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Comin' Right at Ya
How a Jewish Yankee Hippie Went Country, or, the Often Outrageous History of Asleep at the Wheel
By Ray Benson and David Menconi
University of Texas Press
A who’s who of American popular music fills this lively memoir, in which Ray Benson recalls how a Philadelphia Jewish hippie and his bandmates in Asleep at the Wheel turned on generations of rock and country fans to Bob Wills–style Western swing.
Mojo Hand
The Life and Music of Lightnin' Hopkins
University of Texas Press
Through vivid oral histories backed by extensive research, Mojo Hand tells the story of one of America’s greatest bluesmen, whose deeply authentic songs and unique style of guitar playing indelibly shaped modern roots, blues, rock ’n’ roll, singer-songwri
House of Hits
The Story of Houston's Gold Star/SugarHill Recording Studios
By Andy Bradley and Roger Wood
University of Texas Press
A history of the postwar popular music industry told through the story of the legendary Gold Star/SugarHill studio that has recorded musicians ranging from George Jones to Destiny’s Child.
Texas Tornado
The Times and Music of Doug Sahm
By Jan Reid and Shawn Sahm
University of Texas Press
The first biography of the Sir Douglas Quintet and Texas Tornados founder Doug Sahm, a rock and roll innovator whose Grammy Award–winning career spanned five decades from the late 1940s to 1999.
Women in Texas Music
Stories and Songs
University of Texas Press
From the author of Telling Stories, Writing Songs: An Album of Texas Songwriters comes a fascinating collection of interviews with Texas women singer-songwriters and performers, including Emily Robison, Terri Hendrix, Lee Ann Womack, Rosie Flores, Betty B
Bonfire of Roadmaps
By Joe Ely
University of Texas Press
Acclaimed singer-songwriter and Flatlanders band member Joe Ely creates an authentic picture in verse and drawings of a musician’s life on the road.
Texas Zydeco
By Roger Wood
University of Texas Press
The definitive account, in words and pictures, of how the most formative players and moments in modern zydeco history developed in Texas, especially Houston.
Fire in the Water, Earth in the Air
Legends of West Texas Music
University of Texas Press
Interviews with twenty-five West Texas musicians and artists who seek to answer the question, why do so many innovative musicians come from Lubbock?
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