Workin' Man Blues

by Haslam, Gerald W.

• ISBN13: 9781597140171
• ISBN10: 1597140171
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-01
• Publisher: Great Valley Books

Summary

A high-spirited trip through the roots of country music that came out of Bakersfield and LA in the 40's throught the 90's, From Gene Autry to Barbara Mandell, Lefty Frizell to Mere Hagard this was the music of the working class that came west from the Dust Bowl and drifted in after WWII. They old of a hard life lived with grit and courage and a love that was true. Bakersfield was the other capito of "Country."

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
A Musical Interlude: Bakersfield, 1994	1	(6)
Country Music---Roots and Stems	7	(18)
The Crockett Family	25	(4)
1920s	29	(14)
Gene Autry	43	(8)
1930s	51	(26)
Bob Wills	77	(10)
A Musical Interlude: Penngrove, 1994	83	(4)
1940s	87	(34)
Spade Cooley	121	(8)
1950s	129	(38)
Rose and the Maddox Brothers	167	(10)
1960s	177	(30)
Buck Owens	207	(14)
A Musical Interlude: Los Angeles, 1995	217	(4)
1970s	221	(26)
Merle Haggard	247	(12)
1980s	259	(22)
Dwight Yoakam	281	(8)
1990s	289	(34)
A Musical Interlude: Bakersfield, 1995	315	(8)
Bibliographic Essay	323	(12)
Selected Bibliography	335	(22)
Song Index	357	(6)
Subject Index	363