LEADER 04174nam 2200469 450 001 9910793600803321 005 20171128123027.0 010 $a1-62349-639-X 035 $a(CKB)4100000007746265 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5720957 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007746265 100 $a20190319d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe blues come to Texas $ePaul Oliver and Mack McCormick's unfinished book /$fcompiled by Alan Govenar ; with documentation and essays by Alan Govenar and Kip Lornell 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aCollege Station :$cTexas A&M University Press,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (472 pages) 225 1 $aJohn and Robin Dickson series in Texas music 311 $a1-62349-638-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aRecording the blues and the folk revival: a prelude / by Alan Govenar and Kip Lornell -- Author's preface to the original work / by Paul Oliver -- Volume one -- Introduction: Ninety-eight degree blues -- Old country stomp -- Folio one, folio two -- Sing a while, pick a while -- Silver City bound -- On central tracks -- Suitcase blues -- Long lonesome day -- Out on Santa Fe -- Out on Santa Fe -- The Houston kick -- San Antonio shout -- Howling wolf -- Huntsville bound -- Flying crow -- California bound -- Tin can alley -- Texas worried blues -- Juneteenth -- Volume two -- African echoes -- Go down old Hannah -- Deck hand and cow hand -- Chock house days -- Boll weevil ballad, boll weevil blues -- Matchbox blues -- Denomination blues -- Days of forty-nine -- Shadowland blues -- Across the tracks: string bands -- Sunshine special -- Texas easy street -- Texas blues, Texas style. 330 $aFrom October 1959 until sometime in 1974, Paul Oliver and Mack McCormick collaborated on what was to be a definitive history and analysis of the blues in Texas. Both men were prominent scholars and researchers: Oliver had already established an impressive record of publications; and McCormick was well on his way to building what would eventually become a sprawling collection of primary materials, consisting primarily of field recordings and interviews with blues musicians from all over Texas and the greater South. But the project eventually fell apart of its own weight, a victim of ongoing disagreements between the two authors. Despite being eagerly awaited by the blues historians and ethnomusicologists who knew about the Oliver-McCormick collaboration and being openly discussed in various interviews and articles by Oliver, the intended manuscript was never brought to completion and the book was never published. In 1996, Alan Govenar, a respected ethnomusicologist in his own right, began a conversation with Oliver, whose work he had long admired, about the unfinished book on Texas blues. At Oliver's request, he arranged a meeting with McCormick, hoping to act as an intermediary, with the goal of aiding the project toward completion. His attempts were unsuccessful. Subsequently, Oliver invited Govenar to assist him in finishing the work. Much like the site report from an archaeological dig, The Blues Come to Texas: Paul Oliver and Mack McCormick's Unfinished Book provides not only a fascinating view into the results of a massive fieldwork and writing effort that is unlikely to ever be duplicated, but also affords scholars of American roots music a glimpse into the minds and work methods of two giants of blues scholarship.$cPublisher. 410 0$aJohn and Robin Dickson series in Texas music. 606 $aBlues (Music)$zTexas$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aBlues (Music)$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a781.64309764 700 $aOliver$b Paul$f1927-2017,$037050 702 $aMcCormick$b Mack 702 $aGovenar$b Alan B.$f1952- 702 $aLornell$b Kip$f1953- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793600803321 996 $aThe blues come to Texas$93803553 997 $aUNINA