Southwest Shuffle

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Part 1 A New Country Beat
Chapter 1 Jekyll and Hyde
Chapter 2 Sears' Jubileers to Ocean's Eleven
Chapter 3 Insurgency in Ascendance
Part 2 Capitol Chronicles; The Kid From Chicago
Chapter 4 Fate Just Puts Everything Together; The One We Have Been Looking For; Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
Part 3 Western Swingers
Chapter 5 That Western Swing Flavour; Rhythm Buster
Chapter 6 Wrong Road Home; Move Those Things Out
Part 4 Hometown Heroes
Chapter 7 A Happy Hello
Chapter 8 Flippin' The Lid
Chapter 9 Neither Fish Nor Fowl
Chapter 10 Pea-Pickin'
Part 5 Against the Grain
Chapter 11 I Can't Run Away From Myself; Walk Softly
Chapter 12 Someday That'll Change.

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Southwest Shuffle documents an important period in country music history. During the '30s and early '40s, hundreds of thousands of "Okies," "Arkies," and other rural folks from around the Southwest resettled in California, in search of work. A country music scene quickly blossomed there, with performers playing Western Swing, Cowboy, and Honky Tonk country. After World War II, these styles rocked country music, leading to the innovations of '60s performers like Buck Owens and Merle Haggard in creating the so-called "Bakersfield Sound." These stories are based on original interviews and archival research by one of the most respected writers on this period of country history. Kienzle writes in a vibrant style, reflecting his long-time love for these musical styles.

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Daily Oklahoman

Kienzle, with the gift of a storyteller combined with the details of a professor's research, shows off our state's music roots in his book "Southwest Shuffle," a must for anyone interested in the annals of country and Western music, a link to rock 'n roll, swing and rhythm and blues styles that owe a lot to country boogie

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