Changing Sounds

ID: 2623 ~ Source: Montgomery, Marvin "Smokey," interviewed by Jean Ann Boyd, June 1, 1992 in Dallas, Texas, Baylor University Institute for Oral History. Access full interview here.

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Marvin "Smokey" Montgomery, songwriter, producer, and tenor-style banjo player, talks about the evolving role of the banjo in American music culture and the role that Shakey's played in popularizing the instrument.

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Shakey's Pizza Parlor

By Skylar Ray

In the 1960s and 1970s, the taste of pizza and the sound of Dixieland jazz went hand in hand for Wacoans who frequented Shakey’s Pizza Parlor. Shakey’s, the nation’s first franchise pizza chain, would become famous for pioneering a winning…