Americana Music - Voices, Visionaries, and Pioneers of an Honest Sound

Mining the firsthand insights of those whose stories help shape the sound, Americana Music provides a history of how Americana originated, how it reached a broader audience in the '60s and '70s with the merging of rock and country, and how it evolved its overwhelmingly populist appeal as it entered the new millennium.

About the author

LEE DAVID ZIMMERMAN is a freelance music writer whose articles have appeared in several leading music industry publications. A former promotions representative for ABC and Capitol Records and director of communications for various CBS-affiliated television stations, he lives in Maryville, Tennessee.

Summary

Mining the firsthand insights of those whose stories help shape the sound, Americana Music provides a history of how Americana originated, how it reached a broader audience in the ’60s and ’70s with the merging of rock and country, and how it evolved its overwhelmingly populist appeal as it entered the new millennium.

Product details

• Authors: Lee Zimmerman
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781623497019
• ISBN: 978-1-62349-701-9
• No. of pages: 332
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 709 g
• Series: John and Robin Dickson Series; John and Robin Dickson Series; John and Robin Dickson Series in Texas Music; John and Robin Dickson Texas M
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries