Pickin' on Peachtree
Subtitle: A History of Country Music in Atlanta, Georgia (Music in American Life)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: November 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780252069680
Subjects: Music; Genres & Styles - Country & Bluegrass - General; History & Criticism - General; United States - State & Local - General; Music / Country; Country And Western Music; Music/Songbooks
First sentence: ON MARCH 4, 1913, Woodrow Wilson became the twenty-eighth president of the United States, assuming his leadership role during a period in American history that has been characterized as one of prosperity and economic expansion.
Description: "But for a few twists of fate, Atlanta could easily have grown to be the recording center that Nashville is today. Pickin' on Peachtree traces Atlanta's emergence in the 1920s as a major force in country recording and radio broadcasting, a position of dominance it enjoyed for some forty years.".

"From the Old Time Fiddlers' Conventions and barn dances through the rise of station WSB and other key radio outlets, Wayne Daniel thoroughly documents the consolidation of country music as big business in Atlanta. He also profiles a vast array of performers, radio personalities, and recording moguls who transformed the Peachtree city into the nerve center of early country music."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: xi; title: Introduction
pagenum: 1; label: Chapter 1
title: The Georgia Old-Time Fiddlers' Conventions, 1913-35
pagenum: 15; label: Chapter 2
title: The Early Days of Radio, 1922-29
pagenum: 45; label: Chapter 3
title: Atlanta - A Regional Recording Center
pagenum: 67; label: Chapter 4
title: Four Pioneers
pagenum: 87; label: Chapter 5
title: Radio in the Early 1930s
pagenum: 109; label: Chapter 6
title: The "Cross Roads Follies," 1936-40
pagenum: 127; label: Chapter 7
title: Hillbilly Music on Atlanta's Smaller Radio Stations, 1925-50
pagenum: 152; label: Chapter 8
title: The "WSB Barn Dance," 1940-50
pagenum: 172; label: Chapter 9
title: The Demise of Live Radio, the Birth of Television, and Beyond, 1948-
pagenum: 205; title: Notes and Suggested Readings
pagenum: 237; title: Appendix: A Selected Discography of Long-Play Albums
pagenum: 271; title: Index
pagenum: 273