Southern Music/American Music

by Malone, Bill C.; Stricklin, David

• ISBN13: 9780813190556
• ISBN10: 081319055X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-15
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky

Summary

Southern Music/American Music is the first book to investigate the facets of American music from the South and the many popular forms that emerged from it. In this substantially revised and updated edition, Bill C. Malone and David Stricklin bring this classic work into the twenty-first century, including new material on recent phenomena such as the huge success of the soundtrack to O Brother, Where Art Thou? and the renewed popularity of Southern music, as well as important new artists Lucinda Williams, Alejandro Escovedo, and the Dixie Chicks, among others. Extensive bibliographic notes and a new suggested listening guide complete this essential study.

Author Biography

Bill C. Malone is professor emeritus of history at Tulane University.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Revised Edition	ix
Introduction	1	(175)
1. Folk Origins of Southern Music	5	(15)
2. National Discovery	20	(19)
3. Early Commercialization: Ragtime, Blues, Jazz	39	(19)
4. Expanding Markets: Tejano, Cajun, Hillbilly, Gospel	58	(13)
5. The Great Depression and New Technologies	71	(19)
6. The Nationalization of Southern Music	90	(18)
7. The 1960's and 1970's: Rock, Gospel, Soul	108	(21)
8. The National Resurgence of Country Music	129	(26)
9. A Future in the Past	155	(21)
Conclusion	176	(5)
Notes	181	(10)
Bibliographical Notes	191	(26)
Suggested Listening	217	(4)
Index	221
Illustrations follow page	116