A good-natured riot
Subtitle: the birth of the Grand Ole Opry
By: Charles K. Wolfe.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Country Music Foundation Press and Vanderbilt University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Nashville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Grand ole opry (Radio program); Country music -- History and criticism
Description: Both a detailed history and a group biography of the Opry's early years, A Good-Natured Riot provides the first comprehensive and thoroughly researched account of the personalities, the music, and the social and cultural conditions that were such fertile ground for the growth of a radio show that was to become an essential part of American culture.

With dozens of wonderful photographs, a discography, and a complete roster of every performer and performance of these early Opry years, A Good-Natured Riot gives a full and authoritative portrayal of the colorful beginnings of WSM's barn dance program up to 1940, by which time the Grand Ole Opry had found its national audience and was poised to become the legendary institution that it remains to this day.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-294), discography (p. 295), and index.