How Nashville became Music City, U.S.A. : 50 years of Music Row / by Michael Kosser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kosser, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Country music--History and criticism.

Country music.

Music trade--Tennessee--Nashville.

Music trade.

Tennessee--Nashville.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

xvi, 373 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)

4 3/4 in.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Milwaukee, WI : Hal Leonard, [2006]

System Details:

1.4 m/s

stereo

digital recording

Summary:

How did a medium-sized Southern river town become arguably the most important music center in America? In How Nashville Became Music City, U.S.A., we learn how a single studio in a tiny duplex house became Music Row, a ten-block area populated by hundreds of talented people whose job is to simply make music. The book features stories from publishers, songwriters and others who help tell the evolution of this fabeled center of music. It's where Elvis ushered in the commercial rock 'n' roll explosion by recording "Heartbreak Hotel," Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves, and Willie Nelson taught mainstream America to love soulful ballads, and Bob Dylan recorded three of his most important albums. The full-length CD includes 12 recordings made in the early studios of Music Row, giving listeners a rare chance to hear the demos made by some of Nashville's most talented artists. Songs include Bye, Bye, Love, Crazy, King of the Road, Walkin'After Midnight and He Stopped Loving Her Today.

Contents:

The roots of Music Row

The Opry puts its foot down

It all begins with a song

Now we have an industry!

When country music almost died

Oohs and aahs

Saving country

Dang me!

Crazy

Homegrown talent and the Nashville machine

The Everly Brothers and the Bryants

A pair of aces

Rebels and respect

Gallico and his boys

Strings and power saws

Lou Bradley: knight of the console

"Wesley, it's music!"

Know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em

Wanted: Jerry Bradley

Nashville, before and after Bowen

"Man, there's only three chords!"

"I'm gonna cut this song and I really can't tell you why"

The men of Garth

From the alleyway to MCA

Texas and Oklahoma song dogs

The king of the independents

Galante and Tomlinson: keepin' it real

Murder on the row

"If it is not known for music, it will not be known for anything".

Contents of compact disc: Bread and butter

Bye bye love

Walkin' after midnight

King of the road

Heaven's just a sin away

If we make it through December

Ain't gonna bump no more (with no big fat woman)

He stopped loving her today

I wanna talk about me.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0634098063

9780634098062

OCLC:

63703869

Publisher Number:

HL00331315 Hal Leonard