Deep Ellum

The Other Side of Dallas

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Music, Music Styles, Jazz & Blues, Blues, History, Americas, United States
Cover of the book Deep Ellum by Jay F. Brakefield, Alan B. Govenar, Texas A&M University Press
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Author: Jay F. Brakefield, Alan B. Govenar ISBN: 9781603449595
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press Publication: September 1, 2013
Imprint: Texas A&M University Press Language: English
Author: Jay F. Brakefield, Alan B. Govenar
ISBN: 9781603449595
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Publication: September 1, 2013
Imprint: Texas A&M University Press
Language: English

Deep Ellum, on the eastern edge of downtown Dallas, retains its character as an alternative to the city’s staid image with loft apartments, art galleries, nightclubs, and tattoo shops. It first sprang up as a ramshackle business district with saloons and variety theatres and evolved, during the early decades of the twentieth century, into a place where the black and white worlds of Dallas converged.

This book strips away layers of myth to illuminate the cultural milieu that spawned such seminal blues and jazz musicians as Blind Lemon Jefferson, Buster Smith, and T-Bone Walker and that was also an incubator for the growth of western swing.

Expanding upon the original 1998 publication, this Texas A&M University Press edition offers new research on Deep Ellum’s vital cross-fertilization of white and black musical styles, many additional rare historical photographs, and an updated account of the area in the early years of the twenty-first century.

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Deep Ellum, on the eastern edge of downtown Dallas, retains its character as an alternative to the city’s staid image with loft apartments, art galleries, nightclubs, and tattoo shops. It first sprang up as a ramshackle business district with saloons and variety theatres and evolved, during the early decades of the twentieth century, into a place where the black and white worlds of Dallas converged.

This book strips away layers of myth to illuminate the cultural milieu that spawned such seminal blues and jazz musicians as Blind Lemon Jefferson, Buster Smith, and T-Bone Walker and that was also an incubator for the growth of western swing.

Expanding upon the original 1998 publication, this Texas A&M University Press edition offers new research on Deep Ellum’s vital cross-fertilization of white and black musical styles, many additional rare historical photographs, and an updated account of the area in the early years of the twenty-first century.

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