True to the roots : Americana music revealed /

Dutton, Monte.

True to the roots : Americana music revealed / Monte Dutton. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2006. - 1 online resource (xi, 211 pages)

"A Bison original"--Page 4 of cover.

Waiting for Jack Ingram -- Music city -- Praise the Lord and pass the weed -- Home on the range -- Charlie Dunn, he's the man to see -- To thine own self be true -- Not the way they do things "up north" -- Forever young -- Getting religious-- about country -- If it's broken, don't fix it -- A man of the people -- Who are "those guys"? -- A unique take on cowboys and Indians -- One-chord song -- The soul of Marty Robbins -- Son of a gypsy songman -- Six days on the road -- Contrary to, uh, anything -- The last angry cowboy -- Ain't no place for no poor boy like me -- Hondo's legacy -- Demented genius -- The last true Texas troubadour -- The novelist begat the songwriter -- Two-night stand -- The ones that got away.

Americana music isn't just a musical form. It's a state of mind. This book charts the coordinates of this state of mind with a series of interviews and portraits from the heart of alternative country, often known to its adherents simply as OKOM: Our Kind of Music.

0803207166 (electronic bk.) 9780803207165 (electronic bk.) 1280705299 9781280705298


Geschichte 2003-2005


Country music--History and criticism.
MUSIC--Genres & Styles--Country & Bluegrass.
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U5002 T181 -2006

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