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Title

See you at the hall : Boston's golden era of Irish music and dance / Susan Gedutis ; with a foreword by Mick Moloney.

Author

Gedutis, Susan.

Publication

Boston : Northeastern University Press, c2004.

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Description

xix, 252 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Subjects

• Dance music > Ireland > 20th century > History and criticism
• Irish Americans > Massachusetts > Boston > Music > 20th century > History and criticism
• Dance music > Massachusetts > Boston > 20th century > History and criticism
• Dance halls > Massachusetts > Boston

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-237), discography (p. 217), and index.

Contents

From shanties to three-deckers : Boston as an Irish destination -- The 1920s : my father's band -- The 1930s : If you're Irish, never mind the parlor, come into the kitchen! -- Strike up the band (again) -- If we only had old Ireland over here : dance, music, and Irish identity in the postwar dance halls -- There's a sweetheart waiting for you : women and romance -- The Kings of Dudley Street : Johnny Powell and his band -- The musician crowd : a community of differences -- At my father's knee : learning Irish music -- Copley Records : Boston's Irish label -- The hucklebuck and blue suede shoes : showbands -- The exodus -- And the band played on.

Call Number

JME 04-557

ISBN

1555536107 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2004001099

OCLC

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Author

Gedutis, Susan.

Title

See you at the hall : Boston's golden era of Irish music and dance / Susan Gedutis ; with a foreword by Mick Moloney.

Imprint

Boston : Northeastern University Press, c2004.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-237), discography (p. 217), and index.

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Research Call Number

JME 04-557