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Country Music: The People, Places and Moments That Shaped the Country Sound

Door Richard Carlin

Categorie
Popmuziek & Modern
Boeknummer
#418787-KD46
Titel
Country Music: The People, Places and Moments That Shaped the Country Sound
Auteur
Carlin, Richard
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
New York : Black Dog & Leventhal
Jaar van uitgave
2006
ISBN10
1579125840
ISBN13
9781579125844
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original glazed red boards, dust jacket, decorated endpapers, numerous (full page) illustrations (mostly photographs) in colour and b/w, 4to.
Samenvatting
Covering everything from Western to Rockabilly, Bluegrass to Country Rock, this profusely illustrated celebration of country music is an authoritative and lively history of America's most popular form of music, its creators, interpreters, and institutions. A rich visual chronicle of the diverse American musical idioms collectively known as “country,” this entertaining and meticulously researched book explores more than 100 of the most significant people, places, and moments in its century-long history. Profiles include Stephen Foster, the Carter Family, Gene Autry, Roy Acuff, Hank Williams, Minnie Pearl, Jerry Lee Lewis, Dolly Parton, Waylon Jennings, the Oak Ridge Boys, Alan Jackson, the Dixie Chicks—and dozens more. Other subjects include the Grand Ole Opry, the Bristol... (Lees verder) Sessions, “Louisiana Hayride,” Rockabilly, Country Rock, and O Brother Where Art Thou, among many other things. Timelines lay out the entire history of the form at a glance, and the greatest country songs of all time are discussed in depth throughout. Every page of this extroardinary book features a wealth of images—many of them rare and never-before published in book form—from sheet music and memorabilia to portraits, album covers, and candids. It is truly a must-have for the millions of fans of country music in all its diversity.
Pagina's
339
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 15,00

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