We're the Light Crust Doughboys from Burrus Mill : : An Oral History / / Jean A. Boyd.

The Light Crust Doughboys are one of the most long-lived and musically versatile bands in America. Formed in the early 1930s under the sponsorship of Burrus Mill and Elevator Company of Fort Worth, Texas, with Bob Wills and Milton Brown (the originator of western swing) at the musical helm and futur...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2003
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • One. Setting the Scene: “Beautiful Texas”
  • Two. Getting Started: 1930–1935
  • Three. The Glory Years: 1935–1941
  • Four. Key Band Members during the Glory Years
  • Five. Starting Over: After World War II
  • Six. The New Golden Age
  • Afterword
  • Appendix. Tunes Recorded by the Light Crust Doughboys, 1936–1941
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index