Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 781.6420973
EAN num: 9780679415671
ISBN number: 067941567X
Label: Pantheon
Manufacturer: Pantheon
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 371
Printing Date: March 11, 1997
Publishing house: Pantheon
Release Date: March 11, 1997
Sale Popularity Level: 1330783
Studio: Pantheon
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From the author of the bestselling The Catcher Was a Spy comes an exhilarating exploration of the performers, places, and experiences which form country music--a genre which is uniquely and authentically American. 40 photos.
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So, maybe you think you don't like country music now, but after reading Nicholas Dawidoff's In the Country of Country, you might just change your tune. Dawidoff strips this singularly American art form of its sequined jumpsuits and big hair and takes the reader back to country music's bedrock: the hardscrabble coal mining towns and dustbowl farms that served as midwives to the music of artists such as Doc Watson, The Carter Family, Ralph Stanley, Patsy Cline, and many more. In recounting the story of country music, Nicholas Dawidoff actually traverses the continent, visiting the backroads and small towns from which his music heroes emerged.
If Nicholas Dawidoff loves the country music of Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard, he is less entranced by modern trends such as Hot Country, a pop/rock hybrid exemplified by the music of Garth Brooks and Billy Ray Cyrus, singers to whom the author refers as 'hat acts.' Not for Dawidoff are the slick, pre-fab sentiments of young men in tight jeans and Stetsons; he prefers his heartache real. In the Country of Country shows you why.
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Interesting, at times well written account of the current real names in country music. Honest and truthful description of some well-known heroes: Monroe, Stanley (I didn't know Carter drank himself to death!), Cash and Haggard.
Although, the map on the overleaf is incorrect which makes me wonder if some of the text isn't as well (Rosine is southwest of Louisville, not southeast).
Also, he doesn't talk about Bob Wills or any of the Western Swing genre, except for a quick (sensational) reference to Spade Cooleys murderin' his wife (although I thought he stabbed her, not kicked her to death, as the author indicates).
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