Country Music: An Illustrated History

Author: Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns

Brand: Knopf

Color: Multicolor

Edition: Illustrated

Binding: hardcover

Format: Illustrated

Number Of Pages: 560

Release Date: 10-09-2019

Part Number: 9780525520542

Details: The rich and colourful story of America's most popular music and the singers and songwriters who captivated, entertained, and console listeners throughout the twentieth century-basedd on the upcoming eight-part film series to air on PBS in September 2019 This gorgeously illustrated and hugely entertaining history begins where country music itself emerged: the American South, where people sang to themselves and to their families at home and in church, and where they danced to fiddle tunes on Saturday nights. With the birth of radio in the 1920s, the songs moved from small towns, mountain hollers, and the wide-open West to become the music of an entire nation-aa diverse range of sounds and styles from honky tonk to gospel to bluegrass to rockabilly, leading up through the decades to the music's massive commercial success today. But above all, country music is the story of the musicians. Here is Hank Williams's tragic honky tonk life, Dolly parton rising to fame from a dirt-poor childhood, and Loretta Lynn turning her experiences into songs that spoke to women everywhere. Here too are interviews with the genre's biggest stars, including the likes of Merle Haggard to Garth Brooks to rosanne cash. Rife with rare photographs and endlessly fascinating anecdotes, the stories in this sweeping yet intimate history will captivate long-time country fans and introduce new listeners to an extraordinary body of music that lies at the very center of the American experience.

EAN: 9780525520542

Package Dimensions: 11.1 x 9.5 x 1.5 inches

Languages: English