The Rise and Fall of Las Vegas Casino Bands
by
Janis L. McKay
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
From 1940 to 1989, nearly every hotel on the Las Vegas Strip employed a full-time band or orchestra. After the late 1980s, when control of the casinos changed hands from independent owners to corporations, almost all of these musicians found themselves unemployed. Played Out on the Strip traces this...