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Author:
Benson, Ray, 1951- author.
Title:
Comin' right at ya : how a Jewish Yankee hippie went country, or, the often outrageous history of Asleep at the Wheel / Ray Benson and David Menconi.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
University of Texas Press,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
vi, 182 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject:
Benson, Ray,--1951-
Asleep at the Wheel (Musical group)
Country musicians--United States--Biography.
Western swing (Music)
Popular music--Texas.
Benson, Ray,--1951-
Asleep at the Wheel (Musical group)
Country musicians.
Popular music.
Western swing (Music)
Texas.
United States.
Biography.
Other Authors:
Menconi, David, author.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Prologue : February 15, 1979 -- Friday's child -- You get a smile every time with the heads-up taste of a Ballantine -- Bright lights, big cities -- Almost heaven, West Virginia -- A name of our own -- Asleep at the Wheel goes to Washington -- Go West, young man (and woman) -- On the road again -- Into the mystic with "The Beatles of western swing" -- Austin calling -- On the bus -- Spinning Texas gold -- "Framed" -- Deadly sins -- Write your own song -- The zen of Willie -- The film industry is a series of peaks and valleys -- 615 Blues -- Ride with Bob -- Ride with Job -- Into the black -- Epilogue : bringing it all back home.
Series:
Brad and Michele Moore roots music series
ISBN:
0292756585 (cloth)
9780292756588 (cloth)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)903248097
LCCN:
2015002176
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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