Title |
Played out on the strip the rise and fall of Las Vegas casino bands
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Names |
McKay, Janis.
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Book Number |
DBC08382
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Digital Book
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Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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Annotation |
This book will appeal to readers interested in Las Vegas history, music history, and labor issues as it traces a major shift in the music industry from 1940 to 1989 including the musicians' strike of 1989. It offers extensive interviews and personal perspectives from former musicians using primary sources and oral histories to outline the bittersweet history of music entertainment and a transitional period in Las Vegas history. Some violence.
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Narrator |
Andrews, Bill.
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Local Subject |
Biography & Autobiography - BIO
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Biography - Actors & Media Celebrities - BIA
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Music & Dance - MAD
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Adult Book - AD
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Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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Arts & Architecture - ART
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History - History of the American West - HUSW
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History - HST
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History, United States - HUS
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Short Book - SH
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Audience Notes |
Contains violence.
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Male narrator.
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LC Subject |
Band musicians - Nevada - Las Vegas
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Casinos - Nevada - Las Vegas
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Music - Social aspects - Nevada - Las Vegas - History - 20th century
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Downloadable books
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Nonfiction
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Talking books
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Call Number |
331.76178409793135 ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2019
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Publication Info |
Carson City : Nevada Talking Book Services, Nevada State Library, Archives and Public Records, 2019
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Original Publication |
Recorded from: Reno, Nevada : University of Nevada Press, [ 2016] 9780874179996
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