Thick Lights, Loud Smoke and Dim, Dim Music: The Honky-Tonk Badlands of Texas (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781508428398)

From a childhood spent among such key roots-music figures as Bob Wills and Big Joe Turner, and an extended dual career as a musician and journalist, Michael H. Price has forged this frenzied chronicle of life among the denizens of the vanishing borderlands of Texas' indigenous music scene over the past half-century. Says RECORD COLLECTOR magazine: "Evocative and compelling." Adds BLUES & RHYTHM magazine: "A Garrison Keillor of rock and roll... much to enjoy." And from NO DEPRESSION magazine: "A bizarre artifact ... A definitive history of Fort Worth's fabled Bluebird Nite Club, ... and everything you really need to know about Fort Worth's would-be music industry supremo, Major Bill Smith." The] tribute to nearly forgotten black movie actor Mantan Moreland is a] revelation... His chapter on Austin barrelhouse piano master Robert Shaw is affectionate and fact-filled... For] anyone with a strong interest in Texas music." And from JUKE BLUES magazine: "A common thread: There were, and still are, many artists working away at their craft, ignoring popular trends and defying the commercial mainstream. Long may they thrive."

Author: Charles Castner, Buddy Hale, Juliet George
ISBN-10: 1508428395
ISBN-13: 9781508428398
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 03/04/2015
Pages: 332
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.69d