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Thomas, Andy, 27, 271

Ultramaag (band), 232

Thomas, B. J., 98, 100, 123, 130–131,

Universal Records, 150, 242, 244, 253,

144, 266, 295, 302, 304

265

Thomas, Brian, 2, 246

Unplugged (band), 242–243

Thomas, Bubbha, 109, 118–119, 257

Unterberger, Richie, 151–152, 154

Thomas, Danny, 163–164, 173, 257

Urban, Al, 89, 289

Thomas, Gene, 92–93, 260, 276–277

Utah Carl (Carl Beach), 146, 149,

Thomas, Leon, 46

282–284

Thompson, Cotton, 28–29, 38, 269

Utility Records, 224

Thompson, David, 3, 219, 221, 224–225

Thompson, Hank, 206

Valdemar (rapper), 248

Thompson, Mayo, 159, 167–168, 172,

Valens, Ritchie, 76

257

Vamalco (record label), 98

Thornton, Beth, 166, 199

Van Zandt, Townes, 94, 96, 123

Thornton, Willie Mae “Big Mama,” 104,

Vaughn, Jody, 216

117, 304

Vee-Jay Records, 100

Thunder and Sky Ranch Records, 151

Ventura (record label), 131, 290, 294

Thurman, Bennie, 162

Venus Records, 92, 160, 276–277

Tillman, Floyd, 20, 38–40, 73, 88, 102,

Vernon, Woody (Vernon Woodworth),

149, 187–188, 274, 278, 289, 291, 301

19, 267–268, 272

TNT Records, 29, 38, 273

Versay, Flery, 120, 164, 257

Tonka Records, 149

Villa, Tony, 231

Tottenham, John, 53

Village Boys (band), 29, 38, 269

Toussaint, Allen, 207

Villasenor, Artie, 224

Tragically Hip (band), 115

Vine, Katy, 250

Travis, Don (Cadet Don), 145, 147

Voices (band), 214–215

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Vonderhaar, Drew, 249

Willemaine, Jake, 215

von Steiger, Marilyn, 162, 257

Williams, Andre, 154

Voytek, Lester, 16

Williams, Bobby, 109, 298–299

Williams, Brian “Baby,” 243

Wadey, Paul, 83

Williams, Don, 139–140,
141

Walden, Snuff y, 101

Williams, Eugene, 187

Walker, Billy, 111, 124

Williams, Jimmy Ray, 149

Walker, Clay, 245–246, 265

Williams, John (composer), 146

Walker, Doak, 199

Williams, Johnny, 132, 266, 293

Walker, Jerry Jeff , 96, 199, 209

Williams, L. C., 27, 270–271

Walker, T-Bone, 86, 138

Williams, Lucinda, xi, 94, 208, 210–211

Wall, Paul, 253

Williams, Michelle, 238,
241
, 265

Wallace, Gary, 95

Williams, Perk, 81, 259–260, 287

Walton, John Ike, 142, 162

Williams, Steve, 220

Warner Brothers Records, 99, 189, 199–

Wills, Bert, 214–215, 233, 246–247, 249,

200, 209, 262–263

257

Watson, Dale, 246

Wills, Bob, 29, 56, 138, 200, 206, 214,

Watson, Gene, 149

217

Watson, Susan, 215, 292

Wilson, Ron, 238

Wayside Records, 68, 265, 277

Winter, Edgar, 100

WEA (record label), 224

Winter, Johnny, 150, 173, 175, 292, 301

Webb, Cassell, 175, 257

Winters, Jonathan, 64

Webb, Joyce, 99, 257

Witt, Jane, 221

Webster, Mae, 94

Wolf Records, 86

Weldon, C. L., 97–99, 293, 302

Wood, Roger, ix–x, xv–xvi, 26, 83, 106,

Wesolek, Barbara, 41

117, 125, 126

Western Jamboree Cowboys (band), 38,

Wood, Tommy.
See
Noack, Eddie

279–281

Workman, Dan, 2–3, 214, 231–232, 234,

Western Records, 39, 89

237–243, 245, 253, 257, 311

Wexler, Jerry, 188

World Beat Records, 244, 264

Whalum, Kirk, 209, 250

Wothke, Randy, 237, 257

White, Michael, 249

Wright, Billy, 117

White, Mickey, 211

Wright, Buddy (the Wright 5, Wright

White, Rocky, 248

Sounds), 142

White, Tony Joe, 152

Wright, Lonnie, 212, 311

Whiteside, Frank,
59

Wright, O. V., xi, 104, 109–110, 115–116,

Whitford, Bob, 79

118–119, 261, 295–296, 299

Whittaker, Sebastian, 225, 227, 263–264,

Wyckoff , Johnny, 215

308–309

Wynette, Tammy, 47

Wickham, Andy, 200

Wynn, Ron, 113–114

Wiggins, Sarah, 95

Wilcox, Coye, 88, 289

Xelencia (band), 222–223

Wilkerson, Don, 87

Wilkes, Ira, 207, 211, 293

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Yeaney, Dan, 231

Yesterday’s Obsession (band), 156, 293

Young, Don “Red,” 198–199, 257

Young, Horace Y., 247

Young, M. L., 83

Younkin, Ray, 252

Zakary Thaks (band), 152–154,
155
–156,

266

Zatyka, Denny, 130

Zeus Records, 228

Ziontones (group), 187

Zolten, Jerry, 105

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• Contents
  
• Foreword
  
• Acknowledgments
  
• Introduction: The Case for Greatness
  
• One. The Raid
  
• Two. Domestic Crude
  
• Three. The Independent Quinn
  
• Four. Gold Star Records
  
• Five. Label's Demise, New Studio's Rise: Recording in the House
  
• Six. Pappy Daily and Starday Records
  
• Seven. The Big Studio Room Expansion
  
• Eight. Daily's Dominance and D Records
  
• Nine. Little Labels: Blues, Country, and Sharks
  
• Ten. Into the '60s and Quinn's Last Sessions
  
• Eleven. Duke-Peacock: The Gold Star Connection
  
• Twelve. The HSP Corporation Experiment Begins
  
• Thirteen. A House of Rock, Despite the Muck
  
• Fourteen. The HSP Aftermath and a New Direction
  
• Fifteen. International Artists Record Company: The Psychedelic Business Plan
  
• Sixteen. Disillusioned Dissolution
  
• Seventeen. Meaux Moves In, SugarHill Ascends
  
• Eighteen. The Freddy Fender Phenomenon
  
• Nineteen. The Later '70s and Early '80s
  
• Twenty. Meaux's Final Phase
  
• Twenty-One. Modern Music (Ad)Ventures
  
• Twenty-Two. Emergence of a RAD Idea
  
• Twenty-Three. Millennial Destiny
  
• Twenty-Four. Still Tracking in the Twenty-first Century
  
• Appendix A. Catalogue of Interviews
  
• Appendix B. Chart Records from the House of Hits
  
• Appendix C. Selected Discographies: A Partial History
  
• Appendix D. Chronology of Gold Star / SugarHill Engineers
  
• Bibliography
  
• Index