{"product_id":"bob-wills-hubbin-it-paperback-softback-9780915608409","title":"Bob Wills; Hubbin' It (Paperback \/ softback) 9780915608409","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBob Wills\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHubbin' It\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRuth Sheldon (Author), Charles R. Townsend (Introduction by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780915608409\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 October 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e128 pages, 23 black \u0026amp; white photographs\u003cbr\u003e22.5 x 14.9 x 1.3 cm, 0.2 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAn expert fiddler and a magnetic showman, Bob Wills (1905–1975) popularized a style of Southwestern dance music known as western swing, a rhythmic hybrid of fiddle music, blues, and big band swing. In 1938, when Wills was thirty-three and nearing the height of his fame, journalist Ruth Sheldon chronicled Wills’s rags-to riches rise. She produced a biography that captures the ebullient personality of Wills and reflects the bandleader’s vision of himself. \u003ci\u003eHubbin’ It \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a window into the daily life of a working musician during the Depression and a rich source of historical detail on one of America’s great musical innovators.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e Introduction by Charles R. Townsend \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Author’s Note \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Prelude \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter One A Fiddler is Born \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter Two Escape from Cotton \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter Three Kicking the Traces \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter Four A Barber and His Fiddle \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter Five Iron Bars Free a Prisoner \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter Six Black Face and Black Times \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter Seven A Taste of Fame Turns Sour \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter Eight Before the Dawn \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter Nine “Paths of Glory” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Songs \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676665901336,"sku":"9780915608409","price":14.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/bob-wills-hubbin-it-paperback-softback-9780915608409","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}