The Bakersfield sound
Subtitle: how a generation of displaced Okies revolutionized American music
By: Robert E. Price
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9781491772966
Subjects: Country musicians; Homes and haunts; Country music; History and criticism; History; Honky-tonk music
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-265) and index.
Table of contents: title: The great convergence; title: Toward Eden; title: Snapshot : Otherness; title: Honky-tonk paradise; title: Snapshot: It's that kid!; title: Vegas of the valley; title: What's on TV?; title: Snapshot: The Mosrite; title: Buck Owens; title: Merle Haggard; title: Snapshot: The Man in Black needs cash; title: The two defining songs; title: The A & R man; title: The mentor, the muse, and the protégé; title: Snapshot: Millennium eve; title: The next wave; title: Afterword; title: Appendix A. The founders; title: Appendix B. And a cast of thousands; title: Appendix C. The landmarks.