The Nashville sound : bright lights and country music / Paul Hemphill ; foreword by Don Cusic.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hemphill, Paul, 1936-2009, author.

Cusic, Don, author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Country music--History and criticism.

Country music.

Country musicians--United States.

Country musicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While on a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard, journalist and novelist Paul Hemphill wrote of that pivotal moment in the late sixties when traditional defenders of the hillbilly roots of country music were confronted by the new influences and business realities of pop music. The demimonde of the traditional Nashville venues (Tootsie's Orchid Lounge, Robert's Western World, and the Ryman Auditorium) and first-wave artists (Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb, and Lefty Frizzell) are shown coming into first contact, if not conflict, with a new wave of pop-influenced and business savvy country performers (Jeannie C. "Harper Valley PTA" Riley, Johnny Ryles, and Glen Campbell) and rock performers (Bob Dylan, Gram Parsons, the Byrds, and the Grateful Dead) as they took the form well beyond Music City. Originally published in 1970, The Nashville Sound shows the resulting identity crisis as a fascinating, even poignant, moment in country music and entertainment history.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword to the 2015 Edition""; ""Preface""; ""Prologue: Friday Night at Tootsie's Orchid Lounge""; ""PART ONE: HILLBILLY HEAVEN""; ""Music City, U.S.A.""; ""A&R Session with Chet Atkins""; ""The Nashville Sound""; ""Session at Bradley's Barn""; ""Making It""; ""John Wesley Ryles, I""; ""PART TWO: WHITE SOUL""; ""Days of Innocence""; ""Sunday in Tate City""; ""Days of Change""; ""Home on the Range with Tex Ritter""; ""Days of Dollars""; ""A Shoeshine from DeFord Bailey""; ""PART THREE: SPREADING THE WORD""; ""Going Public""; ""The Billy Dilworth Show""

""Nashville West""""Glen Campbell""; ""The Future""; ""On the Road with the Po' Boys""; ""Epilogue: Saturday Night at the Opry""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

908127345