Kansas Music: Stories of a Rich Tradition

by Debra Goodrich Bisel

Overview

Despite its sparse population, Kansas is well represented in the annals of music history. The state claims some of the most popular acts from the past century, including Kansas, Count Basie, Big Joe Turner, Martina McBride, Melissa Etheridge and Charlie Parker. A wide variety of genres plays and prospers here, from blues to bluegrass. Beloved venues from mega-festivals like Walnut Valley to jam sessions just off the front porch preserve the state's tuneful heritage. Join Deb Bisel in celebrating this lyrical legacy, from "Home on the Range" to "Dust in the Wind" and beyond.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781625846341
Publisher:	The History Press
Publication date:	11/11/2014
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Deb is the resident historian at Historic Topeka Cemetery and is co-host of the weekly TV show Around Kansas. Her co-host, Frank Chaffin, is a long-time radio personality and is a partner in the internet reincarnation of WREN. He counts among his friends Randy Sparks, of the New Christy Minstrels, who wrote and performed the theme song for Around Kansas. Deb has appeared in numerous documentaries including the recently released Road to Valhalla and the Gunslingers on the American Heroes Channel.

Table of Contents

Foreword Allen Blasco 9

Acknowledgements 11

Introduction: A Made Thing 13

Part I Oh, Give Me A Home!

1 The Crooked Road 19

2 Honest Work 25

3 Jam4Dan 38

4 Doug Ruth and Wheatstock 45

5 Walnut Valley Festival 49

6 Mariachi Estrella de Topeka 58

7 The Band Kansas 62

8 Stage and Screen 71

9 Little House on the Prairie 75

10 No Place Like Home 79

11 The Kansas Song Project 83

12 Six-String Justice 95

13 Mister Rogers 97

14 The Prairie Rose Chuckwagon 99

15 The Celtic Fox and Emma Chase Cafe 102

16 The Little Grill at the Little Apple 104

17 Andy McKee 108

Part II The Kansas Music Halt, of Fame

18 The Kansas Music Hall of Fame 113

19 The Kansas Music Hall of Fame Inductees 122

Epilogue: The Straight Road 177

Index 185

About the Author 189