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The country reader : twenty-five years of the Journal of country music
- Title
- The country reader : twenty-five years of the Journal of country music / edited by Paul Kingsbury ; foreword by Chet Flippo.
- Publication
- Nashville : Country Music Foundation Press & Vanderbilt University Press, 1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | ML3524 .C78 1996 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Kingsbury, Paul.
- Description
- xvii, 333 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
- Summary
- "The Country Reader is an anthology of articles, reviews, and photographs originally published in the Journal of Country Music, a publication well known for its eloquent and thoroughly researched articles on country music.".
- "The Country Reader functions as an entertaining and informative primer on the history of country music, from the earliest performances and recordings on up to the recent careers of Tanya Tucker and Alan Jackson.
- It also includes the striking work of several outstanding photographers, complementing the lively text; and, as an aid to researchers, librarians, and longtime subscribers, it provides comprehensive subject and author listings for all articles published in the Journal of Country Music between 1971 and 1995."--BOOK JACKET.
- Uniform Title
- Journal of country music.
- Subjects
- Note
- "Subject index to the Journal of country music, 1971-1996": p. 319-327.
- "Author index to the Journal of country music, 1971-1996": p. 329-333.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Foreword / Chet Flippo -- Preface / Paul Kingsbury -- The Legend That Peer Built: Reappraising the Bristol Sessions / Charles Wolfe -- The Singing Cowboy: An American Dream / Douglas B. Green -- Patsy Montana and the Development of the Cowgirl Image / Robert K. Oermann and Mary A. Bufwack -- Steel Colossus: The Bob Dunn Story / Kevin Coffey -- Fifty Years and Counting: Bill Monroe Drives on / Thomas Goldsmith -- Elvis Emerging: A Year of Innocence and Experience / Peter Guralnick -- George Jones: The Grand Tour / Nick Tosches -- Jimmy Bowen: Is the Most (Check One): Reviled ̲Respected ̲Man on Music Row / Bob Allen -- Tanya Tucker: Almost Grown / Daniel Cooper -- Alan Jackson: Who He Is / Michael McCall -- Nashville Portraits / Jim McGuire -- JCM Galley / Slick Lawson -- Portraits from "The Most Popular Country Show on the Air": Theatrical Chicago Studio, 1924-1939 -- He Made Us Look Glamorous: The Photographs of Walden S. Fabry --
- Fiddles and Fords: Photographs from Louisville's Caufield & Shook Studio -- Up Close and Personal / Elmer Williams -- A Decade of Bluegrass Festivals: The Muleskinner News Photographs, 1965-1974 -- Press Photographer / Gerald Holly -- Nashville's Songwriters / Edward Rode -- A Different Light / Raeanne Rubenstein -- Contry Music, U.S.A.: By Bill C. Malone / Bill Ivey -- Country, the Biggest Music in America: By Nick Tosches / Roy Blount, Jr. -- Bluegrass Breakdown: The Making of the Old Southern Sound by Robert Cantwell / Joe Wilson -- Hank Williams: The Complete Lyrics: Edited by Don Cusic / Lee Smith -- Elvis: By Albert Goldman / Greil Marcus -- Reba: My Story: By Reba McEntire With Tom Carter / Bob Allen. Rhinestone Cowboy: By Glen Campbell With Tom Carter / Bob Allen. Pride: The Charley Pride Story: By Charley Pride With Jim Henderson / Bob Allen.
- ISBN
- 082651278X
- LCCN
- 96013998
- OCLC
- ocm34410506
- SCSB-4024930
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries