Customer Review: Nolan Porterfield's 1979 Jimmie Rodgers is the definitive Jimmie Rodgers biography, a frank and honest look at a man who was determined to make the most of what he knew was going to be a very short life. Porterfield pulls no punches in the biography and spends as much time discussing Jimmie's... more info
Customer Review: This is a good book because it covers the subject of "Southwest Louisiana Pop" music in great detail. Lots of names and quotes of the people who shaped the sound. The author did his homework and the reader gets a lot of info - a LOT. I have read this book several times because it is a great... more info
Customer Review: What is the underlying story behind Johnny Cash's famous "Boy Named Sue" song? A Boy Named Sue: Gender And Country Music isn't just a survey of one song; it examines the entire issues of gender in country music as a whole, providing scholarly essays contributing to the first book-length effort to... more info
Customer Review: Lynch (College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati, OH) does a nice job of describing the role songs played in three depression-era strikes (Gastonia, 1929; Harlan County, 1931-32; Flint, 1936-37). Readers unfamiliar with song writers such as Aunt Molly Jackson, Jim Garland, and Ella May will be... more info
Customer Review: The excellent description of the social contexts for fiddling is one of this book's major strengths. Throughout the book, Beisswenger also presents numerous interesting stories that Melvin Wine told to him during various interviews. These texts provide a good understanding of fiddle traditions in... more info
Customer Review: This is not your typical overview of R&B through the decades. Such overviews typically contain lots of biographical tidbits about various R&B stars, discuss the show biz aspect (the rise of fall of various record labels), and discuss the sociological aspect of R&B as black music crossing... more info
Customer Review: This is great! A new book of both newly-published old songs AND new songs in the same style! Anyone who sings from the Sacred Harp needs this book. If you buy only one shape-note book besides the Sacred Harp, this is the one! There are multiple compositions by some of the "greats" - Billings,... more info
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