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| Author | : Jim McGuire |
| Publisher | : Globe Pequot |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9781599211688 |
Expanded book version about "Nashville portraits," including the sixty photographs in the traveling exhibition and new materials: five additional photos, an essay by folklorist/historian WIlliam R. Ferris, and biographies and quotations to accompany the photographic project.
| Author | : Dayton Duncan |
| Publisher | : Knopf |
| Total Pages | : 562 |
| Release | : 2019-09-10 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0525520554 |
A gorgeously illustrated and hugely entertaining story of America's most popular music and the singers and songwriters who captivated, entertained, and consoled listeners throughout the twentieth century—based on the eight-part film series. This fascinating history begins where country music itself emerged: the American South, where people sang to themselves and to their families at home and in church, and where they danced to fiddle tunes on Saturday nights. With the birth of radio in the 1920s, the songs moved from small towns, mountain hollers, and the wide-open West to become the music of an entire nation--a diverse range of sounds and styles from honky tonk to gospel to bluegrass to rockabilly, leading up through the decades to the music's massive commercial success today. But above all, Country Music is the story of the musicians. Here is Hank Williams's tragic honky tonk life, Dolly Parton rising to fame from a dirt-poor childhood, and Loretta Lynn turning her experiences into songs that spoke to women everywhere. Here too are interviews with the genre's biggest stars, including the likes of Merle Haggard to Garth Brooks to Rosanne Cash. Rife with rare photographs and endlessly fascinating anecdotes, the stories in this sweeping yet intimate history will captivate longtime country fans and introduce new listeners to an extraordinary body of music that lies at the very center of the American experience.
| Author | : Jennifer Bruce and Tena Lee |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 2022 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1467145416 |
For more than four decades, Hendersonville has been home to extraordinary musical talent. Music icons of the early 1960s like Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash and June Carter migrated to the city and the tranquility of the lake. These musicians became part of the close-knit Caudill community, which was and continues to be home to southern music royalty. Orbison's legendary "Pretty Woman" came from his time in Hendersonville with his first wife, Claudette. Johnny Cash's critically acclaimed version of Trent Reznor's "Hurt" was filmed in Cash's Hendersonville home, leading to a new generation of fans. The '60s, '70s and '80s were a popular time for musicians to move to Hendersonville. Authors Jennifer Bruce and Tena Lee offer up the legendary history.
| Author | : Liz Mechem |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2007-09-15 |
| Genre | : Country music |
| ISBN | : 9781403737212 |
For fans, history buffs and book afficionados, Legends of Country, part of a trio of collectible hardcover books, features the biggest country legends of all time (see also Legends of Rock and Legends of Pop) . Branded by Country Music Television, this book contains fascinating stories and trivia revealing the people behind the fame of each pop legend. You will also find great quotes by and about these legends as well as Greatest Hits sidebars that list the songs that made the artists famous. Legends of Country is full of hundreds of full-color images of the legends of country from the first icons to modern day hit-makers. It includes an appendix of best-selling chart timelines for singles and albums. Some featured artists and groups are: Alabama, Patsy Cline, Dixie Chicks, Vince Gill, Faith Hill, Roger Miller, LeAnn Rimes, Kenny Rogers, Johnny Cash, and The Judds, among many, many more!
| Author | : Tom Tierney |
| Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 20 |
| Release | : 2006-01-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 0486447413 |
Paper dolls of famous country singers with one change of costume for each.
| Author | : Melanie Dunea |
| Publisher | : Rodale Books |
| Total Pages | : 197 |
| Release | : 2012-10-02 |
| Genre | : Photography |
| ISBN | : 1623360749 |
Now in paperback, a volume of stunning photographs of 50 country music icons and intimate accounts of their thoughts on God, America, and their favorite songs. Award-winning photographer and author of My Last Supper, Melanie Dunea traces the throughlines from country music's gritty roots to the chart-topping chanteuses of today, presenting beautiful, imaginative, and revealing photographs of icons ranging from Taylor Swift to Wynnona Judd to Little Jimmy Dickens and conducting interviews that ask stars to discuss their musical roots and inspirations, their defining moments, and what makes country music the heart and soul of America. As the music industry fractures and suffers from flagging sales, country music has enjoyed explosive growth and unprecedented popularity. This totally unique book will be a must-own (and a perfect gift) for fans of the old time country twang and the millions who love the glitz and glamour of today's country-pop. My Country is a music-lovers dream, and in this more inexpensive, accessible market the book is sure to find its core audience amongst country music's legions of fans.
| Author | : Travis D. Stimeling |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 593 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 0190248173 |
Approaches country music through an interdisciplinary lens, Features close analyses of gendered and racial disparities in country music, Examines politics of both the performance of country music and the scholarship surrounding it Book jacket.
| Author | : Holly Gleason |
| Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
| Total Pages | : 233 |
| Release | : 2017-09-20 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 1477314903 |
Full-tilt, hardcore, down-home, and groundbreaking, the women of country music speak volumes with every song. From Maybelle Carter to Dolly Parton, k.d. lang to Taylor Swift—these artists provided pivot points, truths, and doses of courage for women writers at every stage of their lives. Whether it’s Rosanne Cash eulogizing June Carter Cash or a seventeen-year-old Taylor Swift considering the golden glimmer of another precocious superstar, Brenda Lee, it’s the humanity beneath the music that resonates. Here are deeply personal essays from award-winning writers on femme fatales, feminists, groundbreakers, and truth tellers. Acclaimed historian Holly George Warren captures the spark of the rockabilly sensation Wanda Jackson; Entertainment Weekly’s Madison Vain considers Loretta Lynn’s girl-power anthem “The Pill”; and rocker Grace Potter embraces Linda Ronstadt’s unabashed visual and musical influence. Patty Griffin acts like a balm on a post-9/11 survivor on the run; Emmylou Harris offers a gateway through paralyzing grief; and Lucinda Williams proves that greatness is where you find it. Part history, part confessional, and part celebration of country, Americana, and bluegrass and the women who make them, Woman Walk the Line is a very personal collection of essays from some of America’s most intriguing women writers. It speaks to the ways in which artists mark our lives at different ages and in various states of grace and imperfection—and ultimately how music transforms not just the person making it, but also the listener.
| Author | : Robbie Robertson |
| Publisher | : Tundra Books |
| Total Pages | : 130 |
| Release | : 2016-10-25 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1101918683 |
Part memoir, part tribute, and all great storytelling ... Music industry veterans Robbie Robertson, Jim Guerinot, Jared Levine, and Sebastian Robertson invite young readers to share with them in celebrating twenty-seven musical legends. Short profiles chronicle personal stories and achievements of extraordinarily talented artists whose innovations changed the landscape of music for generations to come. Carefully compiled like any great playlist, the line-up features originators, rebels, and risk-takers across diverse genres. From Ray Charles to Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry to Bob Dylan, Robertson shares anecdotes about these artists and the influence they had on his own musical journey. Always respectful of their reader, the writers never shy away from speaking about the difficult challenges these recording artists faced and the very human foibles that sometimes led to their tragic end. Most of all, it's the authors' passion and insights into these personal stories of creativity and collaboration -- and the power of music to shine a light on injustice and foster change -- that will fascinate, enlighten, and inspire music fans of all ages.
| Author | : Peter Guralnick |
| Publisher | : Little, Brown |
| Total Pages | : 576 |
| Release | : 2020-10-27 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 0316412643 |
By the bestselling author of Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll and Last Train the Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley, this dazzling new book of profiles is a culmination of Peter Guralnick’s remarkable work, which from the start has encompassed the full sweep of blues, gospel, country, and rock 'n' roll. It covers old ground from new perspectives, offering deeply felt, masterful, and strikingly personal portraits of creative artists, both musicians and writers, at the height of their powers. “You put the book down feeling that its sweep is vast, that you have read of giants who walked among us,” rock critic Lester Bangs wrote of Guralnick’s earlier work in words that could just as easily be applied to this new one. And yet, for all of the encomiums that Guralnick’s books have earned for their remarkable insights and depth of feeling, Looking to Get Lost is his most personal book yet. For readers who have grown up on Guralnick’s unique vision of the vast sweep of the American musical landscape, who have imbibed his loving and lively portraits and biographies of such titanic figures as Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, and Sam Phillips, there are multiple surprises and delights here, carrying on and extending all the themes, fascinations, and passions of his groundbreaking earlier work. One of NPR’s Best Books of 2020 One of Kirkus Review/Rolling Stone’s Top Music Books of 2020 One of No Depression’s Best Books of 2020
