Country & western

From the creator of the acclaimed country music history podcast Cocaine & Rhinestones, comes the epic American saga of country musics legendary royal coupleGeorge Jones and Tammy Wynette. By the early 1960s nearly everybody paying attention to...

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Celebrate Dollys extraordinary life and style in living color! Shes the Queen of Country, the Smoky Mountain Songbird. Everyone knows and everyone loves the inimitable Dolly Parton. From her roots back in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, Dolly burst onto ...

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Williamss memoir is as flinty, earthy and plain-spoken as her songs New York Times The often hilarious, occasionally harrowing Dont Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You is a bracingly candid chronicle of a sui generis character plotting a ramshackl...

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The tragic and inspiring story of the leaders of Outlaw country and their influence on today's Alt-Country and Americana superstars, tracing a path from Waylon Jennings' survival on the Day the Music Died through to the Highwaymen and on...

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Revealing, funny, whimsical, and wise, outlaw country legend Willie Nelson shares the untold stories behind the his favorite songs, with all the lyrics and a dynamic assortment of never-before-seen photos and ephemera. From his earliest work in th...

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With her deeply personal songwriting, countless hit songs, and genre-bending yet unmistakable sound, Taylor Swift has cemented her status as one of pop music's most iconic and culture-defining voices. On the heels of her latest album, "M...

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Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author with a lively, engaging, and often wise (The New York Times Book Review) voice, offers a lyrical, introspective, and unforgettable account of her past and her search for the first fami...

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Inspired by the Hank Williams and Leadbelly recordings he heard as a teenager growing up outside of Boston, Jim Rooney began a musical journey that intersected with some of the biggest names in American music including Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Bil...

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Buck 'Em! The Autobiography of Buck Owens is the life story of a country music legend. Born in Texas and raised in Arizona Buck eventually found his way to Bakersfield California. Unlike the vast majority of country singers songwriters and mu...

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At last, the authorized biography of Townes Van Zandt (1944-1997), who wrote such unforgettable songs as Pancho & Lefty" and If I Needed You." Born to a wealthy oil family in Ft. Worth, Texas, hounded by alcoholism and depression, Va...

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"Listening to the Beat of the Bomb" UPK author Charles Wolfe discusses his work and his new book Country Music Goes to War in the NEW YORK TIMES. While Toby Keith suggests that Americans should unite in support of the president, the Dixi...

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The Encyclopedia of Country Music is the most comprehensive reference work on this musical genre with deep roots in American history. Compiled by staff of the legendary Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, the Encyclopedia includes 1,200 A-Z ent...

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A giant of American music opens the book on his wrenching professional and personal journeys, paying tribute to the vanishing Appalachian culture that gave him his voice.

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Williamss memoir is as flinty, earthy and plain-spoken as her songs New York Times The often hilarious, occasionally harrowing Dont Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You is a bracingly candid chronicle of a sui generis character plotting a ramshackl...

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My Memories of John Hartford is a memoir about author Bob Carlin's years working alongside singer, songwriter, banjoist, and fiddler John Hartford (1937-2001). Throughout his short life, Hartford was a hit tunesmith, festival headliner, and g...

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A new edition as part of the Faber Greatest Hits - books that have taken writing about music in new and exciting directions for the twenty-first century. In his critically acclaimed book, In the Country of Country, Nicholas Dawidoff travels to the...

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The twentieth anniversary paperback edition, updated with a new preface

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In the sound of the 1960s and 1970s, nothing symbolized the rift between black and white America better than the seemingly divided genres of country and soul. Yet the music emerged from the same songwriters, musicians, and producers in the recordi...

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Pick and roll your way through bluegrass banjo basics The banjo nearly defines the bluegrass sound, and youll be playing your own favorite tunesor maybe writing some new oneswith the help of this book. Bluegrass Banjo For Dummies is the place to s...

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This is a guide to country music performers and their recordings. It features biographies of more than 1000 artists and groups, with overviews of their careers, and reviews and ratings of their best recordings. Historical essays and music maps cha...

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This fascinating autobiography of the country music legend recounts the highs and lows, the struggles and hard-won triumphs of his remarkable life. The story takes us from Johnny Cash's childhood on an Arkansas cotton farm to his early years at Su...

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The definitive biography of country legend Merle Haggard by the New York Times bestselling biographer of Clint Eastwood, Cary Grant, The Eagles, and more.Merle Haggard was one of the most important country music musicians who ever lived. His aston...

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Born dirt-poor (his family had the dirt floor to prove it), Waylon Jennings took all the grit of his hometown of Littlefield, Texas, into his soul and his sound. From childhood, this son of a farm laborer considered nothing else but playing music....

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This new collection gathers over 150 bluegrass favorites presented in the world-famous Real Book format. Songs include: Alabama Jubilee * Ballad of Jed Clampett * Bill Cheatham * Blue Ridge Mountain Blues * Bury Me Beneath the Willow * Dixie Hoedo...

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While on a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard, 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 and business r...

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From country music sensation Miranda Lambert, comes a gorgeous cookbook sharing a wide array of tasty favorite recipes, straight outta Texas and collected from all the fabulous women who helped make Miranda who she is today. If you're going to hav...

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(Book). A tradition-rich singer and songwriter, Emmylou Harris nonetheless defies convention at every turn. She builds bridges between country, folk, gospel, rock, and bluegrass, honoring and celebrating the past while retaining a sensibility that...

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A backstage audition led Mark Hembree into a five-year stint (19791984) as the bassist for Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys. Hembrees journey included playing at the White House and on the acclaimed album Master of Bluegrass. But it also put him...

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Gospel music was a significant part of not only who Elvis became as a man, but as an artist as well. As Elvis mania continues to consume generation after generation throughout the world, fans still crave new insights into the person of Elvis Presl...

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In his brief life, Hank Williams created one of the defining bodies of American music. Songs like Your Cheatin' Heart, Hey Good Lookin' and Jambalaya sold millions of records and became the model for virtually all country music that foll...

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