BARBECUE BISCUITS
AND BEANS
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Settlers of the Western Woods
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Texas Cowboy Cooking
$24.95 |
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donning denim or black tie, CHUCK WAGON COOKING champions Bill Cauble
and Clifford Tienert whip up menus to please cowboys, city slickers,
VIPs-and family. True to the heritage of the Old West, Cauble and
Tienert capture and preserve the culture of the cowboy and the rustic
romance of the great American cattle drive in BARBECUE BISQUITS AND
BEANS. Recipes for every occasion from casual cookouts, to family
celebrations, to black tie dinners include basic barbecue, whole ribeye,
ranch beans, fresh summer vegetables, fragrant sourdough biscuits,
savory sauces, fruit cobblers, and the best bread puddings. The easy to
follow recipesare accompanied by tips, tales and tidbits from two of the
foremost authorities on cooking with live coals. |
Settlers of the Western Woods
Settlers of the Western Woods, contains 25 songs with corresponding mini-chapters in a
116 page hardbound book. |
Although
Tom Perini, proprietor of the Perini Ranch Steakhouse in Buffalo Gap
(pop. 499), Texas, has gained national fame for his cuisine, he's quick
to remind people that he's just a "cowboy cook."
"I don't do any 'plate drawing',
where they drizzle sauces to 'paint' your dish," Perini drawls as
he pushes back his ever-present cowboy hat. "If you find a leaf on
one of my plates, you send it back! I want to do real food that looks
good and tastes good and that you can recognize."
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The Mayor of MacDougal Street
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American Legend:
The Real-Life Adventures of
David Crockett
$25.95
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Dave Van Ronk (1936-2002) was one of
the founding figures of the 1960s folk revival, but he was far more than
that. A pioneer of modern acoustic blues, a fine songwriter and arranger,
a powerful singer, and one of the most influential guitarists of the
1960s, he was also a marvelous storyteller, a peerless musical historian,
and one of the most quotable figures on the Greenwich Village scene.
Holding court in legendary venues like Gerde’s Folk City and the Gaslight
Caf8E, Van Ronk’s influence was so great that a stretch of Sheridan
Square—the heart of the Village—was renamed on June 30, 2004, and is now
Dave Van Ronk Street. The Mayor of MacDougal Street is a unique
first-hand account by a major player in the social and musical history of
the ’50s and ’60s. It features encounters with young stars-to-be like Bob
Dylan (who survived much of his first year in New York sleeping on Van
Ronk’s couch), Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs, Joan Baez, and Joni Mitchell, as
well as older luminaries like Reverend Gary Davis, Woody Guthrie,
Mississippi John Hurt, and Odetta. Colorful, hilarious, engaging, and a
vivid evocation of a fascinating time and place, The Mayor of MacDougal
Street will appeal not only to folk and blues fans but to anyone
interested in the music, politics, and spirit of a revolutionary period in
American culture. |
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What most baby boomers know about the
legendary frontier figure David “Davy” Crockett has been gleaned from the
Walt Disney movie and television series starring Fess Parker. In
American Legend: The Real-Life Adventures of David Crockett, WSU
English professor Buddy Levy presents a fuller profile of the man who made
Tennessee famous in the early 1800s. It’s not just a master heroic
outdoorsman who emerges; the consummate politician and ferocious fighter
for underdog causes shines through as well.
Born August 17, 1786, Davy Crockett found his independent spirit and
developed his frontier skills on the open road at the age of 14, when he
ran away from home for two years. It was a scenario that repeated itself
over the course of his lifetime, as Crockett went from adventure to
adventure—on the rugged frontier, into the hallowed halls of the U.S.
House of Representatives, and to his death at the Alamo on March 6, 1836.
This may be the definitive story of Crockett’s life, more so than
Crockett’s own 1834 autobiography, in which he capitalized on his own
pop-culture hero status rampant at the time. Levy has obviously researched
every inch of Crockett’s life but is careful he doesn’t let myth overpower
the truth, even though it’s obvious Levy admires his subject.
Still, American Legend is not without its dramatic moments.
Crockett’s killing of a 600-pound black bear depicted on page 109 is as
thrilling as any fictionalized adventure story. |
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Lightnin' Hopkins: His Life and Blues
$28.95
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In only the second biographical book on seminal blues guitarist-singer Hopkins (see Sarah Ann West, Deep Down Hard Blues, 1995), Govenar traces Hopkins’ long, twisting route to worldwide fame. Leaving home when still a child, Hopkins spent most of his life pursuing the sex-and-drinks-and-blues lifestyle that preceded the sex-and-drugs-and-rock-’n’-roll model, at least in the popular imagination. Apparently dubbed Lightnin’ at his 1946 first recording session, the moniker wasn’t, as oft-rumored, a tribute to his guitar stylings but made to go with session-mate Wilson Smith being called Thunder. Govenar finds that much else of what fans think they know about Hopkins doesn’t stand up to investigation, yet in pursuit of the truth via extensive interviews with family and friends, he turns up many nuggets as satisfying as the dispelled myths and inconsistencies. His detailed examination of how the delightfully cantankerous Hopkins rode the folk music craze of the early 1960s to rediscovery and a second, probably more remunerative recording career should be a cornerstone of blues-covering pop-music collections. --Mike Tribby
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