Country category: 255 books
In the Country of Country
A Journey to the Roots of American Music
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2011
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.
by Ace Collins
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Just two short years ago, The Dixie Chicks were practically unheard-of outside of Texas, but today, they're the hottest act in country music. The explosive popularity of their album Wide Open Spaces has rocketed the Chicks to the top of the charts, and in the last year alone, they have won three Grammys...
Classic Country
Legends of Country Music
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2002
Now for the first time, country music authority Charles K. Wolfe gathers together his profiles of 50 legends of country music, including Bill Monroe, Lefty Frizzell, and Kitty Wells.
The Starday Story
The House That Country Music Built
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2011
The Starday Story: The House That Country Music Built is the first book entirely dedicated to one of the most influential music labels of the twentieth century. In addition to creating the largest bluegrass catalogue throughout the 1950s and '60s, Starday was also known for its legendary rockabilly...
Eddy Arnold
Pioneer of the Nashville Sound
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
"Fans of Arnold's mellow music will appreciate the intensely detailed record of his private life and public career. Others may find the vivid picture of country music's early decades (the many small-town radio stations and deejays that supported the music, the backroads tours, the struggling record...
by Michael C. Scoggins
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
Country music in the Carolinas and the southern Appalachian Mountains owes a tremendous debt to freedom-loving Scotch-Irish pioneers who settled the southern backcountry during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. These hardy Protestant settlers brought with them from Lowland Scotland, Northern England...
Pilgrimage to Dollywood
A Country Music Road Trip through Tennessee
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
A star par excellence, Dolly Parton is one of country music’s most likable personalities. Even a hard-rocking punk or orchestral aesthete can’t help cracking a smile or singing along with songs like “Jolene” and “9 to 5.” More than a mere singer or actress, Parton is a true cultural phenomenon,...
John Duffey's Bluegrass Life
Featuring the Country Gentlemen, Seldom Scene, and Washington, D.C.
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
John Duffey’s Bluegrass Life: Featuring The Country Gentlemen, Seldom Scene and Washington, D.C. with a Foreword by Tom Gray is the definitive biography of one of bluegrass music’s most important artists of the genre. Through his work as a founding member of these two pioneering bands, John Duffey...
Country Music Originals
The Legends and the Lost
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2010
Graced by more than 200 illustrations, many of them seldom seen and some never before published, this sparkling volume offers vivid portraits of the men and women who created country music, the artists whose lives and songs formed the rich tradition from which so many others have drawn inspiration....
Country Music
An Illustrated History
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2019
The rich and colorful story of America's most popular music and the singers and songwriters who captivated, entertained, and consoled listeners throughout the twentieth century--based on the upcoming eight-part film series to air on PBS in September 2019
This gorgeously illustrated and hugely...
He Stopped Loving Her Today
George Jones, Billy Sherrill, and the Pretty-Much Totally True Story of the Making of the Greatest Country Record of All Time
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
When George Jones recorded "He Stopped Loving Her Today" more than thirty years ago, he was a walking disaster. Twin addictions to drugs and alcohol had him drinking Jim Beam by the case and snorting cocaine as long as he was awake. Before it was over, Jones would be bankrupt, homeless, and an unwilling...
by Rich Kienzle
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Southwest Shuffle documents an important period in country music history. During the '30s and early '40s, hundreds of thousands of "Okies," "Arkies," and other rural folks from around the Southwest resettled in California, in search of work. A country music scene quickly blossomed...
Whiskey River (Take My Mind)
The True Story of Texas Honky-Tonk
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2017
When it comes to Texas honky-tonk, nobody knows the music or the scene better than Johnny Bush. Author of Willie Nelson's classic concert anthem "Whiskey River," and singer of hits such as "You Gave Me a Mountain," "Undo the Right," "Jim, Jack and Rose," and "I'll Be There," Johnny Bush is a legend in...
by Larry McCabe
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2019
This book/online audio set teaches the basics of country bass playing in a fun, quick access format. In a minimum amount of time, you will learn the bass part to 22 popular traditional songs including train songs (New River Train), gospel standards (Amazing Grace), Waltzes (Knoxville Girl), bluegrass...