Previously published under title: Deep Ellum and Central Track. Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Deep Ellum: fact and fiction -- "Deep Elem blues": song of the street -- The railroads create Deep Ellum -- William Sidney Pittman: architect of Deep Ellum -- Black Dallas -- Jewish pawnbrokers and merchants of Deep Ellum -- Blind Lemon Jefferson: downhome blues -- The contemporaries of Blind Lemon -- Blind Willie Johnson and Arizona Dranes: the "holy blues" of Deep Ellum -- Alex Moore: Dallas piano blues -- Buster Smith: Dallas jazz goes to Kansas City and New York -- Marvin Montgomery: the cross-fertilization of white and black musical styles -- The contemporaries of Marvin Montgomery: western swing, Texas fiddling, and the big "D" jamboree -- Benny Binion: gambling and the policy racket -- Deep Ellum's just too doggone slow: decline and rebirth.

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