A Good-natured Riot

A Good-natured Riot

Author: Charles K. Wolfe

Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13:

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Wolfe recaptures the personalities and music of the early years of the longest-running radio show in history. 50 illustrations. Discography.


Record Cultures

Record Cultures

Author: Kyle Barnett

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2021-07-26

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 047203877X

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Tracing the cultural, technological, and economic shifts that shaped the transformation of the recording industry


The Grand Ole Opry

The Grand Ole Opry

Author: Colin Escott

Publisher: Center Street

Published: 2009-02-28

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 1599952483

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This official guide chronicles the story of the birthplace of country music as told by the people who were there. Escott presents the official inside history of the home of country music, offering fans an exclusive look into the heart and soul of country music. Full color, and packed with photos from the Opry Archives covering 80 years of history.


Drooling and Dangerous

Drooling and Dangerous

Author: Mary Amato

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2017-09-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 082343866X

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Are you bored? Do you like exciting and dangerous adventures? Then it's your lucky day! Orville and Wilbur Riot are back with all-new escapades—because, you know, you can't do the same mission twice. (That's Rule #15!) As the brothers say, a bad day is like bad breath . . . it just gets worse unless you do something about it. So Wilbur and Orville are determined to never be bored, even if that means they have to figure out how to become movie stars or foil a diamond heist. This time even Mom gets in on the fun when the brothers announce a switch day—sorry, a dwitch say—and take over the house and their school. This new edition features an updated cover, a list of the Riot Brothers' new games, and a sneak peak of Riot Brothers #3: Stinky and Successful.


Nashville Cats

Nashville Cats

Author: Travis D. Stimeling

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2020-04-01

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 0197502822

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The Nashville Cats bounced from studio to studio along the city's Music Row, delivering instrumental backing tracks for countless recordings throughout the mid-20th century. Music industry titans like Chet Atkins, Anita Kerr, and Charlie McCoy were among this group of extraordinarily versatile session musicians who defined the era of the "Nashville Sound," and helped establish the city of Nashville as the renowned hub of the record industry it is today. Nashville Cats: Record Production in Music City is the first account of these talented musicians and the behind-the-scenes role they played to shape the sounds of country music. Many of the genre's most celebrated artists-Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves, Floyd Cramer, and others immortalized in the Country Music Hall of Fame and musicians from outside the genre's ranks, like Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, heard the call of the Nashville Sound and followed it to the city's studios, recording song after song that resonated with the brilliance of the Cats. Author Travis D. Stimeling investigates how the Nashville system came to be, how musicians worked within it, and how the desires of an ever-growing and diversifying audience affected the practices of record production. Drawing on a rich array of recently uncovered primary sources and original oral histories,Âinterviews with key players, and close exploration of hit songs, Nashville Cats brings us back into the studios of this famous era, right alongside the remarkable musicians who made it happen.


Tennessee Strings

Tennessee Strings

Author: Charles K. Wolfe

Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780870492242

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Country music grew up in Tennessee, drawing from sources in the white rural music of East and Middle Tennessee, from the church music of country singing conventions, and from the black music of the Memphis area. The author traces the vital role played by Tennessee and its musicians in the development of this unique American art form.


Riot and Remembrance

Riot and Remembrance

Author: James S. Hirsch

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 9780618340767

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"A buried part of history comes to light in this informative account of the Black Wall Street Massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921"--


Country Music Annual 2002

Country Music Annual 2002

Author: Charles K. Wolfe

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

Published: 2015-01-13

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 0813157196

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In the third volume of this acclaimed country music series, readers can explore topics ranging from the career of country music icon Conway Twitty to the recent phenomenal success of the bluegrass flavored soundtrack to the film O Brother, Where Art Thou?. The tricky relationship between conservative politics and country music in the sixties, the promotion of early country music artists with picture postcards, the history of "the voice of the Blue Ridge Mountains" (North Carolina radio station WPAQ), and the formation of the Country Music Association as a "chamber of commerce" for country music to battle its negative hillbilly stereotype are just a few of the eclectic subjects that country music fans and scholars won't want to miss.


Sing Me Back Home

Sing Me Back Home

Author: Bill C. Malone

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2017-02-17

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 0806158514

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For over fifty years, Bill C. Malone has researched and written about the history of country music. Today he is celebrated as the foremost authority on this distinctly American genre. This new collection brings together his significant article-length work from a variety of sources, including essays, book chapters, and record liner notes. Sing Me Back Home distills a lifetime of thinking about country and southern roots music. Malone offers the heartfelt story of his own working-class upbringing in rural East Texas, recounting how in 1939 his family’s first radio, a battery-powered Philco, introduced him to hillbilly music and how, years later, he went on to become a scholar in the field before the field formally existed. Drawing on a hundred years of southern roots music history, Malone assesses the contributions of artists such as William S. Hays, Albert Brumley, Joe Thompson, Jimmie Rodgers, Johnny Gimble, and Elvis Presley. He also explores the intricate relationships between black and white music styles, gospel and secular traditions, and pop, folk, and country music. Author of many books, Malone is best known for his pioneering volume County Music, U.S.A., published in 1968. It ranks as the first comprehensive history of American country music and remains a standard reference. This compilation of Malone’s shorter—and more personal—essays is the perfect complement to his earlier writing and a compelling introduction to the life’s work of America’s most respected country music historian.