Country music originals : the legends and the lost / Tony Russell.

Author/creator Russell, Tony, 1946-
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Descriptionxviii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects
Country musicians--Biography.
Country music--History and criticism.

Contents A. C. "Eck" Robertson -- Fiddlin' John Carson -- Henry Whitter -- Ernest V. Stoneman -- Uncle Dave Macon -- Vernon Dalhart -- Fiddlin' Powers -- Charlie Poole -- Kelly Harrell -- Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters -- Uncle Jimmy Thompson -- Dr. Humphrey Bate -- Sam McGee -- Gid Tanner -- Riley Puckett -- Clayton McMichen -- Lowe Stokes -- Earl Johnson -- John Dilleshaw -- Georgia Yellow Hammers -- South Georgia Highballers -- The Cofer Brothers -- Dock Boggs -- Frank Hutchison -- Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton -- The Carter Family -- Jimmie Rodgers -- Bridge: the great divide -- Allen Brothers -- Fleming & Townsend -- Chris Bouchillon -- Ed Haley -- Clark Kessinger -- Blind Alfred Reed -- Roy Harvey -- Walter Smith -- Asa Martin -- Dick Burnett -- John D. Foster -- Emry Arthur -- Alfred G. Karnes -- Buell Kazee -- Raymond Render -- G. B. Grayson -- Clarence ("Tom") Ashley -- Carolina Tar Heels -- Carolina Twins -- The Red Fox Chasers -- Bascom Lamar Lunsford -- Leake County Revelers -- Narmour & Smith -- Hoyt Ming -- Dr. Smith's Champion Hoss Hair Pullers -- Fiddlin' Bob Larkan -- Golden Melody Boys -- Walter Coon -- Jules Verne Allen -- Powder River Jack Lee -- The Cartwright Brothers -- Harry "Mac" McClintock -- Goebel Reeves -- John I. White -- Bernard "Slim" Smith -- Carson Robison -- Frank Luther -- Otto Gray & his Oklahoma Cowboys -- Bridge: country music in transition -- Gene Autry -- Jimmie Davis -- Cliff Carlisle -- Bill Cox -- Mac & Bob -- Bradley Kincaid -- The girls of the golden west -- Wilf Carter -- Hank Snow -- Bridge: the radio years -- Lulu Belle & Scotty -- Patsy Montana -- Lily May Ledford -- J. E. Mainer -- The Dixon Brothers -- The Callahan Brothers -- Claude Casey -- Snuffy Jenkins -- Roy Acuff -- "Ramblin' Red" Lowery -- The Delmore Brothers -- Lonnie Glosson -- Grandpa Jones -- Carl Swanson -- Bridge: Western swing and honytonk -- Milton Brown -- Bob Wills -- The Light Crust Doughboys -- Adolph Hofner -- Cliff Bruner -- Hank Penny -- Bob Skyles & his Skyrockets -- The Swift Jewel Cowboys -- Johnnie Lee Wills -- Ted Daffan -- Hoyle Nix -- Rex Griffin -- Buddy Jones -- Al Dexter -- Floyd Tillman -- Ernest Tubb -- Johnny Bond -- Red River Dave McEnery -- Leo Soileau -- Harry Choates -- Molly O'Day -- Rose Maddox.
Abstract In this book, the author offers vivid portraits of the men and women who created country music, the artists whose lives and songs formed the rich tradition from which Hank Williams, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, The Dixie Chicks, and so many others have drawn their inspiration. Included here are not only such major figures as Jimmie Rodgers, The Carter Family, Fiddlin' John Carson, Charlie Poole, and Gene Autry, who put country music on America's cultural map in the 1920s and '30s, but many fascinating lesser-known figures as well, such as Carson Robison, Otto Gray, Chris Bouchillon, Emry Arthur and dozens more, many of whose stories are told here for the first time. To map some of the winding, untraveled roads that connect today's music to its ancestors, Russell draws upon new research and rare source material, such as contemporary newspaper reports and magazine articles, internet genealogy sites, and his own interviews with the musicians or their families.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 253-258).
LCCN 2007008471
ISBN9780195325096 (alk. paper)
ISBN0195325095 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML394 .R87 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold