Table of Contents

Preface Introduction to the Revised Edition of 2010 1. The Folk Background before Commercialism 2. The Early Period of Commercial Hillbilly Music 3. The First Country Singing Star: Jimmie Rodgers 4. Country Music during the Depression 5. The Cowboy Image and the Growth of Western Music 6. The War Years: The National Expansion of Country Music 7. The Boom Period: The Emergence of a Big Business, 1946-1953 8. The Development of Country-Pop Music and the Nashville Sound 9. The Reinvigoration of Modern Country Music, 1960-1972 10. Bluegrass 11. Country Music, 1972-1984 12. Tradition and Change: Country Music, 1985-2002 13. A New Century Bibliographical Essays Guide to Recordings Index Index of Song Titles

Promotional Information

"Considered the definitive history of American country music" by the Los Angeles Times, this fortieth-anniversary edition of Country Music, U.S.A. traces the music from the early days of radio through the first decade of the twenty-first century

About the Author

JOCELYN R. NEAL is Associate Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is the author of The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers: A Legacy in Country Music.

Reviews

"Country Music, U.S.A. is the definitive history of country music and of the artists who shaped its fascinating worlds... Malone shows the reader why country music touches the hearts of its music fans throughout the world and is truly a national treasure." -- William Ferris, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities and Coeditor of the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture