
Bob Wills
Hubbin' It
Ruth Sheldon(Author)
Country Music Foundation Press,U.S.
3rd Edition
Published on 24. October 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-915608-40-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
Edition
Third Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
23 black & white photographs
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 147 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
204 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-915608-40-9 (9780915608409)
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Persons
Ruth Sheldon was a reporter for the Tulsa Tribune. As Ruth Sheldon Knowles, she has written several other books. Charles R. Townsend is the author of San Antonio Rose: The Life and Music of Bob Wills.
Content
Introduction by Charles R. Townsend
Author’s Note
Prelude
Chapter One A Fiddler is Born
Chapter Two Escape from Cotton
Chapter Three Kicking the Traces
Chapter Four A Barber and His Fiddle
Chapter Five Iron Bars Free a Prisoner
Chapter Six Black Face and Black Times
Chapter Seven A Taste of Fame Turns Sour
Chapter Eight Before the Dawn
Chapter Nine “Paths of Glory”
Songs
Index