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Patience for the Ride: The Art and Life of Will Johnson
$26.95 Add to cartJason Isbell describes Will Johnson’s songs as a poetic manipulation of language that employs “multi-syllable words used almost as musical instruments [and] detailed images flying at the listener with
- Series: Gary Hartman Texas Music Series, Sponsored by the Center for Texas Music History, Texas State Univer
- Author: Krajicek, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 23 2026
- ISBN10: 1648433685
- Language: English
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East Nashville Skyline: The Songwriting Legacy of Todd Snider
$35.00 Add to cartIn his introduction, author Brian T. Atkinson calls singer-songwriter Todd Snider “a marvel and a mystery” who “creates at any cost.” Snider, originally hailing from the Portland, Oregon, area, arriv
- Series: Gary Hartman Texas Music Series, Sponsored by the Center for Texas Music History, Texas State Univer
- Author: Atkinson, Brian T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 05 2025
- ISBN10: 1648433243
- Language: English
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Picnic: Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July Tradition
$35.00 Read moreIn 1973, a forty-year-old country musician named Willie Nelson, inspired by a failed music festival the year before, decided he was going to hold his own party. He would stage it in the same remote a
- Series: Texas Music Series, Sponsored by the Center for Texas Music History, Texas State University
- Author: Thomas, Dave Dalton
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1648431941
- Language: English
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Poets and Dreamers: My Life in Americana Music
$29.00 Add to cartPart memoir, part oral history, Poets and Dreamers: My Life in Americana Music traces Tamara Saviano’s remarkable journey through the rise of the Americana music genre. Spanning more than three decad
- Series: Gary Hartman Texas Music Series, Sponsored by the Center for Texas Music History, Texas State Univer
- Author: Saviano, Tamara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 09 2025
- ISBN10: 1648433219
- Language: English
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Pickers and Poets: The Ruthlessly Poetic Singer-Songwriters of Texas
$32.95 Read moreMany books and essays have addressed the broad sweep of Texas music–its multicultural aspects, its wide array and blending of musical genres, its historical transformations, and its love/hate relatio… [more below]
- Series: John and Robin Dickson Texas Music, Sponsored by the Center for Texas Music History, Texas
- Author: Clifford, Craig E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: September 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1648432115
- Language: English
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Love at the Five and Dime: The Songwriting Legacy of Nanci Griffith
$34.95 Read moreNanci Griffith (1953-2021) remains, despite her untimely death, a “living, breathing, ever-present entity and inspiration.” According to author Brian T. Atkinson, reflections on Griffith’s omnipresen
- Series: Texas Music Series, Sponsored by the Center for Texas Music History, Texas State University
- Author: Atkinson, Brian T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1648432387
- Language: English
