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Author:   Bill C. Malone ,  Tracey E. W. Laird
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 5.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.993kg
ISBN:  

9781477315354

ISBN 10:   1477315357
Pages:   768
Publication Date:   01 June 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Foreword by Henry Sapoznik Preface Chapter 1. The Folk Background before Commercialism Chapter 2. The Early Period of Commercial Hillbilly Music Chapter 3. The First Country Singing Star: Jimmie Rodgers Chapter 4. Country Music during the Depression Chapter 5. The Cowboy Image and the Growth of Western Music Chapter 6. The War Years: The National Expansion of Country Music Chapter 7. The Boom Period: The Emergence of a Big Business, 1946–1953 Chapter 8. The Development of Country-Pop Music and the Nashville Sound Chapter 9. The Reinvigoration of Modern Country Music, 1960–1972 Chapter 10. Bluegrass Chapter 11. Country Music, 1972–1984 Chapter 12. Tradition and Change: Country Music, 1985–2000 Chapter 13. A New Century Notes Bibliographical Essays Index Index of Song Titles

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An important book. . . the first to tell the genre’s complete story, beginning with its folk, religious and early commercial origins — the ballads of the British Isles, the tent revivals, the 19th-century minstrel shows and the 1927 recording session in Bristol, Tennessee, that saw both Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family make their first recordings. * Texas Observer * Considered the definitive history of American country music. * Los Angeles Times * The ultimate history guide on country music...You’ll go back in time to the origins of the genre, discovering the people and events that helped build and shape what you know and listen to today. * Billboard * Country Music USA has been an authoritative and detailed history lesson and reference manual for country music, paralleled in quality and scope by few other works. It’s country music’s biography, starting with country’s very beginnings in primitive folk, and ranging all the way to the present day. * Saving Country Music * The standard history of the genre. * Variety * [Country Music USA] was, and remains, a staggering work of scholarship that became a cornerstone of American music history—anyone writing seriously about country must reckon with it. * Longreads * Malone's book provides a veritable treasure trove of information regarding the musicians, musical styles, and distribution networks (primarily the radio and phonograph recordings) of country music. . . Malone presents his readers with discrete insights into the particular musical acts that gave rise to and perpetuated the country music tradition in all of its internal contradictions, negotiations, and accommodations. * PopMatters * If you've long been passionate about music, especially early country music's acoustic forms, Malone's books are a validation of your passion. They are also a retro road map of how the musicians and tunes that moved our souls arrived in our lives. * Mandolin Café * The country-music history bible. * Rolling Stone * A seminal document in logging [country music's] story. * Billboard * [Country music's] definitive history. * New Yorker *

[Country Music USA] was, and remains, a staggering work of scholarship that became a cornerstone of American music history- anyone writing seriously about country must reckon with it. * Longreads * Country Music USA has been an authoritative and detailed history lesson and reference manual for country music, paralleled in quality and scope by few other works. It's country music's biography, starting with country's very beginnings in primitive folk, and ranging all the way to the present day. * Saving Country Music * An important book. . . the first to tell the genre's complete story, beginning with its folk, religious and early commercial origins - the ballads of the British Isles, the tent revivals, the 19th-century minstrel shows and the 1927 recording session in Bristol, Tennessee, that saw both Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family make their first recordings. * Texas Observer *

An important book. . . the first to tell the genre's complete story, beginning with its folk, religious and early commercial origins - the ballads of the British Isles, the tent revivals, the 19th-century minstrel shows and the 1927 recording session in Bristol, Tennessee, that saw both Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family make their first recordings. * Texas Observer *

Author Information

Immersed in country music since his birth, Bill C. Malone has been both a scholar and a performer of the music for decades. On the fortieth anniversary of the publication of Country Music USA in 2008, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for American Music. His other books include Don’t Get above Your Raisin’: Country Music and the Southern Working Class, Southern Music/American Music, and Sing Me Back Home: Southern Roots and Country Music. Tracey E. W. Laird is the author or editor of four books, including Louisiana Hayride: Radio and Roots Music Along the Red River, Austin City Limits: A History and Austin City Limits: A Monument to Music, the latter coauthored with Brandon W. Laird. She is a professor of music at Agnes Scott College.

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