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2005: Mavis Staples comes to SXSW

0July 10, 2021

Gospel Texas Music History

He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul of Arizona Dranes (excerpt)

2December 30, 2020

Gospel

Hungry For More God: Roots of the Pentecostal Movement

1December 1, 2020

Gospel Music Texas Music History

How I got to the Holy Trinity

0March 8, 2020

Gospel Texas Music History

Intro to ‘[Ghost Notes] Pioneering Spirits of Texas Music’

0March 5, 2020

Austin-Zeitgeist Gospel Music

Tim C. Curry 1951- 2015: an epitaph in song

2December 27, 2018

Gospel Music Texas Music History

Don Robey: Gangster of Worship

2January 4, 2018

Gospel Music Texas Music History

Blind Willie Johnson chapter from “Ghost Notes”

0July 5, 2017

Gospel Music Texas Music History

Blind Willie Johnson: Revelations In the Dark

0January 25, 2017

Gospel Music Texas Music History

Reviews for “Washington Phillips and His Manzarene Dreams”

0December 4, 2016

Gospel Texas Music History

Signed copies of Washington Phillips book/CD $25

0October 13, 2016

Gospel Music

JFS: The Bay City Holy Rollers

0September 15, 2014

Gospel Texas Music History

Arizona Dranes Project

0August 26, 2012

Gospel Music Texas Music History

Praising Arizona: the playing hands of a sanctified spitfire

1February 2, 2012

Gospel Music

Steel is Real: A History of Slide

0August 1, 2011

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Order [Ghost Notes]: Pioneering Spirits of Texas Music. “Ghost notes” is a musical term for sounds barely audible, a wisp lingering around the beat, yet somehow driving the groove. The Texas musicians profiled here, ranging from 1920s gospel performers to the first psychedelic band, are generally not well known, but the impact of their early contributions on popular music is unmistakable. This beautiful Tim Kerr-illustrated collection provides more background on the Texas from which these artists sprang, fully formed.

All Over the Map: True Heroes of Texas Music (North Texas Lives of Musician Series) available in paperback and Kindle editions. A lavishly illustrated collection of 42 profiles of Texas music pioneers, most underrated or overlooked. All Over the Map: True Heroes of Texas Music covers the musical landscape of a most musical state. The first edition was published in 2005 to wide acclaim. This second edition includes updated information, a bonus section of six behind-the-scenes heroes, and fifteen new portraits of Lefty Frizzell, Janis Joplin, and others, spanning such diverse styles as blues, country, hip-hop, conjunto, gospel, rock, and jazz.