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9780415937825

Roadkill on the Three-Chord Highway: Art and Trash in American Popular Music

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415937825

  • ISBN10:

    0415937825

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-07-26
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Road Kill on the Three-Chord Highwayis a new collection of Colin Escott's wonderful biographies of the legends of rock, rockabilly, and country. Escott is world-renowned for telling the stories not only of the major stars but the Tex Nobodies that populate the back alleys of American music. For every struggling singer or songwriter who breaks through, there are hundreds more who labor in the shadows, victims of bad luck, bad timing, or themselves.

Author Biography

Colin Escott lives outside of Nashville, Tennessee. He is the author of Tattooed on Their Tongues: Journeys through the Backrooms of American Music and Hank Williams: The Biography, and coauthor of Hank Williams: Snapshots from the Lost Highway and Good Rockin' Tonight: The Sun Records Story. He has annotated more than five hundred recordings and has won numerous awards for his writing, including a Grammy for historic documentation and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the ARSC (Association for Recorded Sound Collections)

Table of Contents

Introductionp. vii
The Smoother Side of Jownp. 1
Roy Orbison: Starlight Lit My Lonesomenessp. 3
Perry Como: R.I.P.p. 41
Patti Page: Oklahoma Bluesp. 57
Faborp. 71
Jim Reeves: Say "Yes" to Rugsp. 75
Mitchell Torok: When Mexican Joe Gave Up the Rhumbap. 95
Ned Miller: From a Jack to a Kingp. 103
Jown Hall Partyp. 107
Skeets McDonald: You Oughta See Grandma Rockp. 109
Wynn Stewart: Not Such a Pretty Worldp. 125
Wanda Jackson: Did She or Didn't She?p. 145
The Collins Kids: Brokenhearted Rickyp. 163
Memphis Sun Records, June 1957p. 171
Sonny Burgess: The Wild Man at Seventyp. 175
Ed Bruce: Mammas, Don't Let Your Rock Boppin' Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboysp. 185
Onie Wheeler: No, I Don't Believe I Willp. 191
Postscriptp. 201
Vernon Oxford: Too Country for Countryp. 203
Indexp. 219
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