CONTENTS

Prologue

PART ONE

The Gay Place

A Yodeler and the Queen

Looking for a Home

Something to Do with Age

Austin Mañana

PART TWO

Beer, Cocaine and . . .

Just a Waltz

The Voice

The Boy from Alabama

The Golden Fleece

The Ballad of Evelyn Goose and Donna Dumbass

The Quota on Singing Texas Jews

Irish Texas

Willie the Lion

PART THREE

The Day of the Locust

PART FOUR

Outlaw Country

Good Day for the Blues

Pendulum

Legacies

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Index

Index of Song Titles