Telling Stories, Writing Songs: An Album of Texas Songwriters

Kathleen Hudson

Published by University of Texas Press 2001

Telling Stories, Writing Songs

An Album of Texas Songwriters

Kathleen Hudson
With contributions by: Sam Phillips and B.B. King

https://doi.org/10.7560/731356

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About this book

Willie Nelson, Joe Ely, Marcia Ball, Tish Hinojosa, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Lyle Lovett...the list of popular songwriters from Texas just goes on and on. In this collection of thirty-four interviews with these and other songwriters, Kathleen Hudson pursues the stories behind the songs, letting the singers' own words describe where their songs come from and how the diverse, eclectic cultures, landscapes, and musical traditions of Texas inspire the creative process.

Conducted in dance halls, dressing rooms, parking lots, clubs-wherever the musicians could take time to tell their stories-the interviews are refreshingly spontaneous and vivid. Hudson draws out the songwriters on such topics as the sources of their songs, the influence of other musicians on their work, the progress of their careers, and the nature of Texas music. Many common threads emerge from these stories, while the uniqueness of each songwriter becomes equally apparent. To round out the collection, Hudson interviews Larry McMurtry and Darrell Royal for their perspectives as longtime friends and fans of Texas musicians. She also includes a brief biography and discography of each songwriter.

Author / Editor information

These interviews form part of a larger collection archived at the Texas Heritage Music Foundation in Kerrville, which Kathleen Hudson founded and directs. She is also a Professor of English at Schreiner University, where she writes and teaches about the creative process, mythology, rhetoric, drama, and the power of storytelling.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xvi
Introduction B. B. King Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
Talking Texas Larry McMurtry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
The Art of Listening Darrell Royal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
Paving the Way Willie Nelson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
The Writer Floyd Tillman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
Living to Write Sonny Throckmorton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
Young and Restless James McMurtry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
A Harder Edge Steve Earle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
The Storyteller Guy Clark Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
Ultimate Tales Townes Van Zandt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
The Character Within Blaze Foley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
For Love Not Money Jubal Clark Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Hemingway Lives in Texas Richard Dobson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
Today's Jimmie Rodgers Billy Joe Shaver Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
Time to Rock Delbert McClinton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
Texas Energy on the Road Joe Ely Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Crawlin' Crawfish Circuit Marcia Ball Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
Off the Wall Kinky Friedman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
On Dreaming Tish Hinojosa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
Vulnerable Katy Moffatt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
Grace and Spirit Kimmie Rhodes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
A Texas Heart Carolyn Hester Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	182
Back to Texas Gary P. Nunn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
A Walking Conversation Freddy Powers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
Family and Friends Tanya Tucker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Heritage Matters Jimmie Dale Court Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Generous with Life Stevie Ray Vaughan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	206
Blues on the Edge Johnny Winter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Texas Twister Johnny Copeland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
Fears and Dragons Ray Wylie Hubbard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	230
Passion on the Road Johnny Rodriguez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	238
The Business Holly Dunn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
That'll Be the Day Sonny Curtis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
My Way Lyle Lovett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	266
The Road Goes On . . . Robert Earl Keen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
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Biographies and Selected Discographies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279

Language: English
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 320

eBook

Published: September 17, 2013
ISBN: 9780292758049