Voices of the Country

Interviews with Classic Country Performers

By Michael Streissguth

Voices of the Country presents interviews with innovative musicians, producers, and songwriters who shaped the last 50 years of country music. From Eddy Arnold's new,...

Published April 22nd 2004 by Routledge.

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Southwest Shuffle

By Rich Kienzle

Southwest Shuffle documents an important period in country music history. During the '30s and early '40s, hundreds of thousands of "Okies," "Arkies," and other...

Published April 25th 2003 by Routledge.

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Roadkill on the Three-Chord Highway

Art and Trash in American Popular Music

By Colin Escott

It's the real stories, not the publicists' confections, that concern Colin Escott. We hear Perry Como's story in his own words: it wasn't all smooth....

Published July 26th 2002 by Routledge.

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Classic Country

Legends of Country Music

By Charles K. Wolfe

Now for the first time, country music authority Charles K. Wolfe gathers together his profiles of 50 legends of country music, including Bill Monroe, Lefty...

Published December 20th 2000 by Routledge.

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You Wrote My Life

Lyrical Themes in Country Music

Edited by Melton McLaurin, Richard Peterson

You Wrote My Life explores country lyrics through perceptive essays by leading historians, sociologists and observers of American culture. Essayists including Charles Reagan Wilson, James...

Published January 1st 1992 by Routledge.

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