A magnificent 150-year saga of a musical Southern family featuring barn dances, medicine shows, the Grand Ole Opry, and the evolution of country music from hymns to rockabilly.
Country music
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Author:Smith, LeeSummary: - Author:Bass, RickSummary:
Maxine, Bonnie, and Jim Ed Brown are a family act with a hit record sitting atop 1959's country music charts. The world at their feet, lives of success seem to spread out before them like an unending highway. But celebrity has its price...
- Author:Randall, AliceSummary:
Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author with a "lively, engaging, and often wise" ( The New York Times Book Review ) voice, offers a lyrical, introspective, and unforgettable account of her past and her...
- Author:Lynn, LorettaSummary:
Me & Patsy Kickin' Up Dust shares the never-before-told story of the remarkable relationship between legendary country queen Patsy Cline and country music icon Loretta Lynn. Loretta Lynn and the late Patsy Cline are legends—...
- Author:Cash, JohnnySummary:
The life of the Man in Black revealed by his lyrics, authorized by the Cash estate. Johnny Cash is one of the most beloved and influential country-music stars of all time, having composed more than six hundred songs and sold more than...
- Author:Summers, SashaSummary:
Jace Black went from an oilfield roughneck to an overnight-singing sensation. Now he's working on a duet with country-music legend Krystal King, and he's determined to earn his way to the top. But the more time he spends with Krystal,...
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Author:Paterson, KatherineSummary:When his family becomes a successful country music group and makes him a featured singer, eleven-year-old James has to deal with big changes in all aspects of his life, even his name.
- Author:Sachs, LloydSummary:
A singer belts out a lonesome song. A guitarist plucks out a twangy lead. A fiddle player brings out a sweet melody. These are the sounds of country. Country music rose out of the folk songs that immigrants brought to the United States...
