| Milton Brown and the Founding of Western Swing Contributor(s): Ginell, Cary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252020413 ISBN-13: 9780252020414 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $35.64 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 1994 Annotation: In Milton Brown and the Founding of Western Swing, Cary Ginell vividly portrays memorable personalities, stylistic growth, musical rivalry, touring, recording sessions, business practices, and driving determination. Drawing on a rich array of primary resources, including oral histories, family scrapbooks, and newspaper files, he documents Brown's role in creating Western swing, a musical genre that still resonates in George Strait's recent recording of "Right or Wrong" (originally a Brown hit) and the vibrant energy of the band Asleep at the Wheel. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Country & Bluegrass - General |
| Dewey: 781.642 |
| LCCN: 93029364 |
| Series: Music in American Life (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.07" H x 6.33" W x 9.31" (1.57 lbs) 374 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A few weeks before his death in an auto accident, Milton Brown and his band the Musical Brownies recorded forty-nine songs in a single three-day session. That prolific output was a testament to Brown's enormous popularity not only on record but as head of the premier touring act in the Southwest. Cary Ginell draws on interviews and his own musical knowledge to chart Brown's too-short career. Ginell sees Brown as the first key figure to merge blues, jazz, and country into the genre that artists like Bob Wills and Spade Cooley later popularized as Western Swing. Following Brown from his early years to his rise via the Fort Worth dance hall scene, Ginell traces the evolution of the singer-bandleader's musical innovations like adding vocals to dance music and his band's adoption of a style heavy with rhythm and blues. In 1936, Brown and his band stood at the brink of national stardom when Brown's car hit a telephone pole. He died five days later. |