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Read * Deep Ellum: The Other Side of Dallas (John and Robin Dickson Series in Texas Music, sponsored by the Center for Texas) PDF by ^ Alan B. Govenar, Jay F. Brakefield eBook or Kindle ePUB Online free. Deep Ellum: The Other Side of Dallas (John and Robin Dickson Series in Texas Music, sponsored by the Center for Texas) It first sprang up as a ramshackle business district with saloons and variety theatres and evolved, during the early decades of the twentieth century, into a place where the black and white worlds of Dallas converged. This book strips away layers of myth to illuminate the cultural milieu that spawned such seminal blues and jazz musicians as Blind Lemon Jefferson, Buster Smith, and T-Bone Walker and that was also an incubator for the growth of western swing. Deep Ellum, on the eastern edge of dow

Deep Ellum: The Other Side of Dallas (John and Robin Dickson Series in Texas Music, sponsored by the Center for Texas)

Title : Deep Ellum: The Other Side of Dallas (John and Robin Dickson Series in Texas Music, sponsored by the Center for Texas)
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Rating : 4.46 (766 Votes)
Asin : 1603449582
Format Type : paperback
Number of Pages : 320 Pages
Publish Date : 2014-08-12
Language : English

“ a thorough work accompanied by extensive oral history, great photographs, and a selected discography.”—Texas Monthly

It first sprang up as a ramshackle business district with saloons and variety theatres and evolved, during the early decades of the twentieth century, into a place where the black and white worlds of Dallas converged. This book strips away layers of myth to illuminate the cultural milieu that spawned such seminal blues and jazz musicians as Blind Lemon Jefferson, Buster Smith, and T-Bone Walker and that was also an incubator for the growth of western swing. Deep Ellum, on the eastern edge of downtown Dallas, retains its character as an alternative to the city’s staid image with loft apartments, art galleries, nightclubs, and tattoo shops. Expanding upon the original 1998 publication, this Texas A&M University Press edition offers new research on Deep Ellum’s vital cross-fer

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