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Author: Johnny Bush
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477315489
Format: PDF
Pages : 278
Category : Music
Languages : en
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Whiskey River Take My Mind

by Johnny Bush, Whiskey River Take My Mind Books available in PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Docs and Mobi Format. Download Whiskey River Take My Mind books, When it comes to Texas honky-tonk, nobody knows the music or the scene better than Johnny Bush. Author of Willie Nelson's classic concert anthem "Whiskey River," and singer of hits such as "You Gave Me a Mountain," "Undo the Right," "Jim, Jack and Rose," and "I'll Be There," Johnny Bush is a legend in country music, a singer-songwriter who has lived the cheatin', hurtin', hard-drinkin' life and recorded some of the most heart-wrenching songs about it. He has one of the purest honky-tonk voices ever to come out of Texas. And Bush's career has been just as dramatic as his songs—on the verge of achieving superstardom in the early 1970s, he was sidelined by a rare vocal disorder that he combated for thirty years. But, survivor that he is, Bush is once again filling dance halls across Texas and inspiring a new generation of musicians who crave the authenticity—the "pure D" country—that Johnny Bush has always had and that Nashville country music has lost. In Whiskey River (Take My Mind), Johnny Bush tells the twin stories of his life and of Texas honky-tonk music. He recalls growing up poor in Houston's Kashmere Gardens neighborhood and learning his chops in honky-tonks around Houston and San Antonio—places where chicken wire protected the bandstand and deadly fights broke out regularly. Bush vividly describes life on the road in the 1960s as a band member for Ray Price and Willie Nelson, including the booze, drugs, and one-night stands that fueled his songs but destroyed his first three marriages. He remembers the time in the early 1970s when he was hotter than Willie and on the fast track to superstardom—until spasmodic dysphonia forced his career into the slow lane. Bush describes his agonizing, but ultimately successful struggle to keep performing and rebuild his fan base, as well as the hard-won happiness he has found in his personal life. Woven throughout Bush's autobiography is the never-before-told story of Texas honky-tonk music, from Bob Wills and Floyd Tillman to Junior Brown and Pat Green. Johnny Bush has known almost all the great musicians, past and present, and he has wonderful stories to tell. Likewise, he offers shrewd observations on how the music business has changed since he started performing in the 1950s—and pulls no punches in saying how Nashville music has lost its country soul. For everyone who loves genuine country music, Johnny Bush, Willie Nelson, and stories of triumph against all odds, Whiskey River (Take My Mind) is a must-read.

Author: William D. Goodfellow
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135681104
Format: PDF
Pages : 408
Category : Music
Languages : en
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Songcite

by William D. Goodfellow, Songcite Books available in PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Docs and Mobi Format. Download Songcite books, First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author: Joe Nick Patoski
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0316031984
Format: PDF, ePub
Pages : 592
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
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Willie Nelson

by Joe Nick Patoski, Willie Nelson Books available in PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Docs and Mobi Format. Download Willie Nelson books, From his first performance at age four, Willie Nelson was driven to make music and live life on his own terms. But though he is a songwriter of exceptional depth - "Crazy" was one of his early classics - Willie only found success after abandoning Nashville and moving to Austin, Texas. Red Headed Stranger made country cool to a new generation of fans. Wanted: The Outlaws became the first country album to sell a million copies. And "On the Road Again" became the anthem for Americans on the move. A craggy-faced, pot-smoking philosopher, Willie Nelson is one of America's great iconoclasts and idols. Now Joe Nick Patoski draws on over 100 interviews with Willie and his family, band, and friends to tell Nelson's story, from humble Depression-era roots, to his musical education in Texas honky-tonks and his flirtations with whiskey, women, and weed; from his triumph with #1 hit "Always On My Mind" to his nearly career-ending battles with debt and the IRS; and his ultimate redemption and ascension to American hero

Author: Tom Hanley
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1493197878
Format: PDF, Docs
Pages : 256
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
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Cold War Kid

by Tom Hanley, Cold War Kid Books available in PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Docs and Mobi Format. Download Cold War Kid books, Take a whimsical journey through postwar America with author Tom Hanley, from black-and-white TVs to nuns shooting invisible atomic energy rays from their eyes. From sleek jets and cars with big fins to our current upside-down culture. Written from the heart, 'Cold War Kid' cuts through dry history to serve up a whimsical look at post-war America. From growing up as a military brat on Air Force Bases throughout the country to becoming a pilot, writer, artist and a sixty-something surfer in Hawaii, Tom Hanley pulls no punches when recounting his life experiences in a way that will leave readers with plenty to laugh about. "The funniest memoir I have ever read." Cliff Carle, author and editor

Author: Frank Vincent
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780425208762
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Pages : 250
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
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A Guy S Guide To Being A Man S Man

by Frank Vincent, A Guy S Guide To Being A Man S Man Books available in PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Docs and Mobi Format. Download A Guy S Guide To Being A Man S Man books, The popular actor from The Sopranos provides a humorous guide designed to help any man be all that he can be to succeed in love, work, play, and life, offering advice on everything from the art of dressing like a champ or winning big money and big respect in Vegas to how to select, smoke, and savor a great cigar.

Author: Orville Schell
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 9780394748993
Format: PDF
Pages : 178
Category : China
Languages : en
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Watch Out For The Foreign Guests

by Orville Schell, Watch Out For The Foreign Guests Books available in PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Docs and Mobi Format. Download Watch Out For The Foreign Guests books, This vivid, prophetic book on China's magnetic attraction to the West is the perfect introduction to China in the eighties.

Author: Michael Corcoran
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Pages : 176
Category : Music
Languages : en
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All Over The Map

by Michael Corcoran, All Over The Map Books available in PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Docs and Mobi Format. Download All Over The Map books, From country and blues to rap and punk, Texas music is all over the map, figuratively and literally. Texas musicians have pioneered new musical genres, instruments, and playing styles, proving themselves to be daring innovators who often call the tune for musicians around the country and even abroad. To introduce some of these trailblazing Texas musicians to a wider audience and pay tribute to their accomplishments, Michael Corcoran profiles thirty-two of them in All Over the Map: True Heroes of Texas Music. Corcoran covers musicians who work in a wide range of musical genres, including blues, gospel, country, rap, indie rock, pop, Cajun, Tejano, conjunto, funk, honky-tonk, rockabilly, rhythm and blues, and Western swing. His focus is on underappreciated artists, pioneers who haven't fully received their due. He also includes well-known musicians who've been underrated, such as Stevie Ray Vaughan and Selena, and invites us to take a closer look at the unique talents of these artists. Corcoran's profiles come from articles he wrote for the Dallas Morning News, Austin American-Statesman, Houston Press, and other publications, which have been expanded and updated for this volume. His musical detective work even uncovers a case of mistaken identity (Washington Phillips) and corrects much misinformation on Blind Willie Johnson and Arizona Dranes. Corcoran closes the book with lively pieces on the Austin music scene and its most famous, if no longer extant, clubs, as well as his personal lists of the forty greatest Texas songs of all time and the twenty-five essential CDs for Texas music fans.

Author: Melvin A. Benarde
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Incorporated
ISBN:
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Pages : 636
Category : Science
Languages : en
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Our Precarious Habitat

by Melvin A. Benarde, Our Precarious Habitat Books available in PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Docs and Mobi Format. Download Our Precarious Habitat books, Examines the state of the world's environmental health, and discusses food additives, pesticides, noise pollution, occupational health, radiation, waste treatment, and hazardous wastes

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Category : American literature
Languages : en
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Re Al

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Author: Tex Sample
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ISBN: 9780687179312
Format: PDF, Kindle
Pages : 176
Category : Religion
Languages : en
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Hard Living People Mainstream Christians

by Tex Sample, Hard Living People Mainstream Christians Books available in PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Docs and Mobi Format. Download Hard Living People Mainstream Christians books, "Through stories of hard-living people and pastors who minister with them, Tex Sample challenges mainline churches to break the yoke of middle-class captivity and join with the Christ who lives among the poor and marginalized".--Kenneth L. Carder, Resident Bishop, United Methodist Church.