Full Description
-Peter Cooper, a well-respected music writer and musician, was the music writer at the Tennessean for over a decade and is now the Editor at the Country Music Hall of Fame. -The top music and radio genre in the US, the interest in country music continues to grow stronger and wider annually. -The popularity of Nashville, and the interest in its musical history, is at an all-time high. Audience-Fans of country music and its history.-Music historians-Nashvillians, young and old; native and transplants, and tourists visiting the city.
Contents
* Foreword by Peter Guralnick* Introduction* Chapter 1 BeginningsAside: A Tender Lie* Chapter 2 Innovation Begat TraditionAside: Bill Monroe Weighs In* Chapter 3 A Memphis Flash, A Nashville SoundAside: Elvis Plays the Opry * Chapter 4 Kris Kristopherson, The Going UpAside: A Hairy-Legged Town* Chapter 5 Merle Haggard and David Olney, Wise MenAside: More Advice* Chapter 6 StorytellingAside: A Big Sadness* Chapter 7 Some Stuff You Mostly Don't HearAside: Tim Carroll's Business Plan* Chapter 8 The End of the LineAside: Ol' Brother Merle* Chapter 9 A Short Strange Trip with Porter WagonerAside: Opry Banter* Chapter 10 Merle Haggard and the Door to HopeAside: Tommy Collins' Funnies* Chapter 11 Don Light and the Impossibility of Unscrambling EggsAside: From Don Light* Chapter 12 Taylor Swift and the Hybrid Art of UnderstandingAside: Shel Silverstein, Hyena Genius* Chapter 13 Jimmy Martin, Hotshot with a Teardrop in his EyeAside: Bus Ruined Bluegrass* Chapter 14 Loretta Lynn, The Anti-PoetAside: Loretta and Ernest* Chapter 15 Lloyd Green, and Significant SteelAside: Lloyd Green and Mike Auldridge* Chapter 16 Requiem for a Short BitchAside: The Mayor of East Nashville* Chapter 17 "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash"Irish Bar, Jacksonville, Florida* Chapter 18 George Jones: Walk Through this World with Me* Chapter 19 Which is the Last One, So This Is Really An Afterword
