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The encyclopedia of country music : the ultimate guide to the music / compiled by the staff of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum ; edited by Paul Kingsbury with the assistance of Laura Garrard, Daniel Cooper, and John Rumble

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New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 634 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators
Kingsbury, Paul and Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum (Nashville, Tenn.)
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Contents
The look of country: the colorful history of country music costuming / Holly George-Warren -- The folk and popular roots of country music / Norm Cohen -- The gospel truth: Christianity and country music / Bill C. Malone -- Extra! Read all about it!: the literature of country music / Nolan Porterfield -- Country music as music / Bill Evans -- The center of Music City: Nashville's Music Row / John Lomax III -- The talking machine: how records shaped country music / Colin Escott -- It all begins with a song: a brief history of country songwriting / Walter Carter -- The South and country music / Bill C. Malone -- From schoolhouses to arenas: a history of country music touring / Ronnie Pugh.
Summary
To its millions of fans, country music is America's music, offering a window on the "sweet dreams" and "working man blues of ordinary American lives. The renowned Country Music Foundation, custodian of Nashville's legendary Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, has compiled a fascinating and infinitely useful guide to this beloved music genre.
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9780199770557 (electronic bk.)
0199770557 (electronic bk.)
0195116712
9780195116717
0195176081
9780195176087
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Form of work
Encyclopedia
Discography
Bibliography Note
Discography: pages 609-614.
Includes bibliographical references.
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