It seems that the Swing Out is the defacto basic step of Lindy Hop now a days. In 1943 Life magazine wrote, "First element of Lindy Hop was the...
Ran across this book while researching Lee Lawless, who hired Laure' Haile and her husband to manage an Arthur Murray studio in Tucson. Currently...
Spitfire has been on line today, and I'm thinking this might be interesting. Laure' married and moved to Tucson sometime 50/51/52 to manage a...
Ended up talking to a long time Bushwhackers regular, Carla, in the parking lot last night. With all the young people that have been showing up...
I've never climbed Mt Shasta. There is a play I want to see at the Ashland Shakespeare Festival this year, and I haven't been down there for a number...
This topic came up in another thread, and there is a lot to be said on the topic. I think it fits here because swing and shuffle rhythm are so...
Thought you all might find this interesting. Diosa Costella was on a bill with Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, the headliner in a show that...
Pretty obvious question/topic, I hope. Who wants to go first?
Glad to see someone else wants to talk about this! Let's see how much time I have, but someone (Mr4Styles?) can sure go first.
If you stick to certain sources, you would think that creativity in American music was a one way street. One of my projects is to document the fact...
I figure this group would most appreciate our made in the USA non Argentine Tango. Although I intend this tread to be mostly about music made in the...
Stick around for ... "the graceful dancing of BLAIR AND DEAN" Billboard Oct 20, 1945 Soundie Program 1216 [media] Welk isn't C&W but, it DOES...
Just stumbled on this one, suggested by YouTube. Jimmie Rodgers was one of the first "country" musicians to hit it big in records. Note the July...
We talked a bit about Robert Farris Thompson's "Tango" the Art History of Love" recently in another thread, but that was a tangent. And I would like...
Well, I've been mentioning it for years, and now you can see a bit of it for yourselves. Can you spot me? [media]
Anyone like to comment on this one? [media] I looked at some reviews and...
I remember this one from back then. I was not a dancer then. How would you dance to this one? [media]
I'm pretty useless at indentifying latin rhythms. What do we have here? [media] What a crazy mixed up country we have here. (Fantastico!)
This article was published in "The Crisis," which was (is?the official magazine of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People...
Hidden music scene worth searching for by Lindsey Tannner of the Associated Press "Cowboy booted couples of all ages two-step around the dimly lit,...
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