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Author Haslam, Gerald W.

Title Workin' man blues : country music in California / Gerald W. Haslam ; with Alexandra Haslam Russell and Richard Chon.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [1999]
©1999

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 379 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-356) and indexes.
Summary "California has been fertile ground for country music since the 1920s, nurturing a multitude of talents from Gene Autry to Glen Campbell, Rose Maddox to Barbara Mandrell, Buck Owens to Merle Haggard. In this affectionate homage to California's place in country music's history, Gerald Haslam surveys the Golden State's contributions to what is today the most popular music in America. At the same time he illuminates the lives of the white, working-class men and women who migrated to California from the Dust Bowl, the Hoovervilles, and all the other locales where they had been turned out, shut down, or otherwise told to move on."--Jacket.
Contents A musical interlude: Bakersfield, 1994 -- 1. Country music -- Roots and stems -- 2. The Crockett family -- 3. 1920s -- 4. Gene Autry -- 5. 1930s -- 6. Bob Wills -- A musical interlude: Penngrove, 1994 -- 7. 1940s -- 8. Spade Cooley -- 9. 1950s -- 10. Rose and the Maddox Brothers -- 11. 1960s -- 12. Buck Owens -- A musical interlude: Los Angeles, 1995 -- 13. 1970s -- 14. Merle Haggard -- 15. 1980s -- 16. Dwight Yoakam -- 17. 1990s -- A musical interlude: Bakersfield, 1995.
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Subject Country music -- California -- History and criticism.
Country music.
California.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Added Author Haslam, Alexandra R., 1963-
Chon, Richard.
Added Title Working man blues
Other Form: Print version: Haslam, Gerald W. Workin' man blues. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999 0520218000 (DLC) 98043061 (OCoLC)39839492
ISBN 9780520922624 (electronic book)
052092262X (electronic book)
0585370435 (electronic book)
9780585370439 (electronic book)
0520218000 (alkaline paper)
9780520218000