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Author: Barry Mazor (Freelance Music Historian, Journalist, Critic, Freelance Music Historian, Journalist, Critic)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 23.10cm
Weight: 0.499kg
ISBN: 9780199891863
ISBN 10: 0199891869
Pages: 386
Publication Date: 26 April 2012
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
The story of [Rodgers'] enormous influence, bursting with names of stars, stalwarts, and one-hit wonders, and featuring discographical endnotes for most chapters, is the immensely piquant and satisfying meat of one of the most intelligent, fascinating, and cogent pop-music histories ever. --BookList (Starred Review) Nashville writer Mazor has fashioned a superb book, not only celebrating Rodgers' life, but illustrating the manner in which the man's wares have influenced American popular music for over 80 years.. Mazor's book does much in keeping the legend alive. --MOJO Magazine(5-star review) Excellent, highly readable. -- Douglas Brinkley, historian and author of The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America A book I heartily recommend. -C. Eric Banister, Music Tomes Barry Mazor's Meeting Jimmie Rodgers is a superb book, superbly written, and indispensable to anyone who wants to understand the legacy of Jimmie Rodgers and why his music has endured for over eighty years. --Nolan Porterfield, Author of Jimmie Rodgers: The Life and Times of America's BlueYodeler A shrewd, hard-headed look at the great Mississippi singer's influence on country, rock and roll and folk music. Mazor adeptly combines solid research, musical savvy and a stubborn refusal to accept received wisdom about popular music that Jimmy Rodgers helped invent. --American Songwriter Until I read this book, I had assumed that the last word had been written on Jimmie Rodgers, the great country blues musician. But, buoyed by Barry Mazor's keen insights, innovative research, and felicitous writing style, I have become aware of new dimensions of the Singing Brakeman's influence on American popular music. While Rodgers drew upon a wide array of styles and genres to build his own career, it has been his legacy to shape the sounds and styles of generations of musicians, both in and outsi
The story of Rodgers' enormous influence, bursting with names of stars, stalwarts, and one-hit wonders, and featuring discographical endnotes for most chapters, is the immensely piquant and satisfying meat of one of the most intelligent, fascinating, and cogent pop-music histories ever. * BookList (Starred Review) *
<br> The story of [Rodgers'] enormous influence, bursting with names of stars, stalwarts, and one-hit wonders, and featuring discographical endnotes for most chapters, is the immensely piquant and satisfying meat of one of the most intelligent, fascinating, and cogent pop-music histories ever. --BookList (Starred Review) <br><p><br> Nashville writer Mazor has fashioned a superb book, not only celebrating Rodgers' life, but illustrating the manner in which the man's wares have influenced American popular music for over 80 years.. Mazor's book does much in keeping the legend alive. --MOJO Magazine(5-star review) <br><p><br> Excellent, highly readable. -- Douglas Brinkley <br><p><br> A book I heartily recommend. -C. Eric Banister, Music Tomes<p><br> Barry Mazor's Meeting Jimmie Rodgers is a superb book, superbly written, and indispensable to anyone who wants to understand the legacy of Jimmie Rodgers and why his music has endured for over eighty years. --Nolan Porterfield, Author of Jim
The story of Rodgers' enormous influence, bursting with names of stars, stalwarts, and one-hit wonders, and featuring discographical endnotes for most chapters, is the immensely piquant and satisfying meat of one of the most intelligent, fascinating, and cogent pop-music histories ever. BookList (Starred Review)
Author Information
Barry Mazor has been writing about American music since the 1970s. A long-time senior editor for the roots and pop music magazine No Depression, he writes frequently on country and pop music for The Wall Street Journal.
