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| Author | : Grand Ole Opry |
| Publisher | : Center Street |
| Total Pages | : 301 |
| Release | : 2008-10-08 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 1599951843 |
The Grand Ole Opry has been home to the greatest legends of country music for over eighty years, and in that time it has seen some of conutry music's most dramatic stories unfold. We'll hear of the great love stories ranging from Johnny Cash and June Carter in the 1960s to Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, who married in 2005. We'll get the truth of the tragedies that led to the loss of three stars all in the same month, starting the rumor of the "Opry Curse." We'll learn how after being stabbed, shot, and maimed, Trace Adkins calls his early honky-tonk years "combat country," and we'll find inspiration from DeFord Bailey, an African American harmonica player in 1927 crippled by childhood polio who rose to fame as one of the first Opry stars. Our hearts will break for Willie Nelson, who lost his only son on Christmas Day, and soar for Amy Grant and Vince Gill, who found true love. Based on over 150 firsthand interviews with the stars of The Grand Ole Opry, these are stories that tell the heart of country--the lives that are lived and inspire the songs we love.
| Author | : Colin Escott |
| Publisher | : Center Street |
| Total Pages | : 379 |
| Release | : 2009-02-28 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1599952483 |
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.
| Author | : Jack Hurst |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 1989-10-01 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9785551029144 |
Country music is America's music, and the Grand Ole Opry is country music's home. Here is the story of the first fifty years, from Minnie Pearl to Uncle Dave Macon. Nearly 500 photos, including 265 in color, capture the excitement and nostalgia of this saga of down-home entertainment.
| Author | : Liam Sullivan |
| Publisher | : Hal Leonard Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 244 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 1617740896 |
Accompanied by historial references and interviews with a vast array of music professionals, this comprehensive guide for musicians and artists of all types looking to move to and make a name for themselves in Nashville provides a wealth of information on networking, the music scene and more. Original.
| Author | : Eric Jay Dolin |
| Publisher | : Liveright Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 427 |
| Release | : 2018-09-18 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 163149211X |
With surprising tales of vicious mutineers, imperial riches, and high-seas intrigue, Black Flags, Blue Waters is “rumbustious enough for the adventure-hungry” (Peter Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle). Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the surprising history of American piracy’s “Golden Age” - spanning the late 1600s through the early 1700s - when lawless pirates plied the coastal waters of North America and beyond. “Deftly blending scholarship and drama” (Richard Zacks), best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin illustrates how American colonists at first supported these outrageous pirates in an early display of solidarity against the Crown, and then violently opposed them. Through engrossing episodes of roguish glamour and extreme brutality, Dolin depicts the star pirates of this period, among them the towering Blackbeard, the ill-fated Captain Kidd, and sadistic Edward Low, who delighted in torturing his prey. Upending popular misconceptions and cartoonish stereotypes, Black Flags, Blue Waters is a “tour de force history” (Michael Pierce, Midwestern Rewind) of the seafaring outlaws whose raids reflect the precarious nature of American colonial life.
| Author | : Grandin Hood Publishers |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 2013-10-10 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780983821854 |
Photo illustrated book presenting a backstage tour of the dressing room area of the Grand Ole Opry. Book includes nostalgic, archibval photos of stars and events of the Opry though its eighty-five year history, as well as contemporary scenes of themed dressing rooms and backstage activities.
| Author | : Gladys L. Knight |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 1128 |
| Release | : 2014-08-11 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0313398836 |
This three-volume reference set explores the history, relevance, and significance of pop culture locations in the United States—places that have captured the imagination of the American people and reflect the diversity of the nation. Pop Culture Places: An Encyclopedia of Places in American Popular Culture serves as a resource for high school and college students as well as adult readers that contains more than 350 entries on a broad assortment of popular places in America. Covering places from Ellis Island to Fisherman's Wharf, the entries reflect the tremendous variety of sites, historical and modern, emphasizing the immense diversity and historical development of our nation. Readers will gain an appreciation of the historical, social, and cultural impact of each location and better understand how America has come to be a nation and evolved culturally through the lens of popular places. Approximately 200 sidebars serve to highlight interesting facts while images throughout the book depict the places described in the text. Each entry supplies a brief bibliography that directs students to print and electronic sources of additional information.
| Author | : Diane Bailey |
| Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
| Total Pages | : 51 |
| Release | : 2010-01-15 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1448800420 |
Presents the history, geography, government, economy, and people of Tennessee, as well as general facts about the state.
| Author | : Jim Cox |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 266 |
| Release | : 2013-09-30 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 0786474343 |
What became of radio after its Golden Age ended about 1960? Not long ago Arbitron found that almost 93 percent of Americans age 12 and older are regular radio listeners, a higher percentage than those turning to television, magazines, newspapers, or the Internet. But the sounds they hear now barely resemble those of radio's heyday when it had little competition as a mass entertainment and information source. Much has transpired in the past fifty-plus years: a proliferation of disc jockeys, narrowcasting, the FM band, satellites, automation, talk, ethnicity, media empires, Internet streaming and gadgets galore... Deregulation, payola, HD radio, pirate radio, the fall of transcontinental networks, the rise of local stations, conglomerate ownership, and radio's future landscape are examined in detail. Radio has lost a bit of influence yet it continues to inspire stunning innovations.
| Author | : Joe Nick Patoski |
| Publisher | : Little, Brown |
| Total Pages | : 439 |
| Release | : 2008-04-21 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0316031984 |
From his first performance at age four, Willie Nelson was driven to make music and live life on his own terms. But though he is a songwriter of exceptional depth - "Crazy" was one of his early classics - Willie only found success after abandoning Nashville and moving to Austin, Texas. Red Headed Stranger made country cool to a new generation of fans. Wanted: The Outlaws became the first country album to sell a million copies. And "On the Road Again" became the anthem for Americans on the move. A craggy-faced, pot-smoking philosopher, Willie Nelson is one of America's great iconoclasts and idols. Now Joe Nick Patoski draws on over 100 interviews with Willie and his family, band, and friends to tell Nelson's story, from humble Depression-era roots, to his musical education in Texas honky-tonks and his flirtations with whiskey, women, and weed; from his triumph with #1 hit "Always On My Mind" to his nearly career-ending battles with debt and the IRS; and his ultimate redemption and ascension to American hero
