Govenar, Alan

In Images of America: The Dallas Music Scene: 1920s-1960s, longtime collaborators Alan Govenar and Jay Brakefield document this exciting time with rich archival images and build on decades of research. Govenar is an award-winning Dallas-based writer, folklorist, photographer, and filmmaker and is the founder and president of the nonprofit organization Documentary Arts. Brakefield is a retired journalist who now lives near Bryan, Texas, and continues to learn and write about music, history, and culture. Govenar and Brakefield are the authors of Deep Ellum: The Other Side of Dallas.