ISBN:
0199730598
,
9780199730599
Language:
English
Pages:
XXX, 530 S.
,
Ill.
DDC:
781.64209
Keywords:
Countrymusic
Note:
Enth.: I. The early years (1920s and 1930s). The birth of country music. The big bang of country music. Innovation and change. II: World War II and after: nationalism and country music (1940s and 1950s). Honky-Tonk heyday. The birth of bluegrass. Rockabilly and teen romance. III. The big business of country music (1960s and 1970s). The Nashville sound and musical innovation. California country and country rock. Traditionalists and classic country. IV. Expansion: from country to rock and pop and back again (1970s and 1980s). Outlaw country and southern rock rebellion. Urban cowboys, countrypolitan, and the Reagan Era. Neotraditionalists and remaking the past. V: Country music in popular culture (1990s and 2000s). The commercial country explosion. Alternative country and roots revival. Into the present.
