Kurt E. Armbruster

Kurt Einar Armbruster is a historian and author in Seattle, Washington.[1]

He graduated from the University of Washington.[2] Armbruster and his wife Cedar live in Seattle. He is a member of the Musicians' Union of Seattle Local 76-493.[1]

His book Before Seattle Rocked discusses Seattle's musical heritage.[3][4][5][6] A review in The Oregonian said: "Armbruster's book is packed with information on everything from the earliest pianos through the gold rush and Tin Pan Alley eras up through big band sounds and folk music," and that "He did a great job tracking down musicians from bygone days and gathering photos, including the smashing one of Guitar Shorty and his band on the cover."[7]

His book Playing for Change is about the founders of the Seattle Repertory Playhouse, Burton and Florence James.[8]

The history of American railroading is a lifelong interest, and he is currently (2023) managing editor of the Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association magazine, The Mainstreeter, for which he has written numerous articles.

Armbruster is a musician and songwriter with two albums: Spookyjuice (2012) and One Good Ride(2019), under the name EINAR.

Bibliography
  • Orphan Road; The Railroad Comes to Seattle, 1853 - 1911. Washington State University Press, 1999. [2]
  • Before Seattle Rocked; A City and Its Music. University of Washington Press, 2011.
  • Playing for Change : Burton and Florence James and the Seattle Repertory Playhouse. University Book Store Press, 2012.
  • Pacific Coast, Seattle's Own Railroad. Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, 2018.
  • Cthulhu's Back In Town. AuthorHouse, 2022.

References
  1. "University of Washington Press - Books - Before Seattle Rocked". www.washington.edu.
  2. "Orphan Road - WSU Press - Washington State University, 1999". wsupress.wsu.edu.
  3. "Give the Gift of Grunge". Seattle Magazine. 21 November 2011.
  4. Waltz, Alexandria (5 October 2018). "Book Review: Before Seattle Rocked. A City and Its Music". Pacnorwestq the Pacific Northwest Quarterly. 104 (1): 46–47. OCLC 7782036194 – via Open WorldCat.
  5. "'Before Seattle Rocked': music history as social history". Seattle Times. 28 October 2011.
  6. "Before Seattle rocked - Our musical legacy explored". MyNorthwest. 12 October 2011.
  7. "Northwest history for the holidays: 'Hidden History of Civil War Oregon,' 'Portland in Three Centuries' and more". The Oregonian.
  8. Paul Dorpat. "Seattle's first rep theater drew crowds; Kurt E. Armbruster has a new book out, "Playing for Change: Burton and Florence James and the Seattle Repertory Playhouse"". Seattle Times.
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