Research Catalog

Title

Corazón abierto : Mexican American voices in Texas music / Kathleen Hudson.

Publication

• College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2022]
• ©2022

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Hudson, Kathleen, 1945-

Description

viii, 246 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"Corazón abierto: Mexican American voices in Texas music provides a wide view of the myriad contributions Mexican American artists have made to music in Texas and the United States. Based on interviews with longtime stalwarts of Mexican American music -- Flaco Jiménez, Tish Hinojosa, Ernie Durawa, Rosie Flores, and others -- and also conversations with newer voices like Lesly Reynaga, Marisa Rose Mejia, Josh Baca, and many more, Kathleen Hudson allows the musicians to tell their own stories in a unique and personal way. As the artists reveal in their free-ranging discussions with Hudson, their influences go far beyond traditionally Mexican genres like conjunto, norteño, and Tejano to extend into rock, jazz, country-western, zydeco, and many other styles. Hudson's survey also includes essays, poetry, and other creative works by Dagoberto Gilb, Sandra Cisneros, and others, but the core of the book consists of what she describes as 'a collection of voices from different locations in Texas. . . . Some represent voices from the edge, while others give us a view from the center.' Weaving together a tapestry that combines 'family, borders, creativity, music, food, and community,' the book presents an image as varied and difficult to define as the musicians themselves. By sharing the artists' accounts of their influences, their experiences, their family stories, and their musical and cultural journeys, Corazón abierto reminds us that borders can be gateways, that differences enrich, rather than isolate"--

Series Statement

John and Robin Dickson series in Texas music

Uniform Title

John and Robin Dickson series in Texas music.

Alternative Title

Mexican American voices in Texas music

Subject

• Mexican American musicians > Texas > Interviews
• Mexican Americans > Texas > Music > History and criticism
• Tejano music > History and criticism
• Manners and customs
• Mexican American musicians
• Mexican Americans
• Tejano music
• Texas > Social life and customs
• Texas

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories.

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

Part 1. Oral histories. Music for fun / Armando Arciniega ; Sharing his passion / Josh Baca ; Bringing the groove / Max Baca ; Rich in spirit / Rick del Castillo ; It takes the drummer / Ernie Durawa ; A woman of family / Linda Escobar ; A rockabilly filly / Rosie Flores ; Talking Texas music in Mexico / David Garza ; Mariachi voice / Henry Gomez ; A man with a mission / Michael Guerra ; Talking on a border / Ruben Gutierrez ; Dreaming in the labyrinth / Tish Hinojosa ; A lifetime of achievement / Flaco Jiménez ; His father's son / Gill Jiménez ; He carries his father / Santiago Jiménez Jr. ; Mariachis make me cry / Stephanie Urbina Jones ; The family river of Jordan / Esteban Jordan III ; Time to dance / Billy Mata ; The joy of youth / Marisa Rose Mejia ; You can call me "Boxcar Fritz" / Fritz Morquecho ; Grace on the bass / Junior Pruneda ; Jazzmanian devil / Tomás Ramirez ; It's my world / Roberto Sontoya Ramos ; A fount of knowledge and experience / Gilbert Reyes ; Dual passport / Lesly Reynaga ; Speaking the truth / Frank Rodarte ; Subtlety speaking volumes / Florin Sanchez ; The heartbeat Is the drumbeat / Poncho Sanchez ; Educating and entertaining with grace and style / Patsy Torres ; Life on the line / Ruben V ; The Gypsy dances and sings / Patricia Vonne -- Part 2. Other Voices. Flaco's eightieth birthday : A reminder of how far conjunto can go / Hector Saldaña ; Freddy Fender's voice could console and comfort / Christine Granados ; Pride / Dagoberto Gilb ; Having recently escaped from the maws of a deathly life, but not that life sentence called Death, I am ready to begin the year anew / Sandra Cisneros ; Manuel's destiny / Stephanie Urbina Jones.

Call Number

JNE 22-115

ISBN

• 9781623499020
• 162349902X

LCCN

• 2021040877
• 40031092507

OCLC

1264750381

Title

Corazón abierto : Mexican American voices in Texas music / Kathleen Hudson.

Publisher

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2022]

Copyright Date

©2022

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

John and Robin Dickson series in Texas music

John and Robin Dickson series in Texas music.

Added Author

Hudson, Kathleen, 1945- interviewer.

Other Form:

Online version: Corazón abierto First edition. College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2022] 9781623499037 (DLC) 2021040878

Other Standard Identifier

40031092507

Research Call Number

JNE 22-115