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This is an academic journal containing a collection of articles by country music scholars on a variety of topics with an emphasis on historical country music. Contributors include Don Cusic, Dave Sichak, Mari Nagatomi, Tim Dodge, Linda J. Daniel, Christina Lynn, Boll Nowlin, David W. Johnson and Kenichi Yamaguchi. Topics include Hank Williams, Milton Estes, Country Music in Japan, Don Messer's Jubilee, Irish Country Music, Jo Val, The Stanley ...

America and the American Record Business chronicles the history of the music, the business and technology of the recording industry, set against a backdrop of American history.

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The histories of baseball and country music run in parallel, evolving with American society through wartime, the Civil Rights movement and into the age of superstars. Don Cusic offers an analysis of their growth, looking at race, gender, class, ethnicity, business, media and celebrity.

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Cusic traces the personal life and career of Roger Miller, from Erick, Oklahoma, to the Country Music Hall of Fame and shows why he was an American genius.

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This series of biographical profiles shines a spotlight on that special place "Where the West meets the Guitar." From Gene Autry and Roy Rogers to contemporary artists like Michael Murphy, Red Steagall, Don Edwards and Riders in the Sky, many entertainers have performed music of the West, a genre separate from mainstream country music and yet an important part of the country music heritage. Once called "Country and Western, " it is now describ...

Saved by Song is a sweeping overview of the history of gospel music. Powerful and incisive, it traces contemporary Christianity and Christian music to the sixteenth century and the Protestant Reformation after examining music in the Bible and early church music. In America, gospel music has been divided between white and black gospel. Within these divisions are further divisions: southern gospel, contemporary Christian music, spirituals, and h...

A survey of significant male poet/performers in the 20th century. Drawing on biographical information, it documents the nature of poetry performance and how performance has influenced the poetry of the surveyed poets, advanced their careers, and created a national market for their poetry.

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Coming of age story of a Southern boy who dreams of being a country music singer.

As a songwriter, James Weldon Johnson is best known for "Life Every Voice, " which he wrote with his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson. However, during the early 1900s he was part of one of the most popular and successful songwriting teams in America. Johnson, along with his brother, Rosamond, and Bob Cole wrote hit songs for musicals during the ragtime era, 1895-1910. Later, he became one of the most prominent African-Americans in the United State...

As a songwriter, James Weldon Johnson is best known for "Life Every Voice, " which he wrote with his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson. However, during the early 1900s he was part of one of the most popular and successful songwriting teams in America. Johnson, along with his brother, Rosamond, and Bob Cole wrote hit songs for musicals during the ragtime era, 1895-1910. Later, he became one of the most prominent African-Americans in the United State...

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The Beatles and Country Music is a new, fresh, and insightful look at the Beatles through their connection to country music. Don Cusic, author of a number of books on country music and a long-time citizen of the country music community in Nashville, has unearthed previously unreported stories and facts about the Beatles as a group and as individuals that will cause long-time Beatles fans to look at the group a little differently as well inform...

In 1964 Roger Miller hit the pop charts with "Dang Me"-the same year the Beatles hit America and began the British Invasion. Roger received five Grammys for that year-and six more in 1965 when he had "King of the Road." Roger Miller was not an overnight success-he was a successful country songwriter since 1958, penning hits for Ray Price ("Invitation to the Blues), Jim Reeves ("Billy Bayou" and "Home") and Ernest Tubb ("Half a Mind"). Later, h...

The Poet as Performer presents a survey of significant male poet/performers in the twentieth century.

Elvis was connected to Nashville throughout his career. He recorded approximately 260 songs at RCA Studio B in Nashville and performed in several concerts in the area. During his early years, he often visited his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, who lived in Nashville.

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