Smile When You Call Me a Hillbilly : Country Music's Struggle for Respectability, 1939-1954 Hardback
by Jeffrey J. Lange
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Today, country music enjoys a national fan base that transcends both economic and social boundaries.
Sixty years ago, however, it was primarily the music of rural, working-class whites living in the South and was perceived by many Americans as ""hillbilly music."" In Smile When You Call Me a Hillbilly, Jeffrey J.
Lange examines the 1940s and early 1950s as the most crucial period in country music's transformation from a rural, southern folk art form to a national phenomenon.
In his meticulous analysis of changing performance styles and alterations in the lifestyles of listeners, Lange illuminates the aculturation of country music and its audience into the American mainstream.
Dividing country music into six subgenres (progressive country, western swing, postwar traditional, honky tonk, country-pop, and country-blues), Lange discusses the music's expanding appeal.
As he analyzes the recordings and comments of each of the subgenre's most significant artists, including Roy Acuff, Bob Wills, Bill Monroe, Hank Williams, and Red Foley, he traces the many paths the musical form took on its road to respectability.
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- Pages:400 pages, 10 b&w photographs, 20 tables, 2 maps, 1 figure
- Publisher:University of Georgia Press
- Publication Date:31/08/2004
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- ISBN:9780820326221
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Item not Available
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:400 pages, 10 b&w photographs, 20 tables, 2 maps, 1 figure
- Publisher:University of Georgia Press
- Publication Date:31/08/2004
- Category:
- ISBN:9780820326221
