| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
"Georgia's unwritten airs played by old 'fiddlers' for Atlanta prizes : untutored players from hillsides and marshes perform traditional Southern melodies on wire-stringed violin -- society folk and workers in audiences 'shuffle feet' to contagious strains -- 'Bald Mountain Caruso' and treble-singing dog at unique convention' (1914) / Linton K. Starr -- English folk songs from Southern Appalachians (1917) [excerpt] / Cecil B. Sharp -- Cowboy songs and other frontier ballads (1910) / John A. Lomax -- "What the popularity of hill-billy songs means in retail profit sensibilities : the widespread vogue of the funereal type of songs is attested by publishers and record manufacturers -- is it of significance as indication of public taste?" (1925) -- "Mountain songs recorded here by Victor Co. : notable performers of this section at work at station in this city" (1927) -- "Discovery of the 1st hillbilly great" (1953) / Ralph Peer -- "Interview with Mother Maybelle Carter" (1968/1971) / Bill Williams -- "Bradley Kincaid" (1928) / Harold A. Safford -- "Radio's hillbilly king, Carson Robison, who is, with his Pioneers, a regular attraction for Oxydol every Sunday from Luxembourg, Lyons and Normandy, tells us in this interview how he writes his world-famous songs" (1938) / Paul Hobson -- "J.E. Mainer" (1993) / John Wright -- "Back stage ramble : cowboys and cow belles enjoy the barn dance" (1936) / Virginia Seeds -- "No hill billies in radio : ballads are still written, says John Lair" (1935) -- "Tenor on horseback" (1939) / Alva Johnston -- A story of the Grand Old Opry (1945) / George D. Hay -- "The Light Crust Doughboys were on the air : a memoir" (1996) / Janis Stout -- "Okies reverse order of Steinbeck's tale" (1941) -- "Hillbilly boom" (1944) / Maurice Zolotow -- "Earl Scruggs : three fast fingers" (1997) / Nicholas Dawidoff -- "Country music goes to town" (1953) / Rufus Jarman -- Johnny Cash on recording at Sun with Sam Phillips, Cash: the autobiography (1997) -- "Elvis" (2012) / Charlie Louvin -- "Miss Country Music and her family" (1955) / Murray Nash -- "Steve Sholes -- star maker" (1956) / Linda Lamendola -- "Chet makes guitar talk with rhythm and melody" (1957) / Ben A. Green -- "Coast country biz booms" (1957) -- "Bluegrass background : folk music with overdrive" (1959) / Alan Lomax -- The storyteller's Nashville, on song writing and song plugging (1979) / Tom T. Hall -- "The story of the Country Music Association" (1968) -- "Ask Trina" (1968) -- "California white man's shit kickin' blues" (1969) / John Grissim Jr. -- "A DJ tells why -- there's country music in the city air" (1973) / Lee Arnold -- The outlaws : revolution in country music (1978) / Michael Bane -- "The pill : should it be banned from airplay?" (1975) / Rex Rutkoski -- "Of pride and country music" (1978) / George F. Will -- "The ballad of the urban cowboy : America's search for true grit" (1978) / Aaron Latham -- "Kenny Rogers : drawing full houses" (1981) / Tom Anthony -- "Emmylou Harris" (1988) / Alanna Nash -- "Randy Travis : nice guy finishes first" (1988) / Holly G. Miller -- Dreaming out loud : Garth Brooks, Wynonna Judd, Wade Hayes, and the changing face of Nashville (1998) / Bruce Feiler -- "Country dancing sparks club growth : new nightclubs, remixes target trend" (1992) / Debbie Holley -- "Classic country stations fill niche : claim fans of currents, standards mix" (1993) / Eric Boehlert -- "Nashville's studio boom alters musical landscape" (1993) / Peter Cronin -- "Any kind of music but country : a decade of indie country, punk rock, and the struggle for country's soul" (2005) / Kyle Ryan -- Review of BR5-49 (1996) / Rich Kienzle -- "Has there been 'Murder on Music Row'? Key players speak out" (2000) and "Is there 'Murder on Music Row'? Debate continues" (2000) / Deborah Evans Price -- "The critical rockist and Gretchen" (2005) / Scott Galupo -- "Scenes from a rose garden" (2006) / Craig Havighurst -- "Searching for the Republican artist" (2008) / Jill Sobule -- "The very pink, very perfect life of Taylor Swift" (2009) / Vanessa Grigoriadis -- "Why the term 'country music' may disappear : marketers of the future may dissolve music genre labels" (2010) / Chet Flippo -- "The girl who played with firearms" (2011) / Skip Hollandsworth. |
| Summary |
"In The Country Music Reader Travis D. Stimeling provides an anthology of primary source readings from newspapers, magazines, and fan ephemera encompassing the history of country music from circa 1900 to the present. Presenting conversations that have shaped historical understandings of country music, it brings the voices of country artists and songwriters, music industry insiders, critics, and fans together in a vibrant conversation about a widely loved yet seldom studied genre of American popular music. Situating each source chronologically within its specific musical or cultural context, Stimeling traces the history of country music from the fiddle contests and ballad collections of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through the most recent developments in contemporary country music. Drawing from a vast array of sources including popular magazines, fan newsletters, trade publications, and artist biographies, The Country Music Reader offers firsthand insight into the changing role of country music within both the music industry and American musical culture, and presents a rich resource for university students, popular music scholars, and country music fans alike."--Back cover. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Country music -- History and criticism.
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Country music. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Stimeling, Travis D. Country music reader 9780199314911 (DLC) 2014007768 (OCoLC)872382910 |
| ISBN |
9780199314935 (electronic book) |
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0199314934 (electronic book) |
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1322334951 (e-book) |
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9781322334950 (e-book) |
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9780199314911 |
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0199314918 |
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9780199314928 |
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0199314926 |
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