In the Country of Country: A Journey to the Roots of American Music
| Printed by | Clays Ltd, St Ives plc |
| First Published by | Faber & Faber Ltd |
| Cover/Jacket Design by | Pentagram |
| Cover photo | Richard E. Aaron |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| About/Subject | Country Music, Americana (music) |
| Format | Soft cover |
| Language | English |
| Location | Great Britain |
| Copyright | 1997 |
| Pages / Font | 365 pages |
| ISBN | 0-571-19174-6 |
| Barcode | 9 780571 191741 |
| Price | £11.99 RRP |
| Chapters | Prologue: The Spirit of Jimmie Rodgers 3 PART ONE Nashville Cats Notes on Paper Napkins: Harlan Howard 23 Taking Out the Twang: Chet Atkins 39 PART TWO Deep Country Three Women: Sara Carter, Kitty Wells and Patsy Cline 53 PART THREE Bluegrass Full of Beans: Bill Monroe and Ralph Stanley 83 Three Fast Fingers: Earl Scruggs 113 PART FOUR That Old-Time Country Hell's Half Acre: The Louvin Brothers 133 Just One of the People: Doc Watson 149 PART FIVE Two Real Country Stars Fade to Black: Johnny Cash 169 Just Put That Sad Back in the Bottle: George Jones 201 PART SIX The West Coast Sound Still Kicking: Sister Rose Maddox 217 Honky-Tonk Man: Buck Owens 229 Going to Get a Sandwich: Merle Haggard and Iris DeMent 249 PART SEVEN Taking It Forward Convert: Emmylou Harris 277 Lubbock or Leave It: Jimmie Dale Gilmore and The Flatlanders 291 Epilogue: No Depression 309 A Note on the Sources 315 Notes 319 Selected General Bibliography 341 Discography (Selected Listening) 347 Index 353 |
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