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Provides a wide view of the myriad contributions Mexican American artists have made to music in Texas and the United States. Based on interviews with longtime stalwarts of Mexican American music and conversations with newer voices, Kathleen Hudson allows the musicians to tell their own stories in a unique and personal way.

Following the successful pattern established in his works on Townes Van Zandt and Ray Wylie Hubbard, music journalist Brian Atkinson has interviewed artists such as Kris Kristofferson, Steve Earle, and many others to learn how Mickey Newbury's influence continues to shape the musical and artistic approach of both seasoned and newer performers.

Today, more than sixty years after he first stepped onto a stage, Delbert McClinton shows no signs of slowing down. He continues to play sold-out concert and dance halls, theaters, and festival events across America. This book offers readers a soundtrack to some of the most pivotal moments in the history of American popular music - all backed by a cooking rhythm section.

Billy Joe Shaver wrote ten of the eleven songs included on Waylon Jennings's landmark album Honky Tonk Heroes and played a dominant role in the origins and development of the Outlaw Country movement of the 1970s. This book seeks to give Shaver the recognition his prolific output deserves.