Ruth Sheldon: Bob Wills: Hubbin' It
Bob Wills: Hubbin' It
Buch
- Solo-Instrument: Charles R. Townsend
- University of Illinois Press, 10/2023
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9780915608409
- Bestellnummer: 11592033
- Umfang: 128 Seiten
- Nummer der Auflage: 00003
- Gewicht: 204 g
- Maße: 224 x 147 mm
- Stärke: 10 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 24.10.2023
- Serie: Distributed for the Country Mu
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
An expert fiddler and a magnetic showman, Bob Wills (1905–1975) popularized a style of Southwestern dance music known as western swing, a rhythmic hybrid of fiddle music, blues, and big band swing. In 1938, when Wills was thirty-three and nearing the height of his fame, journalist Ruth Sheldon chronicled Wills’s rags-to riches rise. She produced a biography that captures the ebullient personality of Wills and reflects the bandleader’s vision of himself. Hubbin’ It provides a window into the daily life of a working musician during the Depression and a rich source of historical detail on one of America’s great musical innovators.Mehr von Distributed for...
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