| Description |
1 online resource (247 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Echoes from a Lost World; 2. The New Minstrels; 3. The Radio Kids; 4. Take Me Back to Renfro Valley; Illustrations; 5. Bluegrass Picking; 6. Queens and Ramblers; 7. Kentucky Music, American Country; Afterword, 1980-1996; Sources and Further Reading; Selected Discography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Summary |
A lively tour of the state's music, from the days of string bands through hillbilly, western swing, gospel, bluegrass, and honkey-tonk to through the Nashville Sound and beyond. Through personal interviews with many of the living legends of Kentucky music, Charles K. Wolfe illuminates a fascinating and important area of American culture. The list of country music stars who hail from Kentucky is a long and glittering one. Red Foley, Bill Monroe, Loretta Lynn, Tom T. Hall, the Judds, Dwight Yaokum, Billy Ray Cyrus, Ricky Skaggs, John Michael Montgomery, and Keith Whitely -- all these and many ot |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Folk music -- Kentucky -- History and criticism
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Country music -- Kentucky -- History and criticism
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Bluegrass music -- Kentucky -- History and criticism
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory.
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MUSIC -- Religious -- General.
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Bluegrass music
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Country music
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Folk music
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Kentucky
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813149608 |
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0813149606 |
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0813114683 |
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9780813114682 |
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