Country Music Annual 2002

by Wolfe, Charles K.; Akenson, James E.

• ISBN13: 9780813109916
• ISBN10: 0813109914
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky

Summary

In the third volume of this acclaimed country music series, readers can explore topics ranging from the career of country music icon Conway Twitty to the recent phenomenal success of the bluegrass flavored soundtrack to the film O Brother, Where Art Thou?. The tricky relationship between conservative politics and country music in the sixties, the promotion of early country music artists with picture postcards, the history of "the voice of the Blue Ridge Mountains" (North Carolina radio station WPAQ), and the formation of the Country Music Association as a "chamber of commerce" for country music to battle its negative hillbilly stereotype are just a few of the eclectic subjects that country music fans and scholars won't want to miss. Charles K. Wolfe, professor of English and folklore at Middle Tennessee State University, is the author of numerous books, including Kentucky Country. James E. Akenson, professor of curriculum and instruction at Tennessee Technological University, is the founder of the International Country Music Conference. ALSO AVAILABLE: Country Music Annual 2000, Country Music Annual 2001, The Women of Country Music, and Country Music Goes To War.

Author Biography

Charles K. Wolfe, professor of English and folklore at Middle Tennessee State University, is the author of several books James E. Akenson, professor of curriculum and instruction at Tennessee Technological University, is the founder of the International Country Music Conference

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(2)
Conway Twitty: The Man and His Image	3	(12)
Jimmie N. Rogers
The Bill Monroe Biography: Journalism Assisting Scholarship	15	(11)
Richard D. Smith
``Man of Constant Sorrow'': Antecedents and Tradition	26	(28)
John Garst
The Selling Sound of Country Music: Class, Culture, and Early Radio Marketing Strategy of the Country Music Association	54	(28)
Diane Pecknold
Tex Morton and His Influence on Country Music in Australia During the 1930s and 1940s	82	(22)
Andrew Smith
Country Music Publishing Catalog Acquisition	104	(13)
John Gonas
David Herrera
James I. Elliott
Greg Faulk
Postcards and the Promotion of Early Country Music Artists	117	(13)
Danny W. Allen
The Drive-by Truckers and the Redneck Underground: A Subcultural Analysis	130	(21)
S. Renee Dechert
George H. Lewis
WPAQ Radio: The Voice of the Blue Ridge Mountains	151	(10)
David B. Pruett
Politics and Country Music, 1963-1974	161	(25)
Don Cusic
Honky-Tonk Angels and Rockabilly Queens: Oklahoma Divas in American Country Music	186	(16)
George Carney
The Bristol Syndrome: Field Recordings of Early Country Music	202	(21)
Charles K. Wolfe
Contributors	223