Deep Ellum
Govenar, Alan B., 1952-
Deep Ellum the other side of Dallas / [electronic resource] : Alan Govenar and Jay Brakefield. - 1st Texas A&M University Press ed. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (320 p.) - John and Robin Dickson series in Texas music .
Previously published under title: Deep Ellum and Central Track. Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Deep Ellum: fact and fiction -- "Deep Elem blues": song of the street -- The railroads create Deep Ellum -- William Sidney Pittman: architect of Deep Ellum -- Black Dallas -- Jewish pawnbrokers and merchants of Deep Ellum -- Blind Lemon Jefferson: downhome blues -- The contemporaries of Blind Lemon -- Blind Willie Johnson and Arizona Dranes: the "holy blues" of Deep Ellum -- Alex Moore: Dallas piano blues -- Buster Smith: Dallas jazz goes to Kansas City and New York -- Marvin Montgomery: the cross-fertilization of white and black musical styles -- The contemporaries of Marvin Montgomery: western swing, Texas fiddling, and the big "D" jamboree -- Benny Binion: gambling and the policy racket -- Deep Ellum's just too doggone slow: decline and rebirth.
9781603449595 1603449590
African Americans--Music--History and criticism.--Texas--Dallas
Popular music--History and criticism.--Texas--Dallas
Dallas (Tex.)--Social life and customs.
Deep Ellum (Dallas, Tex.)--History.
Electronic books.
ML3477.8.D35 / G68 2013
781.6409764/2812
Deep Ellum the other side of Dallas / [electronic resource] : Alan Govenar and Jay Brakefield. - 1st Texas A&M University Press ed. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (320 p.) - John and Robin Dickson series in Texas music .
Previously published under title: Deep Ellum and Central Track. Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Deep Ellum: fact and fiction -- "Deep Elem blues": song of the street -- The railroads create Deep Ellum -- William Sidney Pittman: architect of Deep Ellum -- Black Dallas -- Jewish pawnbrokers and merchants of Deep Ellum -- Blind Lemon Jefferson: downhome blues -- The contemporaries of Blind Lemon -- Blind Willie Johnson and Arizona Dranes: the "holy blues" of Deep Ellum -- Alex Moore: Dallas piano blues -- Buster Smith: Dallas jazz goes to Kansas City and New York -- Marvin Montgomery: the cross-fertilization of white and black musical styles -- The contemporaries of Marvin Montgomery: western swing, Texas fiddling, and the big "D" jamboree -- Benny Binion: gambling and the policy racket -- Deep Ellum's just too doggone slow: decline and rebirth.
9781603449595 1603449590
African Americans--Music--History and criticism.--Texas--Dallas
Popular music--History and criticism.--Texas--Dallas
Dallas (Tex.)--Social life and customs.
Deep Ellum (Dallas, Tex.)--History.
Electronic books.
ML3477.8.D35 / G68 2013
781.6409764/2812