The Business of Tejana Music and Culture, 1930–1955
by
Dr. Mary Ann Villarreal
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
Everybody in the bar had to drop a quarter in the jukebox or be shamed by “Momo” Villarreal. It wasn’t about the money, Mary Ann Villarreal’s grandmother insisted. It was about the music—more songs for all the patrons of the Pecan Lounge in Tivoli, Texas. But for Mary Ann, whose schoolbooks...