“Fifty years after its first publication, Country Music USA still stands as the most authoritative history of this uniquely American art form. Here are the stories of the people who made country music into such an integral part of our nation’s culture. We feel lucky to have had Bill Malone as an indispensable guide in making our PBS documentary; you should, too.” —Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan, Country Music: An American Family Story From reviews of previous editions: “Considered the definitive history of American country music.” —Los Angeles Times “If anyone knows more about the subject than [Malone] does, God help them.” —Larry McMurtry, from In a Narrow Grave “With Country Music USA, Bill Malone wrote the Bible for country music history and scholarship. This groundbreaking work, now updated, is the definitive chronicle of the sweeping drama of the country music experience.” —Chet Flippo, former editorial director, CMT: Country Music Television and CMT.com “Country Music USA is the definitive history of country music and of the artists who shaped its fascinating worlds.” —William Ferris, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities and coeditor of the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture Since its first publication in 1968, Bill C. Malone’s Country Music USA has won universal acclaim as the definitive history of American country music. Starting with the music’s folk roots in the rural South, it traces country music from the early days of radio into the twenty-first century. In this fiftieth-anniversary edition, Malone, the featured historian in Ken Burns’s 2019 documentary on country music, has revised every chapter to offer new information and fresh insights. Coauthor Tracey Laird tracks developments in country music in the new millennium, exploring the relationship between the current music scene and the traditions from which it emerged.
"If anyone knows more about the subject than [Malone] does, God help them."-Larry McMurtry, from in a Narrow Grave --
The author presents a history of country music and details the evolution of the genre, from its early rural beginnings in the South to its emergence into the national culture.
" ?Country Music News "For almost two decades, Bill Malone's Country Music, U.S.A. has stood as the book in its field; this new edition secures that position.
She and her little sisters spent summers with Cash , but grew up mostly in Southern California , surrounded by music much different than her father's . “ I loved country music when I was a little kid , " Rosanne said .
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Using ethnomusicological tools, Shonekan examines their socio-cultural influences and consequences: the perception of and resistance to hegemonic structures from within their respective constituencies, the definition of national identity, ...
167 “It's Tight like That,” 77 “It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels,” 97 Ives, Burl, 33 “I Wanna Grow Up to Be a Politician,” 144 Jackson, Alan, 169 Jackson, Aunt Molly, 80, 81, 82, 145 Jackson, Mahalia, 77, 118–19 Jackson, ...
... you call me a hillbilly!' she said. 'I'm not a hillbilly!' Well, I told her that I was a proud hillbilly, and over ... Nashville in the late 1950's, the last thing in the world he planned to be was some sort of revolutionary. He came to ...
Written by an experienced teacher and renowned scholar of the genre, Country Music: A Cultural and Stylistic History, Second Edition, offers a chronological narrative that explains country music's origins, development, and meaning from the ...