Texas Music Bibliography A-F

The Center for Texas Music History at Texas State University-San Marcos has been kind enough to create a searchable database of the Texas Music Bibliography. Special thanks to Gary Hartman, Director, Center for Texas Music History.

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Francis E. Abernethy (ed.), 2001 A Texas Folklore Odyssey (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2001).

Francis E. Abernethy, Singin' Texas (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1994).

Francis E. Abernethy, "Texas Folk and Modern Country Music," in Texas Country: The Changing Rural Scene; eds. Glen E. Lich and Dona B. Reeves-Marquardt (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1986).

Francis E. Abernethy, What's Going On? In Modern Texas Folklore (Austin: Encino Press, 1976).

Francis E. Abernethy (ed.), Legendary Ladies of Texas (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1994).

Francis Edward Abernethy, Alan B. Govenar and Patrick Mullen (editors), Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore (Publications of the Texas Folklore Society, No. 54; Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1996).

Miguel Acosta, "Instrumentista," in Hecho En Tejas: Texas-Mexican Folk Arts and Crafts, ed. Joe S. Graham (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1992).

Theodore Albrecht, "German Music in Texas on the Eve of Crisis: The State Saengerfest of 1916," in Dika Newlin, Friend and Mentor: A Birthday Anthology ([n.p.], [n.d.]).

Theodore Albrecht, "German Singing Societies in Texas" (Ph.D dissertation, North Texas State University, 1975).

Grant Alden and Peter Blackstock, No Depression: Definitive Alternative Country Profiles (Nashville: Dowling Press, 1999).

Stanley Alexander, "Janis and the Austin Scene," Legendary Ladies of Texas, ed. by Francis E. Abernethy (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1994).

Johnnie Allan, [John Allen Guillot, comp. and ed.], Memories: A Pictorial History of South Louisiana Music; Volume 1: South Louisiana and East Texas Musicians (Lafayette, LA: JADFEL Publishing Press, 1988).

Johnnie Allan and Bernice Larson Webb, Born to be a Loser: The Jimmy Donley Story (Lafayette, LA: JADFEL Publishing, 1992).

Johnnie Allan, [John Allen Guillot, comp. and ed.], Memories: A Pictorial History of South Louisiana Music, 1920s-1980s, Vol. 1 & 2, South Louisiana and East Texas Musicians (Lafayette, LA: JADFEL Publishing Press, 1995).

Bob Allen, Waylon & Willie: The Full Story in Words and Pictures of Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson (New York: Quick Fox, 1979).

Bob Allen, George Jones: The Saga of an American Singer (Garden City, NJ: Doubleday, 1984).

Bob Allen, George Jones: The Life and Times of a Honky Tonk Legend (Secaucus, NJ: Carol Pub. Group, 1994).

Bob Allen (editor), The Blackwell Guide to Recorded Country Music (Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1994).

Jules Verne Allen, Cowboy Lore (San Antonio: Naylor Printing Company, 1933).

Terry Allen, Dugout with David Byrne, Dave Hickey, and Terrie Sultan (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2005).

Tommy Allen as told to Jack Lane, The Texas Honky Tonk Trail (Bloomington, IN: First Books, 2004).

Ruby Allmond, Today I'll Think About the Rain: An Anthology (Austin: Nortex Press, 2006).

Fisher Alsup, The Lost Crucifix of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Austin: Shoal Creek Publishers, 1977).

Glen Alyn, I Say Me For A Parable: The Oral Autobiography of Mance Lipscomb, Texas Bluesman as told to and compiled by Glen Alyn (New York: WW Norton & Co., Inc, 1993).

Ellis Amburn, Dark Star: The Roy Orbison Story (New York: Lyle Stewart, 1990).

Ellis Amburn, Pearl: The Obsessions and Passions of Janis Joplin: A Biography (New York: Warner Bros, 1992).

Ellis Amburn, Buddy Holly: A Biography (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995).

Barry Jean Ancelet, The Makers of Cajun Music (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1984).

Joe Angle, "The World's Champion Fiddlers Festival at Crockett, Texas and its Antecedents" (M.A. Report, University of Texas, 1969).

Susan Antone, Antone's: The First 10 Years (Austin: Blues Press, 1985).

Susan Antone, Picture The Blues...11th Anniversary (Austin: Blues Press, 1986).

Maria Celeste Arrarás, Selena's Secret: The Revealing Story Behind Her Tragic Death (New York: Fireside Books, 1997).

Austin County Historical Commission (ed.), Dance Halls of Austin County (Bellville: Austin County Historical Commission, 1993).

Gene Autry with Mickey Herskowitz, Back in the Saddle Again (New York: Doubleday, 1978).

Samuel J. Ayers, Buddy Holly: A Legacy of Music (Lubbock: Hermosa Creations, 1999).

Michael Azerrad, Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 (New York: Little Brown and Company, 2001).

Walter B. Bailey and Nancy Gisbrecht Bailey, Radie Britain: A Bio-bibliography. (New York: Greenwood Press, 1990).

Whitney Balliett, American Musicians (New York: Oxford University Press, 1986).

Mary Virginia Bales, "Negro Folk Songs in Texas, Their Definition and Origin" (M.A. thesis, Texas Christian University, 1927).

Michael Bane, The Outlaws: Revolution in Country Music (New York: Doubleday, 1978).

Michael Bane, Willie: An Unauthorized Biography of Willie Nelson (New York: Dell, 1984).

Louis Barbash and Frederick P. Close, "Lydia Mendoza: The Voice of a People," Texas Humanist (Volume 6; Nov.-Dec., 1983).

Aaron Barker and George Strait (Introduction) Love Without End, Amen (Nashville, Rutledge Hill Press 2002).

Roy Barkley, Douglas E. Barnett, Cathy Brigham, Gary Hartman, Casey Monahan, Dave Oliphant, and George B. Ward, editors, The Handbook of Texas Music (Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 2003).

Norma Barthel, Ernest Tubb Discography (1936-1969) (Roland, OK: Ernest Tubb Fan Club Enterprises, 1969).

Norma Barthel, Ernest Tubb, The Original E.T. (Roland, OK: Country Roads Publications, 1984).

Colleen Bartlett, Willie Nelson: Official Discography (Dorsett, VT: [n.p.], 1990).

Bruce Bastin, Red River Blues: The Blues Tradition in the Southeast (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press 1986).

Richard Bauman and Roger Abrahams, And Other Neighborly Names: Social Process And Cultural Image In Texas (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1981).

Mark Bego, George Strait: The Story of Country's Living Legend (New York: Kensington Books, 1997).

Edward A. Berlin, King of Ragtime: Scott Joplin and his Era (New York: Oxford University Press, 1994).

Louise Berliner, Texas Guinan, Queen of the Nightclubs (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1993).

Shane K. Bernard, Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues (Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1996).

George Leslie Biffle, "A History of the Texas Music Educators Association, 1959-1979" (D.M.A. diss., Arizona State University, 1991).

Edward Allen Bishop, Memorial to Jimmie Rodgers (Marion, MS: House of Alohas, 1974).

David Blayney, Sharp-Dressed Men: ZZ Top Behind The Scenes From Blues to Boogie to Beards (New York: Hyperion Press, 1994).

Rudi Blesh and Harriet Janis, They All Played Ragtime: The True Story of an American Music (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950).

Rudi Blesh, Introduction to The Collected Works of Scott Joplin, Vera Brodsky Lawrence, ed. (New York: New York Public Library, 1972).

Gene Bluestein, "The Lomaxes' New Canon of American Folksong," Texas Quarterly, V (Spring 1962;pp.49-59).

Gottfried Blumenstein, Janis Joplin: Biographie einer Rocksèangerin (Berlin: Lied der Zeit, 1988).

Mody Coggin Boatright, Wilson M. Hudson and Allen Maxwell (eds.), A Good Tale and a Bonnie Tune (Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1964).

Mody Coggin Boatright, Gib Morgan, Minstrel of the Oil Fields (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1945).

Mody Coggin Boatright, Wilson M. Hudson and Allen Maxwell (eds.), Texas Folk and Folklore (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1954).

Mody Coggin Boatright, Singers and Storytellers (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1960).

Mody Coggin Boatright (ed.), Mexican Border Ballads and Other Lore (Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1967).

Mody Coggin Boatright and Donald Day (eds.), From Hell To Breakfast (Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1967).

Mody Coggin Boatright and Donald Day (eds.), Backwoods to Border (Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1967).

Johnny Bond, The Tex Ritter Story (New York: Chappell Music, 1976).

Johnny Bond, The Recordings of Jimmie Rodgers: An Annotated Discography (Los Angeles: John Edwards Memorial Foundation, 1978).

Jean A. Boyd, The Jazz of the Southwest: An Oral History of Western Swing (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1998).

Jean A. Boyd, "We're the Light Crust Doughboys from Burrus Mill": an oral history (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003).

Stanley Booth, Rythm Oil: A Journey Through the Music of the American South (New York: Vintage Books, 1993).

Horace Clarence Boyer, How Sweet the Sound: The Golden Age of Gospel (Washington, D.C.: Elliott and Clark Publishing, 1995).

Cutter Brandenburg, My Friends And Buds: We've All Been Somewhere Twice (Temple: Cutter Brandenburg, 2005; available from the author for $72: P.O. Box 4826, Temple, TX 76505).

Peter Broadbent, Charlie Christian - Solo Flight (Blaydon on Tyne, UK: Ashley Mark Publishing Company, 2003).

Peter Broadbent, Charlie Christian (Hal Leonard, 1997).

Elizabeth Brooks, Prominent Women of Texas (Akron, OH: The Werner Company, 1896).

Tim Brooks, Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1890-1919 (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2004).

John Broven, South To Louisiana: The Music of the Cajun Bayous (Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing, 1983).

Charles T. Brown, Music USA: America's Country and Western Tradition (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1986).

Gary Brown, Singin' a Lonesome Song: Texas Prison Tales (Dallas: Taylor Trade Publishing; 2001).

Jim Brown, George Jones: Why Baby Why (Kingston, ON: Quarry Music Books 2001).

Jim Brown, Willie Nelson: Red Headed Stranger (Kingston, ON: Quarry Music Books 2001)

Len Brown and Gary Friedrich, The Encyclopedia of Country and Western Music (New York, Tower Publications, 1971).

Lilla Jean Brown, "Music in the History of Dallas, 1841-1900" (M.A. thesis: University of Texas at Austin, 1947).

Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez, Lydia Mendoza's Life in Music: Norteño Tejano Legacies = La historia de Lydia Mendoza (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001).

Yolanda Broyles-González, "Re-Membering Chelo Silva," paper delivered at annual meeting of the Texas State Historical Association (March 6-8, 2003).

Steven Erle Buchanan, "The Piano Music of David W. Guion and the Intersection of Musical Traditions in America after World War I" (Ph.D dissertation, University of Texas, 1978).

Mary A. Bufwack and Robert K. Oermann, Finding Her Voice: The Saga of Women in Country Music (New York: Crown Publishers, 1993).

Burkes, Major Lee Sr., In the Shadow of Austin (Austin: L. Star Publishing, 2000).

Ramiro Burr, The Billboard Guide to Tejano and Regional Mexican Music (New York: Billboard Books, 1999).

Ramiro Burr, "Hispanic Music Cultural Expression" in The Hispanic Almanac (edited by Nicolas Kanellos; Detroit, MI: Visible Ink Press, 1995).

Ramiro Burr, "Tex-Mex Music" in World Music: The Rough Guide (London, England: Penguin Group, 1994).

Alan Burton (ed.), Rave On: Classic Texas Music Quotes (Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 1996).

Johnny Bush and Rick Mitchell, Whiskey River Take My Mind: The True Story Of Texas Honky Tonk (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006).

William J. Bush, "Buddy Holly," Guitar Player, XVI, No. 6 (June 1982).

Gene Busnar, Superstars of Country Music (New York: Julian Messner, 1984).

Toby Byron and Pete Welding (eds.), Bluesland (New York: Dutton, 1991).

Tony Byworth, Giants of Country Music (New York: Hamlyn, 1984).

Ron Cabal, A Honky Tonk Odyssey: My Eight Years with George Strait (Austin: [n.p.], 1990).

Alan Cackett and Alec Foege, The Harmony Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Music (New York: Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1994).

Robert Calva, Texas Blues Guitar (Hal Leonard, Book and CD edition, 1999).

Arthur L. Campa, Hispanic Culture in the Southwest (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1979).

David Cantwell, George Strait: An Illustrated Musical History (New York: Boulevard Books, 1996).

Richard Carlin, The Big Book of Country Music: A Biographical Encyclopedia (New York: Penguin, 1995).

Dolly Carlisle, Ragged But Right: The Life and Times of George Jones (Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1984).

Joe Carr and Alan Munde, Prairie Nights to Neon Lights: The Story of Country Music in West Texas (Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 1995).

Patrick Carr (ed.), The Illustrated History of Country Music (New York: Doubleday/Dolphin, 1980).

Lew Lloyd Carter, Jr., "Raymond T. Barnum: His Contributions to Music Education in Texas" (M.A. thesis, Hardin-Simmons University, 1968).

Betty Casey, The Complete book of Square Dancing (and Round Dancing) (New York: Doubleday, 1976).

Betty Casey, Dance Across Texas (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1986).

Bryan Chalker, Country Music (London: Phoebus, 1976).

Samuel Barclay Charles, The Bluesmen: The Story and the Music of the Men Who Made The Blues (New York: Oak Publications, 1967).

Abram Chasins with Villa Stiles, The Van Cliburn Legend (Garden City, NJ: Doubleday, 1959).

Samuel Charters, Country Blues (New York: Da Capo, 1975).

Jeannie Cheatham, Meet Me with Your Black Drawers On: My Life in Music (Austin: UT Press; 2006).

Chris Christian, How To Get Started In Christian Music (Dallas: Home Sweet Home Publications, 1986).

Kenneth S. Clark, The Cowboy Sings Songs of the Ranch and Range (New York: Paull-Pioneer Music Corp., 1932).

Kenneth S. Clark, The Cowboy Sings Traditional Songs of the Western Frontier Arranged for General Singing (New York: Paull-Pioneer Music Corp., 1932).

Kenneth S. Clark, The Happy Cowboy and His Songs of Pioneer Days (New York: Paull-Pioneer Music Corp., 1934).

Kenneth S. Clark (ed.), Buckaroo Ballads (New York: Paull-Pioneer Music Corp., 1940).

Walter Aaron Clark (ed.), From Tejano to Tango: Latin American popular music (New York : Routledge, 2002).

Bob Claypool, Saturday Night at Gilley's (New York: Delilah/Grove Press, Random House, 1980).

Alan Clayson, Only the Lonely: Roy Orbison's Life and Legacy (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989).

Lawrence Clayton and Joe W. Specht, (ed.), The Roots of Texas Music (College Station: Texas University Press, 2003).

Kenton J. Clymet (ed.), Vietnam War: Its History, Literature and Music (El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1999).

Kevin Coffey, "East Texas Sock: The Impact of Black Music on Texas Country Dance Musicians" (paper delivered at Texas State Historical Association convention, March 7, 1997).

Buell E. Cobb, Jr., The Sacred Harp: A Tradition and Its Music.(Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1978)

Tristam P. Coffin, Folksong and Folksong Scholarship (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1964).

Lawrence Cohn (ed.), Nothing But The Blues: The Music and the Musicians (New York: Abbeville Press, 1993).

M.R. Cole (trans.), Los Pastores: A Mexican Play of the Nativity (Boston: Houghton Mifflin for the American Folk-Lore Society, 1907).

Shelby L. Collier, "The Status of Music in 100 Baptist Churches of Texas" (M.A. thesis, University of Texas at Austin, 1949).

Ace Collins, Tanya (New York: St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1995).

Izola Ethel Fedford Collins, Island of Color: Where Juneteenth Started ((Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2004).

Columbia Pictures Publications, comp., Texas: Great Songs of the Lone Star State (Miami: Columbia Pictures Publications, 1985).

Josiah Combs, Folksongs of the Southern United States (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1967).

Gilmar Henrique da Conceicaao, De Lenin a Janis Joplin (Sao Paulo: Edicon, 1987).

Pansy Cook, The Saga of Jim Reeves: Country and Western Singer and Musician (Los Angeles: Crescent Publications, 1977).

B. Lee Cooper and Wayne Haney, Rockabilly: A Bibliographic Resource Guide (Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1990).

Daniel C. Cooper, Lefty Frizzell: The Honky-Tonk Life of Country Music's Greatest Singer (Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Co., 1995).

Peter Cooper, Hub City Music Makers: One Southern Town's Popular Music Legacy (Spartenburg, SC: Holocene Publishing, 1997).

Michael Corcoran, All Over the Map: True Heroes of Texas Music (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2005).

Dyanne Fry Cortez, Hot Jams & Cold Showers: Scenes from the Kerrville Folk Festival (Austin, Tex.: Dos Puertas Pub., c2000).

Kay Council, "Exploratory Documentation of Texas Norteño-Conjunto Music" (M.A. thesis, University of Texas at Austin, 1978).

Country Music Foundation (editor), Country: The Music and the Musicians, From the Beginnings to the ྖs (New York: Abbeville Press, 1994).

Country Music Magazine (editor), The Comprehensive Country Music Encyclopedia (New York: Times Books, 1994).

Ed Cray, Ramblin' Man: The Life And Times of Woody Guthrie (New York :W.W. Norton 2004).

Albert Cunniff, Waylon Jennings (New York: Kensington Publishing, 1985).

Stephen Curran, A Photographic History of Easter Everywhere (Irving, TX: Prism Marketing, Inc., 2005).

Susan Curtis, Dancing to a Black Man's Tune: A Life of Scott Joplin (Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1994).

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David Dalton, Janis (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1971).

David Dalton, Piece of My Heart: The Life, Times and Legend of Janis Joplin (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985).

David Dalton, Piece of My Heart: A Portrait of Janis Joplin (New York: Da Capo Press, 1991).

Helen Oakley Dance, Stormy Monday: The T-Bone Walker Story (New York: Da Capo Press, 1987).

Stanley Dance, The World of Count Basie (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1980).

Robert Darden, People Get Ready! : A New History of Black Gospel Music (New York: Continuum, 2004).

Charles Gilbert Davis, "Turning the Tune in Texas: A Survey of Printed Texas Music from Plain Chant to Ragtime," (M.A. thesis, Stephen F. Austin University, 1984).

Doug Davis, Stories Behind the Songs (Texarkana: Country Music Classics, 2006; availble from the author for $65: 3702 Pleasant Grove Road, Texarkana, Texas 75503).

Kenneth W. Davis, "Fifth Sunday Singing Convention," paper delivered at annual meeting of the Texas State Historical Association (March 2, 1996).

Ronald L. Davis, A History of Opera in the American West (New York: Prentice-Hall, 1965).

Ronald L. Davis, La Scala West: The Dallas Opera under Kelly and Rescigno (Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 2000).

Nicholas Dawidoff, In the Country of Country: People and Places in American Music (New York: Pantheon, 1997).

Jim Dawson and Spencer Leigh, Memories of Buddy Holly: In the Words of His Friends, His Fans and Himself (Milford, NH: Big Nickel Publications, 1997).

Fred Dellar, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Music (New York: Harmony Books, 1977).

Jimmy Dean and Donna Meade Dean, Thirty Years of Sausage, Fifty Years Of Ham: Jimmy Dean's Own Stories (New York: Berkley Books, 2004).

Leonardo De Lorenzo, My Complete Story of the Flute: The Instrument, The Performer, The Music (Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 1992).

John Mark Dempsey, The Light Crust Doughboys Are on the Air (Celebrating Seventy Years of Texas Music) (Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press, 2002).

R. Serge Denisoff, Waylon (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1983).

Jim DeRogatis, Kaleidoscope Eyes : Psychedelic Rock From the ླྀs to the ྖs (Secaucus, NJ:Carol Publishing Group, 1996).

Jim DeRogatis, Turn On Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock (Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard,, 2003).

Richard Devinck, Johnny Winter, the Texas Blues Masters and CD with CDROM (Creative Concepts Publishing Corporation, 1996).

Autumn de Wilde, Elliott Smith (San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2007).

Joan Dew, Singers and Sweethearts: The Women of Country Music (Garden City, NY: Dolphin Books, 1977).

Dan Dickey, "Tejano Troubadours," Texas Observer (July 16, 1976).

Dan Dickey, The Kennedy Corridos: A Study of the Ballads of a Mexican-American Hero (Austin: Center for Mexican American Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, 1978).

Dan Dickey, "The Development of Musica Tejana: Guitarreros, Conjuntos and Orquestas Tejanas," paper delivered at annual meeting of the Texas State Historical Association (March 2, 1984).

Adeline Short Dinger, Folk Life and Folklore of the Mexican Border (Edinburg: Hidalgo County Historical Society, 1994).

Vincent R. DiNino, Marching Bands Through "The Eyes of Texas" (Minneapolis, MN: Schmitt Music Centers, 1974).

Bob Dixon and John Godrich, Blues and Gospel Records, 1902-1943 (Essex, England: Storyville Publications, 1982).

J. Frank Dobie, Follow de Drinkin' Gou'd (Austin: Texas Folklore Society, 1928).

J. Frank Dobie, "Ballads and Songs of the Frontier Folk, " in Texas And Southwestern Lore, Texas Folklore Society Publications, VI and VII (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1927, 1928).

J. Frank Dobie, Rainbow in the Morning: Texas Folk Songs (Halboro, PA: Folklore Associates, 1965).

J. Frank Dobie, Coffee in the Gourd [Facsimile edition](Dallas:Southern Methodist University Press 1969, c1923).

Sharrard H. Douglas, "A History of the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra" (M.A. thesis, Incarnate Word College, 1971).

Robert Draper, Everything You Want To Know About...ZZ Top (New York: Ballantine Books, 1984).

Frank S. Driggs, "Kansas City and the Southwest," in Nat Hentoff and Albert J. McCarthy (eds.) Jazz: New Perspectives on the History of Jazz (New York: Rinehart & Co., 1959).

Paul Drummond, Eye Mind: The Saga of Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators, the Pioneers of Psychedelic Sound (Los Angeles: Process Books, 2007).

Arleigh Duff, Y'all Come (Austin: Eakin Press, 1983).

Chuck Dunaway, The Way I Remember It (Fort Worth: DFW Press, 2004)

Bob Dunbar, From Bob Wills to Ray Benson: A History of Western Swing Music (Austin: Term Publications, 1988).

Rev. Lavada "Dr. Hepcat" Durst, The Jives of Doctor Hepcat (Austin: [n.p.], 1953).

Steve Earle, Steve Earle in Quotes (compiled, researched and published by Joanna Serraris, edited by John Weaver; The Hague, The Netherlands, 1997).

Steve Earle, Doghouse Roses: Stories (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2001).

Alice Echols, Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin (New York: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 1998).

Don Edwards, Classic Cowboy Songs From The Minstrel On The Range (Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith Publishers, 1994).

Ross Edwards, Fiddle Dust (Denver, CO: Big Mountain Press, 1965).

Daniel McMillan Eggleston, "Portrait of a Young Artist: Shawn Phillips" (Kingsville: M.A. thesis, Texas A&I University, 1973).

Joe Ely, Bonfire of Roadmaps (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2007).

Clifford Endres with Scott Newton, Austin City Limits (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1987).

Louis B. Engelke, "San Antonio's First Music Teacher," San Antonio Express Magazine (March 26, 1950).

Rev. Roger Roky Kynard Erickson, Openers (Austin: Pyramid Publishers, 1972).

Roger Roky Kynard Erickson, Openers II: The Lyrics of Roky Erickson (comp. and ed. by Casey Monahan; Los Angeles, CA: 2.13.61 Publications, 1995).

Colin Escott, Martin Hawkins and Hank Davis, The Sun Country Years: Country Music in Memphis, 1950-1959 (Bremen, West Germany: Bear Family Records, 1986).

Colin Escott, Tattooed On Their Tongues: A Journey Through the Backrooms of American Music (New York: Schirmer Books, 1996).

David Evans, Musical Innovation in the Blues of Blind Lemmon Jefferson (Chicago: Black Music Research Journal, Spring 2000).

Glen Nicholas M. Evans, "Swingin' and Boppin' South Texas-Style: Toward an Understanding of the Corpus Christi Jazz Scene" (M.A. thesis, University of Texas at Austin, 1992).

Mark Evans, Scott Joplin and the Ragtime Years (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1976).

Nick Evans and Jeff Horne, Songbuilder: The Life and Music of Guy Clark (Kent, England: Amber Waves/Heartland Publishing, 1998).

Steve Evans and Ron Middlebrook, Cowboy Guitars (Fullerton, CA: Centerstream Publishing / Hal Leonard 2002)

Charles F. Faber, The Country Music Almanac (Lexington, KY: Faber, 1978).

Paula Felps, Lone Stars and Legends: The Story of Texas Music (Plano: Republic of Texas Press, 2001)

William Ferris and Mary Hart, Folk Music and Modern Sound (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1982).

Lanny Fiel, The Essential Texas Fiddle: Improvisation, Harmony and Style (Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 1992).

Lanny Fiel, The Bob Wills Fiddle Legacy (Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 1992).

Austin E. and Alta Stephens Fife, Ballads of the Great West (Palo Alto, CA: American West Publishing Co., 1970).

Austin E. and Alta Stephens Fife, "Pug-Nosed Lil' Girl with the Blue Velvet Band" in Folklore of the Great West: Selections From 83 Years of the Journal of American Folklore, ed. by John Greeway (Palo Alto, CA: American West Publishing Co., 1970).

Austin E. and Alta Stephens Fife, Cowboy and Western Songs: A Comprehensive Anthology (New York, C. N. Potter, dist. by Crown Publishers, 1969).

Benjamin Filene, "'Our Singing Country'-John and Alan Lomax, Leadbelly, and the Construction of an American Past,'" American Quarterly, XXXXIII, No. 4, (December 1991).

Ronald Flynn, Edwin Davison and Edward Chavez, The Golden Age of the Accordion (Schertz: Flynn Associates Pub. Co., 1992).

Gail Folkins and J. Marcus Weekley, Texas Dance Halls: A Two-Step Circuit (Lubbock: Texas
Tech University Press, 2007).

Gene Fowler and Bill Crawford, Border Radio (Austin: Texas Monthly Press, 1987).

Lana Nelson Fowler (ed.), Willie Nelson Family Album (Amarillo: H.M. Poirot & Company, 1980).

Aaron A. Fox, Real Country: Music and Language in Working-Class Culture (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2004).

Robin Fradenburgh (ed.), Directory of Music Collections in Texas Libraries (Austin: Music Library Association, 1985).

Gerald David Frank, A German Organbuilder on the Texas Frontier: The Life and Work of Johann Traugott Wandke (Harrisville, NH: Boston Organ Club Chapter of the Organ Historical Society, 1990).

Tillman Franks with Robert Gentry and Patricia Martinez (ed.), I Was There When It Happened (Many, LA: Sweet Dreams Pub. Co, 2000).

Kinky Friedman, 'Scuse Me While I Whip This Out : Reflections on Country Singers, Presidents, and Other Troublemakers (New York: William Morrow, 2004).

Myra Friedman, Buried Alive: The Biography of Janis Joplin (New York: William Morrow, 1977).

Myra Friedman, Janis Joplin Buried Alive: The Intimate Biography (New York: Crown, 1992).

Myra Friedman, Buried Alive: The Biography of Janis Joplin (New York: Harmony Books, 1992).

Deborah Frost and Bob Alford, ZZ Top: Bad and Worldwide (New York: Collier Books, 1985).

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