All Music Guide to Country
Subtitle: The Definitive Guide to Country Music
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Backbeat Books
Published: November 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 964
ISBN-13: 9780879307608
Subjects: Country & western; Reference works; Sound recordings; Genres & Styles - Country & Bluegrass - General; Country And Western Music; Music/Songbooks; Reviews; Music; History & Criticism - General; Music / Reference; Discography & Buyer's Guides; Country music; Discography
First sentence: Nathan Abshire helped bring the blues and honky tonk to Cajun music and repopularized the accordion with his recordings during the 1950s and '60s, but still never managed to make a living from his music Born in Gueydan, L.A. on June 23, 1913, Abshire began playing professionally in the 1920s, and he first recorded in the early '30s with Happy Fats &amp; His Rayne-Bo Ramblers Abshire went to work at the Basile, L.A. town dump around that time, and he held the job for most of his working life.