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How Nashville became Music City, U.S.A. : a history of Music Row / Michael Kosser.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kosser, Michael, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Country music--History and criticism.
- Country music.
- Music trade--Tennessee--Nashville.
- Music trade.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (441 pages)
- Edition:
- Updated & expanded second edition.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2023.
- Place of Publication:
- Milwaukee : Backbeat, 2023.
- Summary:
- How Nashville Became Music City, U.S.A. was first published in 2006 and quickly became the go-to reference for those seeking to understand the Nashville music industry, or write about it. Now, Michael Kosser, prolific songwriter and author, returns with an updated and expanded edition, bringing the history of Music Row up to the present, since so much has changed over the last fifteen years.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Cast of Characters
- 1. The Roots of Music Row
- 2. The Opry Puts Its Foot Down
- 3. It All Begins with a Song
- 4. Now We Have an Industry!
- 5. When Country Music Almost Died
- 6. Oohs and Aahs
- 7. Saving Country
- 8. Dang Me!
- 9. Crazy
- 10. Homegrown Talent and the Nashville Machine
- 11. The Everly Brothers and the Bryants
- 12. A Pair of Aces
- 13. Rebels and Respect
- 14. Gallico and His Boys
- 15. Strings and Power Saws
- 16. Lou Bradley: Knight of the Console
- 17. "Wesley, It's Music!"
- 18. Know When to Hold 'Em, Know When to Fold 'Em
- 19. Wanted: Jerry Bradley
- 20. Nashville, Before and After Bowen
- 21. "Man, There's Only Three Chords!"
- 22. "I'm Gonna Cut This Song and I Really Can't Tell You Why"
- 23. The Men of Garth
- 24. From the Alleyway to MCA
- 25. Texas and Oklahoma Song Dogs
- 26. The King of the Independents
- 27. Galante and Tomlinson: Keepin' It Real
- 28. Murder on the Row
- 29. "If It Is Not Known for Music, It Will Not Be Known for Anything"
- Afterword to the Second Edition: Did It Have to Be Like This?
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-40860-4
- 1-4930-7353-2
- OCLC:
- 1350689457
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