The Accidental Texan: How Johnny Cuviello Became a Texas Playboy

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dc.contributor.authorLannon, Deirdre
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-21T10:04:49Z
dc.date.available2012-02-24T10:04:30Z
dc.date.issued2008-01
dc.description.abstractDrummer Johnny Cuviello had never been to Texas when he became one of Bob Willis's Texas Playboys in 1946. Neverthless, when Cuviello worked up a drum-oriented song for the band, Wills insisted on titling it "The Texas Drummer Boy." After the tune became a hit, Cuviello himself would come to be known as The Texas Drummer Boy, a nickname belying the fact that he had visited the Lone Star State only briefly while on tour with Wills. Cuviello never identified as Texan, but during his time with the Texas Playboys, the patina of a fabricated Texas cowboy image tinted his role in the band, and thus his professional identity. Ironically, the fact that he was not a true Texan, unlike many of the other band members, also may have played a role in the abrupt end of his tenure as a Texas Playboy.
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dc.format.extent9 pages
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dc.identifier.issn1535-7104
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/2661
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe Center for Texas Music Historyen_US
dc.sourceJournal of Texas Music History, 2008, Vol. 8, Issue 1, Article 3.
dc.subjectTexas
dc.subjectMusic
dc.subjectHistory
dc.subjectCountry music
dc.subjectConjunto
dc.subjectTejano
dc.subjectBlues
dc.subjectR & B
dc.subjectCajun
dc.subjectZydeco
dc.subjectJazz
dc.subjectGospel
dc.titleThe Accidental Texan: How Johnny Cuviello Became a Texas Playboyen_US
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