Country & Bluegrass
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Deford Bailey: A Black Star in Early Country Music
$19.95 Read moreIncludes a new foreword by musician Dom Flemons, forty-five illustrations, and a complete session discography.
A founding member of the Grand Ole Opry and the program’s first Black star, DeFord Bailey
- Series: Distributed for the Country Music Foundation Press
- Author: Morton, David C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 0915608391
- Language: English
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Emmylou Harris: Songbird’s Flight
$19.95 Read moreEmmylou Harris is a tradition-rich singer and songwriter who nonetheless defies convention at every turn. She builds bridges between country, folk, gospel, rock, and bluegrass, honoring and celebratin… [more below]
- Series: Distributed for the Country Music Foundation Press
- Author: Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 0915608332
- Language: English
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Why Tammy Wynette Matters
$23.95 Read moreHow Tammy Wynette channeled the conflicts of her life into her music and performance.
With hits such as “Stand By Your Man” and “Golden Ring,” Tammy Wynette was an icon of American domesticity and fe- Series: Music Matters
- Author: Easton, Steacy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 147732464X
- Language: English
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The Life and Times of Patsy Cline
$24.95 Read moreThe riveting and heart-wrenching story of country music diva Patsy Cline, from her against-all-odds rise from poverty and a strange, lonely childhood shrouded in secrecy, to her tragic and untimely de… [more below]
- Series: Distributed for the Country Music Foundation Press
- Author: Jones, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 091560843X
- Language: English
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Her Country: How the Women of Country Music Busted Up the Old Boys Club
$18.99 Read moreIn country music, the men might dominate the radio waves. But it’s women–like Maren Morris, Mickey Guyton, and Kacey Musgraves–who are making history.
This is the full and unbridled story of the pa- Author: Moss, Marissa R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 125087145X
- Language: English
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Dolly Parton All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track
$60.00 Add to cartDolly Parton All the Songs is an album-by-album, track-by-track deep dive into the almost 60 year career of a musical icon. This completist’s guide features more than 400 photographs, and tells the li… [more below]
- Series: All the Songs
- Author: Benoît, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0762482273
- Language: English
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Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir
$20.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The iconic singer-songwriter and three-time Grammy winner opens up about her traumatic childhood in the Deep South, her years of being overlooked in the music industry, and… [more below]
- Author: Williams, Lucinda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0593136519
- Language: English
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Broadcasting the Ozarks: Si Siman and Country Music at the Crossroads
$25.95 Add to cart“It’s good to see Si Siman and the Ozark Jubilee get their due in Broadcasting the Ozarks.”
–Willie NelsonBroadcasting the Ozarks explores the vibrant country music scene that emerged in Springfield
- Series: Ozarks Studies
- Author: Ledbetter, Kitty
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1682262510
- Language: English
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Country Boy: The Roots of Johnny Cash
$26.95 Add to cartWinner, 2023 J. G. Ragsdale Book Award from the Arkansas Historical Association
Because Johnny Cash cut his classic singles at Sun Records in Memphis and reigned for years as country royalty from his- Author: Woodward, Colin Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 348
- Publish Date: July 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1682262081
- Language: English
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Fifty Cents and a Box Top: The Creative Life of Nashville Session Musician Charlie McCoy
$24.99 Add to cartFrom Ann-Margret to Bob Dylan and George Jones to Simon & Garfunkel, Nashville harmonica virtuoso and multi-instrumentalist Charlie McCoy has contributed to some of the most successful recordings of c… [more below]
- Series: Sounding Appalachia
- Author: McCoy, Charlie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1943665710
- Language: English
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The Bakersfield Sound: How a Generation of Displaced Okies Revolutionized American Music
$27.00 Add to cartIn California’s Central Valley, two thousand miles away from country music’s hit machine, the hard edge of the Bakersfield Sound transformed American music in the latter half of the twentieth century…. [more below]
- Author: Price, Robert E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: March 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1597144150
- Language: English
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Diary of a Player: How My Musical Heroes Made a Guitar Man Out of Me
$14.99 Add to cartCountry music star Brad Paisley salutes others in the music world in this funny, personal, and fascinating portrait of what it’s like to be country’s leading guitar hero.
The Story of a Life with Stri- Author: Paisley, Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 05 2012
- ISBN10: 145167435X
- Language: English
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K.D. Lang’s Ingénue
$14.95 Read moreCanadian performer k.d. lang broke new ground in the 1980s by blending the genres of punk and country, dubbed “cowpunk,” with her band, the Reclines. Despite Grammy-award-winning recordings and freque
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Stein, Joanna McNaney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 02 2023
- ISBN10: 150138919X
- Language: English
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Lost Highway: Journeys and Arrivals of American Musicians
$21.99 Add to cartThis masterful explorationof American roots music–country, rockabilly, and the blues–spotlights the artists who created a distinctly American sound, including Ernest Tubb, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Elvis … [more below]
- Author: Guralnick, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0316332747
- Language: English
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Cash on Cash: Interviews and Encounters with Johnny Cash Volume 21
$19.99 Add to cartCash on Cash offers unprecedented insight into one of the most significant American cultural figures of the twentieth century.
As an interviewee, Cash was an exemplary communicator to an astonishingl- Series: Musicians in Their Own Words
- Author: Warren, Robert Burke
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1641606347
- Language: English
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Kentucky Traveler: My Life in Music
$20.99 Add to cartIn Kentucky Traveler, Ricky Skaggs, the music legend who revived modern bluegrass music, gives a warm, honest, one-of-a-kind memoir of forty years in music–along with the Ten Commandments of Bluegras
- Author: Skaggs, Ricky
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 05 2014
- ISBN10: 0061917346
- Language: English
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The Little Book of Country: The Music’s History, Hits, and Heartaches
$8.95 Add to cartEverything you wanted to know about country, from the men and women who put the music on the map, to the genres, guitars and history, to the greatest hits of all time.
From the early beginnings of blu
- Series: Little Book Of… #16
- Author: Hippo! Orange
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1838611398
- Language: English
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Easy Banjo Songbook: With Digital Video & Audio Access
$19.95 Add to cartThe Easy Banjo Songbook for Beginners with Digital Video & Audio Access by Geoff Hohwald will teach you how to play beginner arrangements for ten classic bluegrass songs. This is a great follow-up to
- Author: Hohwald, Geoff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 52
- Publish Date: February 29 2020
- ISBN10: 1940301386
- Language: English
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A Psychological Biography of Hiram “Hank” Williams: Much More to His Story, Volume I
$49.95 Add to cart“Nail’s biography is a must-read for anyone seeking greater understanding and insight into the short but fabulous life and career of the legendary Hank Williams. I wholeheartedly recommend it.” – Ed G… [more below]
- Author: Nail, Paul R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 858
- Publish Date: May 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1682357333
- Language: English
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Family Tradition: Three Generations of Hank Williams
$44.93 Add to cartFAMILY TRADITION: THREE GENERATIONS OF HANK WILLIAMS
- Author: Masino, Susan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 286
- Publish Date: April 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1617130060
- Language: English
