Title On the Porch : life and music in Terlingua, Texas / W. Chase Peeler

Edition First edition Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2021

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Description 1 online resource Series Brad and Michele Moore roots music series Brad and Michele Moore roots music series. Contents Prologue: On the Porch -- Introduction: Hundred miles from nowhere -- Starlight and stage lights -- In the incubator -- The Austin effect -- Voices from both sides -- Getting fatter -- Epilogue: Green chile stew Summary "In the desert of West Texas, ten miles from Mexico, lies the small town of Terlingua. On any given day, most of the people there are tourists visiting nearby Big Bend National Park. But a few hundred people call Terlingua home, and if there is one thing they love, it's music. Terlingua's music scene is the envy of cities many times larger. Local and touring musicians perform in commercial venues seven nights a week, and there is no end to informal porch-front jams. The town had a recording studio before it had a school, a well-stocked grocery store, or a water utility. Why does such an isolated, little-known place ring with singing and guitars? Based on more than two years of on-the-ground research, On the Porch tells the story of this remarkable community through careful documentation and the testimony of its members. Chase Peeler situates Terlingua in the broader worlds of the culture industry, amateur music, and US-Mexico border politics. He also explores the collision of gentrification and off-the-grid fantasy, as urbanites move in and transform a precarious human ecosystem. Today there are more than a hundred songs about Terlingua. On the Porch celebrates that musical spirit, showing how it sustains a place like no other"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Music -- Texas -- Terlingua Gentrification -- Texas -- Terlingua MUSIC / General Gentrification Manners and customs Music SUBJECT Terlingua (Tex.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78029707 Terlingua (Tex.) -- Social life and customs Mexican-American Border Region -- Political aspects Subject North America -- Mexican-American Border Region Texas -- Terlingua Form Electronic book LC no. 2021000646 ISBN 9781477323663 147732366X 9781477323656 1477323651

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