Country Music - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Country Music write by Dayton Duncan. This book was released on 2019-09-10. Country Music available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A gorgeously illustrated and hugely entertaining story of America's most popular music and the singers and songwriters who captivated, entertained, and consoled listeners throughout the twentieth century—based on the eight-part film series. This fascinating history begins where country music itself emerged: the American South, where people sang to themselves and to their families at home and in church, and where they danced to fiddle tunes on Saturday nights. With the birth of radio in the 1920s, the songs moved from small towns, mountain hollers, and the wide-open West to become the music of an entire nation--a diverse range of sounds and styles from honky tonk to gospel to bluegrass to rockabilly, leading up through the decades to the music's massive commercial success today. But above all, Country Music is the story of the musicians. Here is Hank Williams's tragic honky tonk life, Dolly Parton rising to fame from a dirt-poor childhood, and Loretta Lynn turning her experiences into songs that spoke to women everywhere. Here too are interviews with the genre's biggest stars, including the likes of Merle Haggard to Garth Brooks to Rosanne Cash. Rife with rare photographs and endlessly fascinating anecdotes, the stories in this sweeping yet intimate history will captivate longtime country fans and introduce new listeners to an extraordinary body of music that lies at the very center of the American experience.
The Long Gone Lonesome History of Country Music
The Long Gone Lonesome History of Country Music - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Long Gone Lonesome History of Country Music write by Bret Bertholf. This book was released on 2007. The Long Gone Lonesome History of Country Music available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A journey through the history of country music.
The Grand Ole Opry History of Country Music
The Grand Ole Opry History of Country Music - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Grand Ole Opry History of Country Music write by Paul Kingsbury. This book was released on 1995. The Grand Ole Opry History of Country Music available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The best and most luxurious history of country music ever published, this 70th-anniversary tribute to the Grand Ole Opry has been selected by this beloved institution as its chief souvenir. The complete history of the Opry is given, from the early days of Roy Acuff and the Carter Family through Dolly Parton and Minnie Pearl to Garth Brooks and Reba McIntire--all illustrated with more than 225 photos, many in full color.
The First Generation of Country Music Stars
The First Generation of Country Music Stars - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The First Generation of Country Music Stars write by David Dicaire. This book was released on 2015-01-27. The First Generation of Country Music Stars available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book focuses on 50 of the most important entertainers in the history of country music, from its beginnings in the folk music of early America through the 1970s. Divided into five distinct categories, it discusses the pioneers who brought mountain music to mass audiences; cowboys and radio stars who spread country music countrywide; honky-tonk and bluegrass musicians who differentiated country music during the 1940s; the major contributions that female artists made to the genre; and the modern country sound which dominated the genre from the late 1950s to the mid-1980s. Each entry includes a brief biography of the chosen artist with special emphasis on experiences which influenced their musical careers. Covered musicians include Fiddlin' John Carson, Riley Puckett, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Bob Wills, Bill Monroe, Hank Williams, Sr., Dale Evans, June Carter Cash, Loretta Lynn, Buck Owens, Roy Clark, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard.
Detroit Country Music
Detroit Country Music - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Detroit Country Music write by Craig Maki. This book was released on 2013-10-11. Detroit Country Music available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The richness of Detroit’s music history has by now been well established. We know all about Motown, the MC5, and Iggy and the Stooges. We also know about the important part the Motor City has played in the history of jazz. But there are stories about the music of Detroit that remain untold. One of the lesser known but nonetheless fascinating histories is contained within Detroit’s country music roots. At last, Craig Maki and Keith Cady bring to light Detroit’s most important country and western and bluegrass stars, such as Chief Redbird, the York Brothers, and Roy Hall. Beyond the individuals, Maki and Cady also map out the labels, radio programs, and performance venues that sustained Detroit’s vibrant country and bluegrass music scene. In the process, Detroit Country Music examines how and why the city’s growth in the early twentieth century, particularly the southern migration tied to the auto industry, led to this vibrant roots music scene. This is the first book—the first resource of any kind—to tell the story of Detroit’s contributions to country music. Craig Maki and Keith Cady have spent two decades collecting music and images, and visiting veteran musicians to amass more than seventy interviews about country music in Detroit. Just as astounding as the book’s revelations are the photographs, most of which have never been published before. Detroit Country Musicwill be essential reading for music historians, record collectors, roots music fans, and Detroit music aficionados.
