Foreword by Vince Gill Introduction Acknowledgments The Encyclopedia of Country Music Essay Articles Special photographic section: Country Album Cover Art Appendices Contributors
Paul Kingsbury, editor of the first edition of the Encyclopedia of
Country Music, is the co-editor (with Alanna Nash) of Will the
Circle Be Unbroken: Country Music in America and the author of The
Grand Ole Opry History of Country Music.
Michael McCall, a prominent music journalist, is a writer and
editor at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
John W. Rumble is senior historian at the Country Music Hall of
Fame and Museum.
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Foreword
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"The Encyclopedia of Country Music, 2nd edition, is the most
comprehensive treatment of the genre to date."--Journal of the
Society for American Music
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