How Nashville became Music City, U.S.A. : 50 years of Music Row
Michael Kosser
Bok · Engelsk · 2006
| Utgitt | Milwaukee, WI : Hal Leonard , 2006
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| Omfang | 373 s. : ill. + 1 CD
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | Includes index.. - 1. The roots of Music Row : The country music in Nashville, before the Row ; 2. The Opry puts its foot down : The only good studio in town shuts its doors. Owen and Harold Bradley build a new one in an old house on 16th Avenue, and Music Row is born ; 3. It all begins with a song : Acuff-Rose, the cornerstone of the Nashville Music Industry ; 4. Now we have an industry! : "Heartbreak Hotel" changes pop music and Nashville ; 5. When country music almost died : It was pop music that saved Music Row ; 6. Oohs and aahs : The Jordanaires saw it all and sang it all ; 7. Saving country : A few determined souls, on a mission from God ; 8. Dang me! : Roger Miller takes on the British invasion ; 9. Crazy : Willie Nelson gets a steady gig, and Patsy Cline battles it out in the studio ; 10. Homegrown talent and the Nashville machine : Teen bands just a heartbeat away from the big time. - 11. The Everly Brothers and the Bryants : A husband-and-wife songwriting team launches the greatest duo in the history of pop music ; 12. A pair of aces : Ray Stevens and Charlie McCoy, two truly original talents ; 13. Rebels and respect : Naked statues and Jack the cowboy ; 14. Gallico and his boys : The men who led country music into the '70s were handpicked by a garrulous Italian from Brooklyn ; 15. Strings and power saws : Billy Sherrill and Bob Johnston re-invent and battle the "Nashville sound" ; 16. Lou Bradley: knight of the console : Tales from beyond the Quonset Hut ; 17. "Wesley, it's music!" : A Muscle Shoals bass player in Nashville's greatest pop studio, and the producer who kept "real" country alive and well ; 18. Know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em : United Artists comes alive with Kenny and Crystal ; 19. Wanted: Jerry Bradley : The crown prince of Music Row meets the Outlaws. - 20. Nashville, before and after Bowen : A California powerhouse turns Music Row upside down ; 21. "Man, there's only three chords!" : An honest record promoter and a pop record producer help launch the "new traditionalist" country revival ; 22. "I'm gonna cut this song and I really can't tell you why" : Three of the biggest music executive survivors of Music Row, and the stars they made ; 23. The men of Garth : No one becomes a star on his own, not even the incomparable Garth Brooks ; 24. From the alleyway to MCA : From "art writers" to hit makers ; 25. Texas and Oklahoma song dogs : Without these three plainsmen, there ain't no "Bootscootin' Boogie" ; 26. The king of the independents : Mike Curb came a little later, but he made a big footprint ; 27. Galante and Tomlinson: keepin' it real : Two true believers make good ; 28. Murder on the row : Where is country music going? And will the new be killing the old?. - 29. "If it is not known for music, it will not be known for anything" : A noted chronicler of the South with a warning for Nashville.. - Traces fifty years of music history in Nashville, describing how the city became one of the most important music centers in the United States and profiling the studios, publishing companies, record labels, and promotion offices that contributed to the city's role in the industry.. - 200 kr
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| ISBN | 9780634098062 : 200 kr
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| Hylleplass | 781.642 KOS
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