Hank Thompson S Blues
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Hank Thompson S Blues
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Author : Theodore Hamm
language : en
Publisher: Nobody Rocks Press
Release Date : 2009-05-15
Hank Thompson S Blues written by Theodore Hamm and has been published by Nobody Rocks Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-15 with History categories.
Based on the true story of how one man rose to the heights of baseball glory only to fall into the depths of prison, Hank Thompson's Blues recounts the life of the third black player in the major leagues. Hank Thompson (1925-1969) starred for the New York Giants in the 1954 World Series before his drinking problems ruined his promising baseball career. Out of a job only two seasons after the '54 Series, within a decade Thompson found himself in the Texas prison system. Hank Thompson's Blues follows Thompson from his ascent through the Negro Leagues and winter ball in Cuba, to his rising stardom with the New York Giants, to his downward slide in Harlem and beyond. Along the way, Thompson vividly recalls his encounters with many baseball legends, including Satchel Paige, Jackie Robinson, and Leo ("Nice Guys Finish Last") Durocher. And he provides plenty of seedy details of his many forays into Harlem's sordid criminal underworld of the late 1950s. Speaking throughout the novel in the first person, Thompson now must reckon with his dizzying rise and embarrassing fall. His story is in many ways a cautionary tale, especially in an age when many athletes seem intent on destroying their own careers. For Hank Thompson, the good times were really good, and the bad times really bad-which is why he is now here to sing the blues.
Catalog Of Copyright Entries
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Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1950
Catalog Of Copyright Entries written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1950 with Copyright categories.
Billboard
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1960-02-29
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In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
Lovesick Blues
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Author : Paul Hemphill
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2006-08-29
Lovesick Blues written by Paul Hemphill and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08-29 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Hank Williams, the quintessential country music singer and songwriter, lived a life as lonesome, desolate, and filled with sorrow as his timeless songs. From Williams's dirt- poor beginnings as a sickly child to his emergence as a star of the Grand Ole Opry, Lovesick Blues is the definitive biography of the man and his music.
Country Music
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Author : Kurt Wolff
language : en
Publisher: Rough Guides
Release Date : 2000
Country Music written by Kurt Wolff and has been published by Rough Guides this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Country music categories.
Includes essays tracing Country's growth from hand-me-down folk to a major American industry; concise biographies; critical album reviews, from the earliest commercial recordings of the 1920s through the mulitplatinum artists of today; and vintage album jackets and previously unpublished photographs.
Billboard
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1957-05-06
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In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
Deep Ellum And Central Track
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Author : Alan Govenar
language : en
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
Release Date : 2023-10-24
Deep Ellum And Central Track written by Alan Govenar and has been published by Deep Vellum Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-24 with History categories.
A new edition of the biography of Dallas' own Deep Ellum. Just outside of downtown Dallas lies a section of the city called Deep Ellum, where graffiti and murals decorate the walls of trendy shops, loft apartments, restaurants, nightclubs, art galleries, and tattoo studios. The area has been home to a remarkable array of businesses, creatives, and artistic practices since its birth 150 years ago as a Black center of business. Because of the area’s long association with blues and jazz musicians, Deep Ellum has been shrouded in myth and misconceptions which obscure its actual history. Alan Govenar and Jay Brakefield—using oral histories, old newspapers and photographs, city directories and maps, as well as more traditional public records and secondary sources—reveal another side of Deep Ellum which includes Central Track (formerly called Central Avenue), an area lined with Black-owned businesses which served both Black and white patrons during its heyday in the 1920s and 30s. In the Deep Ellum and Central Track areas, African Americans and whites, primarily Eastern European Jews, operated businesses from the late 19th to the mid-20th centuries, creating a unique social climate where cultural interaction took place. Much of the information in the book is presented through the stories of remarkable individuals, including professionals, pawnbrokers and other merchants, police officers, criminals, and the blues and jazz musicians who had a lasting impact on American popular music.
Meeting Jimmie Rodgers
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Author : Barry Mazor
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Release Date : 2009-05-15
Meeting Jimmie Rodgers written by Barry Mazor and has been published by Oxford University Press on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Here is the first book to explore the legacy of Jimmie Rodgers, offering a lively look at Rodgers' career, tracing his rise from working-class obscurity to the pinnacle of renown. As Mazor shows, Rodgers brought emotional clarity and a unique sense of narrative drama to every song he performed. But more than anything else, Mazor suggests, it was Rodgers' shape-shifting ability to assume many public personas--working stiff, decked-out cowboy, suave ladies' man--that connected him to a broad public and set the stage for the stars who followed.
Long Steel Rail
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Author : Norm Cohen
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2000
Long Steel Rail written by Norm Cohen and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Music categories.
Impeccable scholarship and lavish illustration mark this landmark study of American railroad folksong. Norm Cohen provides a sweeping discussion of the human aspects of railroad history, railroad folklore, and the evolution of the American folksong. The heart of the book is a detailed analysis of eighty-five songs, from "John Henry" and "The Wabash Cannonball" to "Hell-Bound Train" and "Casey Jones," with their music, sources, history, and variations, and discographies. A substantial new introduction updates this edition.
Billboard
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1952-04-26
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In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.