Telling Stories, Writing Songs : : An Album of Texas Songwriters / / Kathleen Hudson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Hudson, Kathleen,
• MitwirkendeR: Ball, Marcia,; Clark, Guy,; Clark, Jubal,; Copeland, Johnny,; Court, Jimmie Dale,; Curtis, Sonny,; Dobson, Richard,; Dunn, Holly,; Earle, Steve,; Ely, Joe,; Foley, Blaze,; Friedman, Kinky,; Hester, Carolyn,; Hinojosa, Tish,; Hubbard, Ray Wylie,; Keen, Robert Earl,; King, B. B.,; Lovett, Lyle,; McClinton, Delbert,; McMurtry, James,; McMurtry, Larry,; Moffatt, Katy,; Nelson, Willie,; Nunn, Gary P.,; Powers, Freddy,; Rhodes, Kimmie,; Rodriguez, Johnny,; Royal, Darrell,; Shaver, Billy Joe,; Throckmorton, Sonny,; Tillman, Floyd,; Tucker, Tanya,; Van Zandt, Townes,; Vaughan, Stevie Ray,; Winter, Johnny,
• TeilnehmendeR: King, B.B.; Phillips, Sam.
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)

Willie Nelson, Joe Ely, Marcia Ball, Tish Hinojosa, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Lyle Lovett.the list of popular songwriters from Texas just goes on and on. In this collection of thirty-four interviews with these and other songwriters, Kathleen Hudson pursues the stories behind the songs, letting the singers' own words describe where their songs come from and how the diverse, eclectic cultures, landscapes, and musical traditions of Texas inspire the creative process. Conducted in dance halls, dressing rooms, parking lots, clubs-wherever the musicians could take time to tell their stories-the interviews are refreshingly spontaneous and vivid. Hudson draws out the songwriters on such topics as the sources of their songs, the influence of other musicians on their work, the progress of their careers, and the nature of Texas music. Many common threads emerge from these stories, while the uniqueness of each songwriter becomes equally apparent. To round out the collection, Hudson interviews Larry McMurtry and Darrell Royal for their perspectives as longtime friends and fans of Texas musicians. She also includes a brief biography and discography of each songwriter.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Talking Texas -- The Art of Listening -- Paving the Way -- The Writer -- Living to Write -- Young and Restless -- A Harder Edge -- The Storyteller -- Ultimate Tales -- The Character Within -- For Love Not Money -- Hemingway Lives in Texas -- Today's Jimmie Rodgers -- Time to Rock -- Texas Energy on the Road -- Crawlin' Crawfish Circuit -- Off the Wall -- On Dreaming -- Vulnerable -- Grace and Spirit -- A Texas Heart -- Back to Texas -- A Walking Conversation -- Family and Friends -- Heritage Matters -- Generous with Life -- Blues on the Edge -- Texas Twister -- Fears and Dragons -- Passion on the Road -- The Business -- That'll Be the Day -- My Way -- The Road Goes On . . . -- Coda -- Biographies and Selected Discographies