Deep Ellum Blues
Kevin Pask, Concordia University
Essay Sections:
Introduction | Discovering
Deep Ellum
| Blues History and Urban Life | The
Demise of Deep Ellum | Conclusion: Deep Ellum Revived |Notes | Recommended
Resources
Notes:
1. A. C. Greene, “Introduction,” in William L. McDonald, Dallas Rediscovered: A Photographic Chronicle of Urban Expansion, 1870-1925 (Dallas: The Dallas Historical Society, 1978), v.
2. Alan B. Govenar and Jay F. Brakefield, Deep Ellum and Central Track: Where the Black and White Worlds of Dallas Converged (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1998). Much of my historical information in the first two paragraphs in "Blues History and Urban Life" is derived from their book.
3. Charles Wolfe and Kip Lornell, The Life & Legend of Leadbelly (New York: HarperCollins, 1992), 42-48.
4. Paul Oliver, Blues Off the Record: Thirty Years of Blues Commentary (New York: Da Capo, 1984), 162.
5. Govenar and Brakefield, Deep Ellum and Central Track, 138-163.
6. Quoted by Dan Baum, "Letter from New Orleans: The Lost Year: Behind the Failure to Rebuild," The New Yorker, August 21, 2006, 52.
7. Baum, 52.
8. See Campagna's website http://www.franksart.net/.
9. The only chronological history of the revival of Deep Ellum that I know of is provided by The Dallas Observer: http://www.thedoordallas.com/rdh/observer_july_1999.htm
10. The Dallas Times Herald, February 10, 1991, A29.
2. Alan B. Govenar and Jay F. Brakefield, Deep Ellum and Central Track: Where the Black and White Worlds of Dallas Converged (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1998). Much of my historical information in the first two paragraphs in "Blues History and Urban Life" is derived from their book.
3. Charles Wolfe and Kip Lornell, The Life & Legend of Leadbelly (New York: HarperCollins, 1992), 42-48.
4. Paul Oliver, Blues Off the Record: Thirty Years of Blues Commentary (New York: Da Capo, 1984), 162.
5. Govenar and Brakefield, Deep Ellum and Central Track, 138-163.
6. Quoted by Dan Baum, "Letter from New Orleans: The Lost Year: Behind the Failure to Rebuild," The New Yorker, August 21, 2006, 52.
7. Baum, 52.
8. See Campagna's website http://www.franksart.net/.
9. The only chronological history of the revival of Deep Ellum that I know of is provided by The Dallas Observer: http://www.thedoordallas.com/rdh/observer_july_1999.htm
10. The Dallas Times Herald, February 10, 1991, A29.
About the Author:
Kevin Pask was born and raised in Dallas, and he now teaches
English literature at Concordia University in Montreal. He works primarily
on Renaissance literature, and, every once in a while, on Texas. His
other essay on Texas, "God's
Casino: The Texas of George W. Bush," appeared in Dissent in
the summer of 2006.
Essay Sections:
Introduction | Discovering
Deep Ellum
| Blues History and Urban Life | The
Demise of Deep Ellum | Conclusion: Deep Ellum Revived |Notes | Recommended
Resources
