BILL C. MALONE, as a performer and a scholar, has been immersed in country music for most of his life. Now retired from Tulane University, he lives in Madison, Wisconsin, where he hosts a weekly radio show, "Back to the Country." He is the author of Country Music, U.S.A., Don't Get above Your Raisin', and other books.
Singing Cowboys and Musical Mountaineers is a very enlightening
read regarding the roots of Country music and provides the
definitive explanation and history of the connection between
Country music (southern folk music) and cowboy hats.--Midwest Book
Review
A very enlightening read.--BookPleasures.com
Goes a long way toward filling a bothersome hole in American
musical history.--Sing Out!
Provides great insight into country music and southern
culture.--Southern Historian
So succinct and well-documented, all the reader can do is believe
it.--Lexington Herald-Leader
The last word on the history of country music remains
Malone.--Canon
This book is good enough that readers can only want more.--Journal
of American History
This book shows not only the work of a master scholar, but also
that of one attuned to the myths, the hopes, and the yearnings of
ordinary people.--Journal of Southern History
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