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245 12 a| A good-natured riot :b| the birth of the Grand Ole Opry /c| Charles K. Wolfe.;

250 a| First edition.;

300 a| xv, 312 pages :b| illustrations, portraits, plates ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-294), discography (page 295), and index.;

505 0 a| "A good-natured riot" -- Nashville in the 1920s -- Goin' uptown: Dr. Humphrey Bate, Dean of the Opry -- Uncle Jimmy Thompson -- "Sail away, ladies!": classic opry fiddlers -- "Take it away, Uncle Dave!" -- DeFord Bailey -- The hoedown bands -- Family tradition -- The original Nashville sound: Nashville's first recordings -- The first professionals: the Vagabonds -- The Dixieliners -- "When It's Time for the Whippoorwill to Sing": the Delmore Brothers -- "Dear Lesperdeezer": the first comedians -- September song": the late 1930s -- "The homespun voice of America": Roy Acuff and Bill Monroe -- Appendixes : 1. Judge Hay's valediction ; 2. The Opry roster, 1925-1940.;

520 a| This volume is a study of the Grand Ole Opry from its beginning to 1940. The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly country music stage concert in Nashville, Tennessee, that has presented the biggest stars of the genre since 1925. This detailed history and a group biography of the Opry's early years provides an account of the personalities, the music, and the social and cultural conditions that were such fertile ground for the growth of a radio show that was to become an essential part of American culture. The author traces the unsure beginnings of the Opry through its many incarnations, through cast tours of the South, the Great Depression, commercial sponsorship by companies like Prince Albert Tobacco, and the first national radio linkups. He gives colorful and engaging portraits of the motley assembly of the first Opry performers. With dozens of photographs and a complete roster of every performer and performance of these early Opry years, this work provides a full and authoritative portrayal of the colorful beginnings of WSM's barn dance program up to 1940, by which time the Grand Ole Opry had found its national audience and was poised to become the legendary institution that remains to this day.;

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A good-natured riot : the birth of the Grand Ole Opry / Charles K. Wolfe.

Author/creator	Wolfe, Charles K.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication Info	Nashville : Country Music Foundation Press and Vanderbilt University Press, ©1999.
Description	xv, 312 pages : illustrations, portraits, plates ; 25 cm
Subjects	Grand ole opry (Radio program) Country music--History and criticism.

Contents	"A good-natured riot" -- Nashville in the 1920s -- Goin' uptown: Dr. Humphrey Bate, Dean of the Opry -- Uncle Jimmy Thompson -- "Sail away, ladies!": classic opry fiddlers -- "Take it away, Uncle Dave!" -- DeFord Bailey -- The hoedown bands -- Family tradition -- The original Nashville sound: Nashville's first recordings -- The first professionals: the Vagabonds -- The Dixieliners -- "When It's Time for the Whippoorwill to Sing": the Delmore Brothers -- "Dear Lesperdeezer": the first comedians -- September song": the late 1930s -- "The homespun voice of America": Roy Acuff and Bill Monroe -- Appendixes : 1. Judge Hay's valediction ; 2. The Opry roster, 1925-1940.
Abstract	This volume is a study of the Grand Ole Opry from its beginning to 1940. The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly country music stage concert in Nashville, Tennessee, that has presented the biggest stars of the genre since 1925. This detailed history and a group biography of the Opry's early years provides an account of the personalities, the music, and the social and cultural conditions that were such fertile ground for the growth of a radio show that was to become an essential part of American culture. The author traces the unsure beginnings of the Opry through its many incarnations, through cast tours of the South, the Great Depression, commercial sponsorship by companies like Prince Albert Tobacco, and the first national radio linkups. He gives colorful and engaging portraits of the motley assembly of the first Opry performers. With dozens of photographs and a complete roster of every performer and performance of these early Opry years, this work provides a full and authoritative portrayal of the colorful beginnings of WSM's barn dance program up to 1940, by which time the Grand Ole Opry had found its national audience and was poised to become the legendary institution that remains to this day.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-294), discography (page 295), and index.
LCCN	98040104
ISBN	082651331X (cloth : alk. paper)

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