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Don Cusic
While religious diversity is often considered a relatively recent phenomenon in America, the Cape Fear region of North Carolina has been a diverse community since the area was first settled…
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Discovering Country Music chronicles the incredible evolution of country music in America - from the fiddle to the pop charts - and provides an insightful account of the reasons and…
Many consider Hank Williams to be the greatest singer and songwriter in the history of country music; he set the standard for every country music singer/songwriter who followed him. In…
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From the songs he learned as a school boy at Harrow to Music Hall songs and the operas of Gilbert and Sullivan, Winston Churchill had a lifelong love of music…
The first comprehensive overview of contemporary inspirational music, covering its historical roots and dramatic growth into one of America’s most vital music genres.
As a songwriter, James Weldon Johnson is best known for Life Every Voice, which he wrote with his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson. However, during the early 1900s he was part…
Cusic traces the personal life and career of Roger Miller, from Erick, Oklahoma, to the Country Music Hall of Fame and shows why he was an American genius.
Many consider Hank Williams to be the greatest singer and songwriter in the history of country music; he set the standard for every country music singer/songwriter for those who followed…
Examines the career of superstar Eddy Arnold in terms of the history of country music as well as the changes in the United States after World War II –Page 4…
America and the American Record Business chronicles the history of the music, the business and technology of the recording industry, set against a backdrop of American history.
Born in 1856 in Thomasville, Georgia, Henry Ossian Flipper was just nine years old at the end of the Civil War. Flipper later was an assistant to the secretary of…
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This meticulously researched biography takes the reader from Gene Autry’s childhood in Oklahoma through his phenomenally successful career as a singer and actor, and covers his later triumphs in business…
This series of biographical profiles shines a spotlight on the place Where the West meets the Guitar . From Gene Autry and Roy Rogers to contemporary artists like Michael Murphy…
Provides a sweeping overview of the history of gospel music. Powerful and incisive, the book traces contemporary Christianity and Christian music to the sixteenth century and the Protestant Reformation after…
Elvis Presley was strongly connected to Nashville and recorded approximately 260 songs at RCA Studio B in Nashville. He also performed in several concerts in the area and, during his…
The Poet as Performer presents a survey of significant male poet/performers in the twentieth century.
Paul Hemphill
Journalist and novelist Paul Hemphill wrote of that pivotal moment in the late sixties when traditional defenders of the hillbilly roots of country music were confronted by the new influences…
This is an academic journal containing a collection of articles by country music scholars on a variety of topics with an emphasis on historical country music. Contributors include Don Cusic…
