Music U.S.A. : America's country & western tradition / Charles T. Brown.
| Author/creator | Brown, Charles T. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, ©1986. |
| Description | viii, 215 pages : portraits ; 29 cm |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Music USA |
| Contents | Preface -- Introduction. Origins of country music ; Brief survey of southern folk song ; Development of the blues ; Structure of musical forms ; Analysis technique used in text -- Instruments of country music. Guitar ; Dobro ; Banjo ; Fiddle ; Dulcimer ; Autoharp ; Harmonica ; Accordion ; Jug ; Piano ; Drums ; Electric bass ; Saxes, trumpets, and trombones -- Original country music. Early practitioners. Alexander Robertson ; William Henry Whitter ; John Carson ; Al Hopkins ; Vernon Dalhart ; Uncle Dave Macon ; Roy Acuff -- The marketing era. The Bristol recording session. The Carter family ; Jimmie Rodgers ; The first commercial period of country music -- Western music. Singing cowboys. Gene Autry ; Roy Rogers ; Tex Ritter -- Western swing. Bob Wills ; Hank Thompson ; Spade Cooley -- Instrumental country. String bands to bluegrass. Bill Monroe ; Flatt and Scruggs ; Stanley Brothers ; Virginia Boys -- The technicians. Chet Atkins ; Roy Clark -- Honky tonk. The practitioners. Jim Dickens ; Freddie Hart ; George Jones ; Ray Price ; Hank Snow ; Ernest Tubb ; Kitty Wells ; Hank Williams -- Rockabilly. Country and rock 'n' roll. Johnny Cash ; Bill Haley ; Buddy Holly ; Jerry Lee Lewis ; Carl Perkins ; Elvis Presley -- The Nashville sound: Grand Ole Opry. Traditional country. Patsy Cline ; Lefty Frizzell ; Hawkshaw Hawkins ; George Jones ; Loretta Lynn ; Tammy Wynette -- Nashville crossover. The crooners. Eddy Arnold ; Jim Ed Brown ; Tennessee Ernie Ford ; Charley Pride ; Jim Reeves -- Nashville pop. Jimmy Dean ; Ferlin Husky ; Kingston Trio ; Roger Miller ; Dolly Parton ; The Statler Brothers ; Mel Tillis ; Sheb Wooley -- Alternatives to Nashville. Austin, Texas. Waylon Jennings ; Willie Nelson -- Bakersfield, California. Buck Owens ; Merle Haggard -- Country rock. Folk and rock influences in the late 1960s ; The emergence of the songwriter as narrator ; Main practitioners of country rock. Alabama ; Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen ; Charlie Daniels band ; Eagles ; Flying Burrito Brothers ; Grateful Dead ; Lynyrd Skynyrd ; Marshall Tucker Band ; New Riders of the Purple Sage ; The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band -- Mainstream country of the 1970s and 1980s. Country fusion ; Mainstream country. Merle Haggard ; Tom T. Hall ; George Jones ; Kris Kristofferson ; Roger Miller ; Conway Twitty ; Dottie West ; Dottie West -- Crossover pop. Barbara Mandrell ; Kenny Rogers -- Experimental country and the future. Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass ; Ricky Skaggs ; Emmy Lou Harris ; Minnie Pearl ; Moe Bandy and Joe Stampley ; Earl Scruggs ; The Stray Cats ; Rank and file ; Sawyer Brown ; Conclusion -- Appendix: For musicians only. |
| Abstract | This book surveys the history and styles of country music and examines the contributions of country singers, songwriters, and instrumentalists. |
| Bibliography note | Discography: pages 206-209. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliography (pages 210-212) and index. |
| LCCN | 85012411 |
| ISBN | 0136081754 |
| ISBN | 0136081673 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780136081678 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML3524 .B76 1986 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |