The Journal of Texas Music History Marks History
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
et al.: Donors The Journal of Volume 1 Number 1 Spring 2001 The Journal of Volume 1 Number 1 Spring 2001 Produced by The Berkeley Electronic Press, 2001 1 et al.: Contents Letter from the Director It’s hard to believe that ner Ray Benson, rising star Terri Hendrix, acclaimed musician/ it’s been only a year since producer Lloyd Maines, and accordion virtuoso Joel Guzmán. we celebrated the inaugu- This year, the Institute added two important new collections ration of the Institute for to the university’s Texas Music Archives: The Texas Heritage Music the History of Texas Mu- Foundation archives and the Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr. archives. sic at Southwest Texas State These new collections are an important part of our effort to work University. With the hard with other organizations, such as the Center for American His- work and generous support tory at the University of Texas at Austin, the Texas Music Mu- of so many people, we’ve seum in Austin, and the University of Texas at San Antonio In- accomplished far more stitute of Texan Cultures, to preserve and study the musical heri- than we ever imagined we tage of the Southwest. could in such a short time. We’ve also been very active in community outreach programs, Our graduate and through which we’ve given presentations at public schools, com- undergraduate courses munity centers, and conferences to demonstrate how Texas mu- on the history of Texas sic reflects the history and culture of the Southwest. As a result music have proven so of our efforts, the Institute has received attention from a variety popular, that we’ve expanded the undergraduate class size for of newspapers, magazines, journals, and radio and television sta- Fall 2001. We’re busy working with the Texas State Historical tions, including Billboard Magazine, one of the music industry’s Association and the Texas Music Office to publish the Hand- most prestigious international publications. book of Texas Music, the definitive encyclopedia of Texas music The premier issue of The Journal of Texas Music History marks history. Our students will have contributed nearly 200 articles another milestone in our brief but very productive history. It to the Handbook by the time it’s finished in 2002.Working with will be the first academic journal to focus on the entire spectrum the Texas Music Office, we also completed an extensive online of Texas music history. We believe it will be an important addi- bibliography of books, articles, and other publications relating tion to the existing scholarship on American music history, and, to the history of Texas music. One of our upcoming projects this we hope, of great interest to everyone who loves Texas music and summer is to build an electronic database of Texas music archi- Texas history. val collections from across the state. My sincerest thanks to Kitty Ledbetter, Gregg Andrews, Ann We’re very proud to have recently released our first compila- Marie Ellis, Gene Bourgeois, Gerald Hill, T. Cay Rowe, César tion CD, entitled Travelin’ Texas, which includes eighteen songs Limón, Diana Harrell, Vikki Bynum, Mark Busby, Dickie from such widely diverse Texas artists as Asleep at the Wheel, Heaberlin, Richard Owen Baish, and everyone else who helped Tish Hinojosa, Marcia Ball, Joe Ely, Shake Russell, Step Rideau make this possible. We hope you enjoy the Journal, and we invite & the Zydeco Outlaws, Aztex, Slaid Cleaves, W. C. Clark, and you to contact us for more information on the Institute and our others. Sales of the CD have helped fund our ongoing educa- programs. tional projects. We are very grateful to all the musicians who gave so generously of their time and talent. Sincerely, We’re also excited about our new “Texas Music History Un- plugged” lecture series, which will bring prominent Texas musi- cians to campus to perform and discuss how Texas music reflects the rich history and tremendous cultural diversity of the South- Gary Hartman, Ph.D. west. On March 20, 2001, this event featured celebrated Texas Director, Institute for the History of Texas Music singer/songwriter Tish Hinojosa, multiple Grammy Award win- Southwest Texas State University 4 12 15 Produced by The Berkeley Electronic Press, 2001 1 Journal of Texas Music History, Vol. 1 [2001], Iss. 1, Art. 6 The Journal of Volume 1 Number 1 contents Spring 2001 Spring 2001 Volume1 Number 1 Director Gary Hartman 4 Texas Myth/Texas Music Assistant Director Gregg Andrews Bill C. Malone Editors Kathryn Ledbetter Gary Hartman Senor Designer César Limón 12 “Uno, Dos, One, Two, Tres, Quatro. ” Contributors Joe Carr Joe Nick Patoski Kevin E. Mooney Dave Oliphant Bill Malone 15 Kenny Dorham and Leo Wright: Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr. Texas Bebop Messengers to the World Joe Nick Patoski Andy Wilkinson Dave Oliphant The Journal of Texas Music History is published Fall and Spring by the Institute for 24 Música Tejana: Nuestra Música the History of Texas Music at Southwest Texas Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr. State University. The contents of this journal do not necessarily represent the views of the University. 36 Texas Centennial 1936: African-American Texans and Subscription Annual subscription rates for the United States and North America are the Third National Folk Festival $10 for individuals and $15 for institutions. Kevin Mooney For outside of North America, please add $5. Address subscription correspondence to Kathryn Ledbetter, Department of En- 44 West Texas Fiddlers glish, Southwest Texas State University, San and The Buddy Holly Center Marcos, TX 78666-4616. Article Submissions Please submit two “Hardy Pioneers” copies of manuscripts in Microsoft Word and Amarillo’s Panhandle Fiddle Contests format conforming to Chicago Style to the above address. Please include 3.5 inch Joe Carr disk. Manuscripts may also be submitted as an email attachment to the editor at Ridin’ Old Paint: [email protected]. Documenting the Canadian River Breaks Fiddle Tradition © Copyright: Institute for the History of Texas Andy Wilkinson Music, Southwest Texas State University See our special souvenir centerfold with information on contributors. 24 36 44 http://ecommons.txstate.edu/jtmh/vol1/iss1/6 2 Journal of Texas Music History, Vol. 1 [2001], Iss. 1, Art. 1 The Journal of Volume 1 Number 1 ABOUT OUR CONTRIBUTORS Joe Carr is a string musician and a music instructor at South Plains College in Levelland, Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr., is Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas. He has produced numerous instructional video tapes and books for Mel Bay Publish- Houston. Recent publications include Brown, Not White: School integration and the Chicano ing and others. He is the co-author of Prairie Nights to Neon Lights: The Story of Country Movement (Texas A & M University Press 2001), Let All of Them Take Heed: Mexican Music in West Texas (Texas Tech University Press, 1995). He and colleague Alan Munde Americans and the Quest for Educational Equality, (University of Texas Press, 1987; reissued perform regularly as a musical duo. by Texas A & M University Press, 2001); and various articles on Mexican American history. His most recent project is Nuestra Música: Texas Mexican Music in the 20th Century, forth- Bill C. Malone was born in Smith County, Texas on August 25, 1934 on a farm near the coming this year from Texas A & M University Press. Van Zandt county line. His doctoral dissertation at the University of Texas in Austin became Country Music, USA, the first general history of country music. He taught at Tulane Univer- Joe Nick Patoski is Senor Editor for Texas Monthly, with previous stints as a radio sity in New Orleans for twenty-five years, and now lives in retirement in Madison, Wiscon- broadcaster, a stringer for Rolling Stone, and reporter and columnist for the Austin Ameri- sin, where his wife works as the director of the Office of School Services at the State Histori- can–Statesman. He is co–author of Stevie Ray Vaughan: Caught in the Crossfire (1993) and cal Society of Wisconsin. Bill has completed a new book, Don’t Get Above Your Raising: Selena: Como la Flor, both published by Little, Brown and Company. He also contributed a Country Music and the Southern Working Class, which will be published at the end of this chapter to the Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll. year by the University of Illinois Press. He is also the host of a Wednesday morning radio show on WORT-FM in Madison — ”Back to the Country,” a three-hour program of re- Andy Wilkinson is a poet, song writer, singer, and playwright whose particular interest corded music devoted to classic country music. is the history and peoples of the Great Plains. Andy has recorded five albums of original music and has written two plays, Charlie Goodnight’s Last Night, performed by Mr. Barry Kevin E. Mooney is a lecturer of Musicology at The University of Texas at Austin, Corbin, and the musical drama, My Cowboy’s Gift. He has produced several recordings for Southwest Texas State University, and Armstrong Community Music School of Austin Lyric other artists, among them Heart’s Compass” and “Ridin’ Old Paint: Documenting the Cana- Opera. His article, “Defining Texas Music: Lota May Spell’s Contributions,” was published dian River Breaks Fiddle Tradition. His work has received several awards, including the in the Spring 2000 issue of The Bulletin of the Society for American Music, and he has contrib- Texas Historical Foundation’s John Ben Shepperd Jr. Craftsmanship Award, and three Na- uted several articles to the forthcoming Handbook of Texas Music. tional Western Heritage “Wrangler” Awards, two for original music and one for poetry. In addition to his writing, he tours extensively in a variety of venues in the U.S.