Country & Bluegrass

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781477322369Author David CantwellFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint University of Texas PressPublisher University of Texas PressWeight(grams) 156g

Dolly Parton has entertained, educated, and inspired millions of fans for over five decades. Whether she's writing songs, performing live, recording new albums, or helping children around the world learn to read with her Imagination Library nonprofit,...

The Music of the Statler Brothers: An Anthoology is an in-depth look at the musical career of The Statler Brothers's forty-year reign as country music's premier group. Lead singer, Don Reid, writes about each song ever recorded by the Grammy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780915608362Author Peter CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Country Music Foundation Press,U.S.Publisher Country Music Foundation Press,U.S...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467144568Author Brian AllisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 152mm *...

The untold story of Chicago's pivotal role as a country and folk music capital. Chicago is revered as a musical breeding ground, having launched major figures like blues legend Muddy Waters, gospel soul icon Mavis Staples, hip-hop firebrand Kanye West,...

As Earl Scruggs picked his banjo with machine gun precision at his 1945 debut at the Ryman Auditorium, he set in motion a successful career and enduring legacy that would eclipse anything the humble farm boy from North Carolina could have imagined...

In California's Central Valley, two thousand miles away from country music's hit machine, the hard edge of the Bakersfield Sound transformed American music in the latter half of the twentieth century. It turned displaced Oklahomans like Buck Owens and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617805806Author Taylor SwiftPage Count 31Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467146487Author Bobby BraddockFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

The richness of Detroit's music history has by now been well established. We know all about Motown, the MC5, and Iggy and the Stooges. We also know about the important part the Motor City has played in the history of jazz. But there are stories about the...

In the sound of the 1960s and 1970s, nothing symbolized the rift between black and white America better than the seemingly divided genres of country and soul. Yet the music emerged from the same songwriters, musicians, and producers in the recording...

Swing Street was the name given to 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan in New York City, where there were more jazz clubs and bars per square block than anywhere else in the world, all showcasing the finest jazz musicians of the era. This illustrated book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780938896005Author Marty StuartFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint University Press of Mississippi/Mississippi Department of Archives and HistoryPublisher...

Unassuming late guitarist Paul Yandell described his career not as one of celebrity but as sideman, the musician that audiences hear while they're focused on the star. From his humble beginnings as a poor Kentucky farm boy learning to play to taking the...

Jazz as an instrument of global diplomacy transformed superpower relations in the Cold War era and reshaped democracy's image worldwide. Lisa E. Davenport tells the story of America's program of jazz diplomacy practiced in the Soviet Union and other...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991427505Author Beth HarringtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Pfp PublishingPublisher Pfp PublishingWeight(grams) 222gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950961535Author Lowry Global Media LLCFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Lowry Global Media LLCPublisher Lowry Global Media LLCWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423435549Author Hank WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780915608393Author David C. MortonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Country Music Foundation Press,U.S.Publisher Country Music Foundation Press,U.S...

Unbroken Circle: a Quotable history of the Grand Ole Opry"", edited by Randall Bedwell, is a tribute to this most homegrown of American institutions. Filled with quotations from Opry stars -- from Uncle Dave Macon to Patsy Cline, Hank Williams to Roy...

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While on a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard, journalist and novelist Paul Hemphill wrote of that pivotal moment in the late sixties when traditional defenders of the hillbilly roots of country music were confronted by the new influences and business...

The Starday Story: The House That Country Music Built is the first book entirely dedicated to one of the most influential music labels of the twentieth century. In addition to creating the largest bluegrass catalogue throughout the 1950s and '60s,...

Dolly Parton is instantly recognizable for her iconic style and persona, but how did she create her enduring image? Dolly crafted her exaggerated appearance and stage personality by combining two opposing stereotypes-the innocent mountain girl and the...

Rich Redmond, drummer for superstar Jason Aldean, provides a shot of inspiration for those interested in jump-starting a music career. Any successful musician will tell you the most common question asked of them is, "What does it take to make it?" Rich...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780915608416Author Carrie RodgersFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Country Music Foundation Press,U.S.Publisher Country Music Foundation Press,U.S...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455624010Author Craig HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Pelican Publishing CompanyPublisher Pelican Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 590g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786865147Author Dwight YoakamFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint HyperionPublisher Hyperion

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780915608300Author Michael McCallFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Country Music Foundation Press,U.S.Publisher Country Music Foundation Press,U.S...

Country music's debt to African American music has long been recognized. Black musicians have helped to shape the styles of many of the most important performers in the country canon. The partnership between Lesley Riddle and A. P. Carter produced much...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780915608324Author Peter CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Country Music Foundation Press,U.S.Publisher Country Music Foundation Press,U.S...

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...

As charismatic and gifted as he was volatile, Jimmy Martin recorded dozens of bluegrass classics and co-invented the high lonesome sound. Barbara Martin Stephens became involved with the King of Bluegrass at age seventeen. Don't Give your Heart to a...

On New Year's Day 1953, Hank Williams--numbed by a deadly combination of whiskey and narcotics--died in the back seat of his Cadillac en route to a performance in Canton, Ohio. He was only twenty nine years old at the time of his death and his passing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632638397Author Stephen MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 428Imprint Booklocker.comPublisher Booklocker.comWeight(grams) 626gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

When George Jones recorded ""He Stopped Loving Her Today"" more than thirty years ago, he was a walking disaster. Twin addictions to drugs and alcohol had him drinking Jim Beam by the case and snorting cocaine as long as he was awake. Before it was over,...

This work traces the development of country music and its institutionalization from Fiddlin' John Carson's pioneering recordings in Atlanta in 1923 to the posthumous success of Hank Williams. Richard Peterson seeks to capture the free-wheeling...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780915608355Author John RumbleFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Country Music Foundation Press,U.S.Publisher Country Music Foundation Press,U.S...

The King of Nashville, Tony Brown, offers a rare photographic journey through his 40-year career--including historical pictures and contemporary portraits of rock, country, and gospel music legends--in which he produced hundreds of #1 country songs that...