The encyclopedia of country music
Subtitle: the ultimate guide to the music
By: compiled by the staff of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum ; edited by Paul Kingsbury with the assistance of Laura Garrard, Daniel Cooper, and John Rumble.
Contributors: Kingsbury, Paul.; Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum (Nashville, Tenn.)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 634
Subjects: Country music -- Encyclopedias
Description: Nearly 1,300 complete and up-to-the-minute alphabetical entries put eight decades of country music at readers' fingertips, from the earliest '20s recordings of the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers to the '90s chart-topping albums of LeAnn Rimes and Garth Brooks. A field of 137 contributors provides a readable and reliable guide to the singers, songwriters, record companies, and industry movers and shakers who have made country music the increasingly popular - and profitable - juggernaut it is today.
Notes: Discography: p. [609]-614.
Includes bibliographical references.