Download or read book Milton Brown and the Founding of Western Swing written by Cary Ginell and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Milton Brown is one of the great unsung heroes of American music; and one of the true fathers of western swing. Ginell's biography offers a wealth of new information on Brown and his times and paints a marvelously detailed portrait of the rich Texas music scene of the Depression era." -- Charles K. Wolfe, Middle Tennessee State University
Download or read book Western Swing Guitar Style written by JOE CARR and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2016-07-07 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you have ever heard the sound of rhythm guitar in a good western swing band, you may have wondered how the guitarist achieved that unique chordal sound. While the song might be a simple one-playable with only two or three chords-the western swing guitarist changes chords every two beats, providing a driving and harmonically interesting background for the singers and instrumentalists. This book is designed for intermediate players who have a basic understanding of open chords. It begins with study of the Texas fiddle back-up style and the chords used to enhance this music. the chords and progressions explained in this book can be used in many types of music in addition to western swing and would serve as an excellent transition from open-string folk chords to more of a jazz approach.
Download or read book Bob Wills King of Western Swing written by Bob Wills and published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). All Night Long * Bring It on down to My House * Bubbles in My Beer * Dusty Skies * Faded Love * Fat Boy Rag * Hang Your Head in Shame * I Can't Go On This Way * I Wonder If You Feel the Way I Do * I'm Gonna Be Boss * Ida Red * Keeper of My Heart * A Maiden's Prayer * My Confession * New Texas Playboy Rag * Roly Poly * San Antonio Rose * Smoke On the Water * Spanish Two Step * Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima * Stay a Little Longer (The Hoedown Fiddle Song) * Steel Guitar Rag * Sugar Moon * Take Me Back to Tulsa * Texarkana Baby * Thorn in My Heart * We Might As Well Forget It * White Cross on Okinawa * You Don't Care What Happens to Me * You're From Texas.
Download or read book Discography of Western Swing and Hot String Bands 1928 1942 written by Cary Ginell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-06-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The result of years of research by its authors, this discography strives to identify and trace the recorded development of the musical style now known as western swing from its early years through World War II. The style developed from the Texas string band tradition, growing from a fiddle and guitar duo into full swing band groups, and along the way, it drew from and absorbed a variety of other musical styles, thus making it one of the most diverse genres in American music. Until now, studies have been limited to a few book-length biographies, but through exhaustive research and interviews, Ginell and Coffey have provided the most complete and comprehensive listing of pre-War western swing and hot string band recordings to date. Accessible through a variety of indexes, the information included here comprises four sections. The reader can easily find cross-referenced information on which musicians played with which bands on which songs. Easy-to-follow linear and chronological development of the music is provided as well.
Download or read book Western Swing written by Tim Sandlin and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lana Sue has had too many husbands and too little success as a country-western singer. Loren Paul's a semi-successful writer presently sitting on top of a western Wyoming mountain waiting for Cosmic answers. Together or apart, Loren Paul and Lana Sue are modern folk heroes on this deliciously ribald saga of the new Wild West—a spirited tale of love and loss, of country music and coming home. "What propels Western Swing is a cheerfully unfashionable conviction that in spite of past mistakes, lost hopes, and emotional pain, these two people belong together." —New York Times Book Review "The humor of Western Swing is the key to Tim Sandlin's memorable characters...a wonderful and satisfying experience." —Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Sandlin's is a book about running into the sun and keeping on, with humor, passion, and faith, no matter how you burn or mess up." —Los Angeles Times Book Review "Tim Sandlin writes about crazy people. Not scary crazies, but the kind of interesting, funny eccentrics with whom the reader would like to spend an evening drinking beer...Western Swing is funny, wise and a bubbling joy to read." —Kansas City Star "Ongoing life is what this book is all about...Sandlin's voice is a wry mix of cynicism and innocence. Add to that a well developed sense of the bizarre, and you have a book that's fun to read, brimming with high-spirited zaniness."—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Download or read book Western Swing Fiddle written by Stacy Phillips and published by Oak Publications. This book was released on 1997-01-31 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 100 transcriptions of classic swing fiddle solos. Includes interviews with the masters, exercises, tips, discography, bibliography and rare historical photographs.
Download or read book Western Swing Lead Guitar Styles written by Joe Carr and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2011-08-18 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take it Away! Unlock the secrets of hot take-off lead guitar as played by the greatest players from the greatest bands. Western Swing master Joe Carr has transcribed the great guitar solos from the Bob Wills band and other greats and breaks them down note by note into useful licks that can be used to improvise original hot solos. Includes solos by western swing legends Eldon Shamblin, Jimmy Wyble, Leon Rhodes, Junior Benard (often called the first rockabilly) and more. the accompanying CD uses classic western swing song progressions and presents the licks at a medium, learnable pace. Written in standard notation and tablature.Learn hot take-off style lead guitar Includes transcribed solos by Shamblin, Wyble, Rhodes, Bernard and more. Includes play-along CD with all licks at playable pace. Features the music of Bob Wills and other Western Swing greats.
Download or read book Country Music written by Kurt Wolff and published by Rough Guides. This book was released on 2000 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes essays tracing Country's growth from hand-me-down folk to a major American industry; concise biographies; critical album reviews, from the earliest commercial recordings of the 1920s through the mulitplatinum artists of today; and vintage album jackets and previously unpublished photographs.
Download or read book Western Swing Guitar written by Fred Sokolow and published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Guitar Recorded Versions). Western Swing was born in the '30s and is still going strong! This book includes 25 swingin' classics, including the solos of the best guitarists from yesterday and today, such as Chet Atkins, Ray Benson, Vince Gill, Roy Lanham, Marty Stuart and more. Songs: Choo Choo Ch' Boogie * Corrine Corrina * Faded Love * Hesitation Blues * Honky Tonkin' * My Bucket's Got a Hole in It * New San Antonio Rose * Stay a Little Longer * Steel Guitar Rag * Yearning * and more. Includes a special introduction to Western Swing guitar styles.
Download or read book Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Volume 8 written by John Shepherd and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-03-08 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: See:
Download or read book Western Swing Fiddle written by Joe Carr and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2010-12-17 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the three basic styles of western swing fiddling. the melody section includes classic techniques to help you achieve an authentic sound. Harmony Fiddling covers the basics of two- and three-part fiddling. the Improvising section unlocks the secrets of the hot, jazzy fiddling heard on recordings by Bob Wills, Asleep at the Wheel, and many others. the accompanying CD includes a play-along section where you can try out new techniques.
Download or read book The Texanist written by David Courtney and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of Courtney's columns from the Texas Monthly, curing the curious, exorcizing bedevilment, and orienting the disoriented, advising "on such things as: Is it wrong to wear your football team's jersey to church? When out at a dancehall, do you need to stick with the one that brung ya? Is it real Tex-Mex if it's served with a side of black beans? Can one have too many Texas-themed tattoos?"--Amazon.com.
Download or read book Dance All Night written by Jean A. Boyd and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Chronicles western swing bands popular in Texas and Oklahoma during the Great Depression and World War II; also investigates contemporary western swing renaissance. Includes music transcription and analysis"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Rhythm Guitar the Ranger Doug Way written by Ranger Doug and published by Centerstream Publications. This book was released on 2006-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Guitar). Laying down that solid groove for the rest of the band is a joy! In this book, 26 tunes are transcribed in varying levels of difficulty: a basic rhythm approach for the newcomers, then more adventurous and different approaches. Songs are included from styles spanning western swing, fiddle tunes, ballads, jazz standards and a polka. Playing tips are included for each song, plus you'll learn rhythm history, guitar theory, the right hand, a basic chord chart, and more.
Download or read book Comin Right at Ya written by Ray Benson and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A six-foot-seven-inch Jewish hippie from Philadelphia starts a Western swing band in 1970, when country fans hate hippies and Western swing. It sounds like a joke but—more than forty years, twenty-five albums, and nine Grammy Awards later—Asleep at the Wheel is still drawing crowds around the world. The roster of musicians who’ve shared a stage with the Wheel is a who’s who of American popular music—Van Morrison, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, George Strait, Vince Gill, Lyle Lovett, and so many more. And the bandleader who’s brought them all together is the hippie that claimed Bob Wills’s boots: Ray Benson. In this hugely entertaining memoir, Benson looks back over his life and wild ride with Asleep at the Wheel from the band’s beginning in Paw Paw, West Virginia, through its many years as a Texas institution. He vividly recalls spending decades in a touring band, with all the inevitable ups and downs and changes in personnel, and describes the making of classic albums such as Willie and the Wheel and Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. The ultimate music industry insider, Benson explains better than anyone else how the Wheel got rock hipsters and die-hard country fans to love groovy new-old Western swing. Decades later, they still do.
Download or read book San Antonio Rose written by Charles E. Townsend and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fine, engaging, and valuable biography of a man who merged the spontaneity of country fiddling with the Big Band Sound, giving birth to Western Swing. A landmark in country music!
Download or read book The 50 Greatest Guitar Books written by Shawn Persinger and published by . This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing the "What," "How," and "Why," master guitarist and teacher Shawn Persinger shows you how to get the most out of the best guitar books. You'll find insightful commentaries and more than 100 individually tailored guitar lessons - in all styles - that will provide beginner, intermediate, and advanced players with a lifetime of knowledge, insight, and inspiration.Unlike any other guitar method, The 50 Greatest Guitar Books is part guitar instruction, part music appreciation, and part literary criticism. Persinger delivers as much practical musical content as he does analysis and educated insight.Includes contribution from legendary educators and players: Rik Emmett, Henry Kaiser, Steve Kaufman, Wolf Marshall, Tim Sparks, and many more.More than 100 stylized guitar lessons: Chord Voicings, Arpeggios, Two-Handed Tapping, Fingerpicking, Slide Guitar, Walking Bass Lines, Improvisation, and much more.Featuring all styles: Blues, Classical, Funk, Metal, Rock, Jazz, World, Ragtime, Flamenco, Bluegrass, Gypsy Jazz, Pop, Latin, Fingerpicking, Country, Fusion, and more.
