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Author Miller, Donna Marie, 1956- author.

Title The Broken Spoke : Austin's legendary honky-tonk / Donna Marie Miller
Edition First edition
Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
Series John and Robin Dickson series in Texas music
John and Robin Dickson series in Texas music.
Contents Foreword, by Charles Townsend -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s -- Dance hall tradition -- James White receives his honky-tonk education -- Dance hall influences on James White -- The 1960s -- Origins of country music -- The Broken Spoke opens -- First performers booked for dancing at the Spoke -- The 1970s -- The progressive country movement -- The White family expands -- George Strait, Alvin Crow, Jerry Jeff Walker, and the Wheel -- The 1980s -- Urban cowboy, Dallas, and South by Southwest -- "The Broken Spoke legend" song -- Mixed drinks and loyal customers -- The 1990s -- Austin becomes the "live music capital of the world" -- "If there's a Willie, there's a way" fund-raiser and the "Broken Spoke Series" -- Making movies and introducing new talent -- The 2000s -- Movie and music mecca -- Sale of the land and a rash of health issues -- The Dixie Chicks, Kinky Friedman, Ray Price, and a bus crash -- The 2010s -- The Whites' small family business thrives -- New neighbors, dance lessons, and celebrations -- Documenting the Broken Spoke
Summary James and Annetta White opened the Broken Spoke in 1964, then a mile south of the Austin city limits, under a massive live oak, and beside what would eventually become South Lamar Boulevard. White built the place himself, beginning construction on the day he received his honorable discharge from the US Army. And for more than fifty years, the Broken Spoke has served up, in the words of White's well-worn opening speech, ". . . cold beer, good whiskey, the best chicken fried steak in town ... and good country music." White paid thirty-two dollars to his first opening act, D.G. Burrow and the
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject White, James M., 1939-
Broken Spoke (Dance Hall) -- History
Businessmen -- Texas -- Austin
Popular culture -- Texas -- Austin -- History
Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Texas -- Austin -- History
Dance halls -- Texas -- Austin -- History
Country musicians -- Texas -- Austin
Country music -- Texas -- Austin -- History and criticism
History / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts.
Music / Genres & Styles / Country & Bluegrass.
Bars (Drinking establishments)
Businessmen
Country music
Country musicians
Dance halls
Popular culture
Texas -- Austin
Genre/Form Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1623495202
9781623495206