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The mistakes of yesterday, the hopes of tomorrow : the story of the Prisonaires / John Dougan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dougan, John M., 1954- author.
- Series:
- American popular music (Amherst, Mass.)
- American Popular Music
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prisonaires (Musical group).
- Vocal groups--United States.
- Vocal groups.
- African American singers--Biography.
- African American singers.
- Singers--United States--Biography.
- Singers.
- African American prisoners--Tennessee--Biography.
- African American prisoners.
- Music in prisons--United States.
- Music in prisons.
- Prisoners--Tennessee--Biography.
- Prisoners.
- Popular music--Tennessee--Nashville--History and criticism.
- Popular music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (146 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : University of Massachusetts Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Early in the morning on June 1, 1953, five African American men boarded a van to make the 200-mile trip from Nashville to Memphis for a daylong recording session at the legendary Sun Studios, to be overseen by Sun founder Sam Phillips.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue: Poor Old Johnnie Ray
- 1. Nashville
- 2. The Prisonaires
- 3. The Prison, the Governor, and the Warden
- 4. Men Singing Together
- 5. Music City, USA
- 6. "Just Walkin' in the Rain"
- 7. What'll You Do Next?
- Notes
- Index
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61376-217-8
- OCLC:
- 830023497
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