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Informationen zum Autor PAUL HEMPHILL (1936-2009) was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and attended Auburn and Harvard Universities. In addition to long work as a sportswriter and columnist at the Atlanta Journal , he was the author of several collections of journalism, novels, and memoirs, including, among others, Too Old to Cry , King of the Road , and Leaving Birmingham: Notes of a Native Son . Hemphill returned to country music in 2005 with Lovesick Blues: The Life of Hank Williams . Hemphill served on the faculties of Emory University, Brenau University, and the University of Georgia, where he taught writing. Klappentext While on a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard! journalist and novelist Paul Hemphill wrote of that pivotal moment in the late sixties when traditional defenders of the hillbilly roots of country music were confronted by the new influences and business realities of pop music. Originally published in 1970! The Nashville Sound shows the resulting identity crisis as a fascinating! even poignant! moment in country music and entertainment history. Zusammenfassung Journalist and novelist Paul Hemphill wrote of that pivotal moment in the late sixties when traditional defenders of the hillbilly roots of country music were confronted by the new influences and business realities of pop music. Originally published in 1970! The Nashville Sound reveals this fascinating moment in country music history.
