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- Title
«A Music Revolt in Southern Florida» The Story of Uncle Harve and Mida Records.
- Authors
Petrauskas, Alexander
- Abstract
My long lasting research on Miami country and rock'n'roll music history turned out to be more fruitful than it first promised. It brought artists and musicians to the spotlight that had been long forgotten, though being pioneers in their field. After figures like Tommy Spurlin, Buck Trail, and Happy Harold Thaxton, my research unearthed a man that sadly has been overlooked for many years. Band leader, record label owner, promoter, and «champion square dance caller,» Uncle Harve Spivey was one of the all-around men and entrepreneurs that dominated the small Miami country music scene during the 1940s and 1950s. Not limited to one musical style, Spivey moreover went into the recording business with his own Mida record label and recorded local Miami rock'n'roll acts. With groups like «The Ragtime Wranglers,» Spivey provided music and entertainment in the Miami-Dade area from the late 1940s up to the mid-1960s, even leaving behind a couple of historical recordings, which gives testimony of how western swing sounded like in Southern Florida back in those days.
- Subjects
ROCK music; ROCK musicians; SOUND recording industry; WESTERN swing music; MUSICAL style
- Publication
American Music Magazine, 2017, Issue 144, p52
- ISSN
0284-706X
- Publication type
Article