Music in the City: A History of Austin Music Scene

Austin's music scene is one of the most dynamic in the nation. From country & western, alternative, funk, Tejano, rock, to jazz the Austin music scene has a club or honky-tonk for every taste. Texas culture is made up of the people that live in the state & the ethnic history of Austin's racial communities (white, Hispanic & black) combine their cultural heritages to make the hybrid that is Austin music. While looking at some specific Texas musicians like Willie Nelson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, T-Bone Walker, Doug Sahm, Eric Johnson & Selena; the issue of how musicians make music will be explored. Live bands, singer-songwriters, studio musicians, solo artists & cover bands are all part of the Austin music scene, whether they have had success or not. The music business (from night club-owners, recording studio engineers, record executives, booking agents, live sound engineers, managers, to A&R (Artist & Repertoire) reps) will also be explored to see how the music industry makes the products we consume. This book should be of interest to casual readers & closet musicians, as well as serious students of Ethnomusicology, Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Sociology, Urban Studies, American Studies, Urban Sociology, American History & Texas History.Alan Turley is the author of 'Music in the City: A History of Austin Music Scene' with ISBN 9780970438003 and ISBN 0970438001.