Fifty cents and a box top : the creative life of Nashville session musician Charlie McCoy / Charlie McCoy with Travis D. Stimeling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCoy, Charlie, 1941- author.

Stimeling, Travis D., author.

Series:

Sounding Appalachia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McCoy, Charlie, 1941-.

McCoy, Charlie.

Country musicians--Tennessee--Nashville--Biography.

Country musicians.

Harmonica players--Tennessee--Nashville--Biography.

Harmonica players.

Tennessee--Nashville.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 235 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2017.

Summary:

From Ann-Margret to Bob Dylan and George Jones to Simon & Garfunkel, Nashville harmonica virtuoso and multi-instrumentalist Charlie McCoy has contributed to some of the most successful recordings of country, pop, and rock music of the last six decades. As the leader of the Hee Haw Million-Dollar Band, McCoy spent more than two decades appearing on the television screens of country music fans around the United States. And, as a solo artist, he has entertained audiences across North America, Europe, and Japan and has earned numerous honors as a result. Fifty Cents and a Box Top: The Creative Life of Nashville Session Musician Charlie McCoy offers rare firsthand insights into life in the recording studio, on the road, and on the small screen as Nashville became a leading center of popular music production in the 1960s and as a young McCoy, a West Virginia native, established himself as one of the most sought-after session musicians in the country. Over the course of his nearly six-decade career as a session musician, harmonica virtuoso, and multi-instrumentalist, Charlie McCoy has appeared on thousands of country, pop, and rock recordings. A member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Musicians Hall of Fame, and the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame, McCoy also led the famous Million-Dollar Band on the syndicated country music program Hee Haw for more than two decades. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 West Virginia Days 1

2 Rock-and-Roll Charlie 7

3 The Road to Nashville 19

4 College and the Return to Nashville 26

5 Music City Opportunities 42

6 The Studio Scene 54

7 The Artists 70

8 The Recording Artist 87

9 Hee Haw and Other Television Appearances 109

10 An Artist Overseas 123

11 The Harmonica and Me 144.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781943665716

1943665710

OCLC:

958782292