of '42 215
- 17. "This Is the Army, Mr. Wills" 225
- 18. "Take Me Back to Tulsa" 235
- 19. Just Lookin' for a Home 261
- 20. "His Body Wore Out before His Desire" 277
- 21. Country Music Hall of Fame 283
- 22. More Tributes to a Pioneer Musician 295
- 23. A Product of the Jazz Age 310
- 24. Twilight Falls 316
- Essay on Sources 325
- The Bob Wills Recordings: A Comprehensive Discography Bob Pinson 337
- A Preliminary Bob Wills Filmusicography Bob Pinson 375
- Index 377