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Louisiana hayride : radio and roots music along the Red River / Tracey E. W. Laird.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Laird, Tracey E. W.
- Series:
- American musicspheres.
- American musicspheres
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Country music--Louisiana--History and criticism.
- Country music.
- Louisiana hayride (Radio program).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (221 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Provides an examination of northwest Louisiana's unique musical milieu, home to the Louisiana Hayride, a radio barn dance between 1948 and 1960. The region's history, geography, race relations, media, and other forces set the stage for the Hayride's critical role in both country music and rock-and-roll.
- Contents:
- A cradle of the stars
- The character of a region
- Shreveport music before modern media
- Hillbilly music and the phonograph
- Hillbilly music and KWKH radio
- Country music crossroads
- Beyond country music.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes discography (p. 179-180), filmography (p. 181), bibliographical references (p. 183-198), and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-029051-X
- 0-19-046961-7
- 0-19-534718-8
- 1-280-53413-3
- 1-4237-8503-7
- OCLC:
- 70201441
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