Nashville: Music City, U.S.A.

Name: Nashville: Music City, U.S.A.
Brand: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
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By John Lomax

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Music City USA celebrates the success of country music, the fastest-growing musical form in the nation and the place where it all happened. It's all here - from the stars to the fans, from the movers and shakers to the wheelers and dealers - the whole story of country music today, in words and pictures, 100 of them in glorious, glamorous color. The extensive gallery of stars includes Alabama, Crystal Gayle, Ronnie Milsap, Dolly Parton, George Jones, Waylon Jennings, Barbara Mandrell and Willie Nelson. They are shown in a variety of situations - on-stage, "giving it their all," mingling with the fans at Fan Fair, working backstage on their music or business affairs, relaxing at home. The author tells the story of the new country music - from the late 1960s, when, in the aftermath of the"British invasion" led by the Beatles, which left country music devastated, it retrenched and came back stronger than ever. Revitalized by new stars, producers, and most important, new young fans drawn by the rock-country fusion of the "outlaws", country music renewed itself by accepting, and adapting to its own particular form, many other modes. The author also goes behind the scenes for a step-by-step demonstration of how a song gets written, recorded, and marketed, illustrating along the way the inner workings of the Music City business.

Product details

Release Date:

1985-09-01

Publication Date:

1985-09-01

Publisher:

Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

Languages:

Published: English, Original: English

ISBN10:

0810913453

Weight:

1152 g

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