On the Porch : : Life and Music in Terlingua, Texas / / W. Chase Peeler.
In sunbaked Terlingua, Texas (pop., a few hundred), residents joke that there is a musician under every rock. Located ten miles from Mexico in one of the remotest corners of the United States, the town had a recording studio before it had a school, a well-stocked grocery store, or even a water utili...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2021 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 19 b&w photos |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue: On the Porch -- Introduction: Hundred Miles from nowhere -- Chapter 1 Starlight and stage lights -- Chapter 2 In the incubator -- Chapter 3 The Austin effect -- Chapter 4 Voices from Both sides -- Chapter 5 Getting fatter -- Epilogue: Green chile stew -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index |
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Summary: | In sunbaked Terlingua, Texas (pop., a few hundred), residents joke that there is a musician under every rock. Located ten miles from Mexico in one of the remotest corners of the United States, the town had a recording studio before it had a school, a well-stocked grocery store, or even a water utility. Open jam sessions are a daily ritual, and some songwriters make a living from their craft despite being thousands of miles from New York or Nashville. Why does such a tiny and isolated place ring with singing and guitars? Based on more than two years of on-the-ground research, On the Porch tells the story of this small but remarkable community. Chase Peeler invites us into the music, introducing us to a cast of characters as unique as the town itself. He reveals how novices and experts perform together—a rarity in contemporary America. He recounts the devastation brought on by a border closure and describes how music is once again uniting people across the Rio Grande. He considers the impact of gentrification in an off-the-grid paradise, and how this threatens to transform a precarious musical ecosystem. On the Porch is a celebration of human musicality, of the role that music plays and can play in our lives, both in Terlingua and beyond. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781477323656 9783110745276 |
DOI: | 10.7560/323649 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | W. Chase Peeler. |