Milton Brown and the Founding of Western Swing

By: Cary Ginell

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Hardcover | 1 September 1994

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A few weeks before his death in an auto accident, Milton Brown and his band the Musical Brownies recorded forty-nine songs in a single three-day session. That prolific output was a testament to Brown's enormous popularity not only on record but as head of the premier touring act in the Southwest. Cary Ginell draws on interviews and his own musical knowledge to chart Brown's too-short career. Ginell sees Brown as the first key figure to merge blues, jazz, and country into the genre that artists like Bob Wills and Spade Cooley later popularized as Western Swing. Following Brown from his early years to his rise via the Fort Worth dance hall scene, Ginell traces the evolution of the singer-bandleader's musical innovations like adding vocals to dance music and his band's adoption of a style heavy with rhythm and blues. In 1936, Brown and his band stood at the brink of national stardom when Brown's car hit a telephone pole. He died five days later.

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Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xv
Stephenville (1903-18)	p. 1
The Harmony Boy (1918-25)	p. 12
Peanuts, Cigars, and Aladdin Lamps (1925-30)	p. 22
We're the Light Crust Doughboys from the Burrus Mill (1930-32)	p. 45
How Do You Do, We're Here to Sing to You (1932)	p. 67
Take a Chorus, Mister Calhoun! (1932-33)	p. 80
Taking Off (1934)	p. 96
Why, the Springs Are Clear as Crystal!	p. 114
On the Road	p. 142
The Biggest Little Band in the World (1935-36)	p. 166
Goodby Ma, Goodby Pa (April 1936)	p. 192
There'll Be Some Changes Made (1936-37)	p. 208
Epilogue	p. 219
Postscript: Aledo, 1985	p. 231
Appendixes
Crystal Springs Ramblers Dates	p. 235
Sybil Brower Bohm's Dance Itinerary	p. 239
Musical Brownies Time Line	p. 241
Notes	p. 243
Discography	p. 271
Song Analysis	p. 279
Index	p. 313
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