by Duncan McLean · Vintage Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099534716
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«Lone Star Swing» is a musical essay and travelogue by Duncan McLean, published by Vintage Books in paperback (320 pages, in English).
Scottish writer Duncan McLean travels from the Orkney Islands to Texas in 1995 in the footsteps of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, creators of western swing, a fusion of jazz, blues, country and mariachi. The journey combines road chronicle, portraits of musicians and vignettes of Texas, culminating in Turkey, Wills's hometown, with humor.
Non-fiction work combining travel writing, music journalism and personal memoir. Originally published in 1997; this edition appeared in 1998.
For fans of Bob Wills and western swing, and for those who enjoy travel writing and Texas culture.
