Country Music Goes to War

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

• ISBN13: 9780813123080
• ISBN10: 0813123089
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-15
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky

Summary

The contributors to Country Music Goes to War examine the output of country musicians responding to America's wars from the Civil War to September 11th and both conflicts in the Persian Gulf.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Charles K. Wolfe and James E. Akenson
1. The Civil War in Country Music Tradition	1	(25)
Andrew K. Smith and James E. Akenson
2. "Bloody War": War Songs in Early Country Music	26	(7)
Charles K. Wolfe
3. "There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere": The Story behind Its Success	33	(10)
Louis Hatchett and W.K. McNeil
4. Gene Autry in World War II	43	(15)
Don Cusic
5. Peace in the Valley: The Development of John Lair's Enterprises during WWII	58	(23)
Michael Ann Williams
6. Hayloft Patriotism: The National Barn Dance during World War II	81	(21)
Wayne W. Daniel
7. "Jesus Hits Like an Atom Bomb": Nuclear Warfare in Country Music, 1944-56	102	(24)
Charles K. Wolfe
8. Purple Hearts, Heartbreak Ridge, and Korean Mud: Pain, Patriotism, and Faith in the 1950-53 "Police Action"	126	(17)
Ivan M. Tribe
9. "Dear Ivan": Country Music Perspectives on the Soviet Union and the Cold War	143	(9)
Kevin S. Fontenot
10. "True Patriot": Brian Letton Goes to War	152	(12)
Rae Wear
11. "Alternative" to What? O Brother, September 11, and the Politics of Country Music	164	(28)
Aaron A. Fox
12. Ulster Loyalism and Country Music, 1969-85	192	(16)
David A. Wilson
13. In Whose Name? Country Artists Speak Out on Gulf War II	208	(19)
Randy Rudder
14. Country Music: A Teaching Tool for Dealing with War	227	(21)
James E. Akenson
List of Contributors	248