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A pianist, arranger, and composer, William Pursell is a mainstay of
the Nashville music scene. He has played jazz in Nashville's
Printer's Alley with Chet Atkins and Harold Bradley, recorded with
Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline, performed with the Nashville Symphony,
and composed and arranged popular and classical music. Pursell's
career, winding like a crooked river between classical and popular
genres, encompasses a striking diversity of musical experiences. A
series of key choices sent him down different paths, whether it was
reenrolling with the Air Force for a second tour of duty, leaving
the prestigious Eastman School of Music to tour with an R&B
band, or refusing to sign with the Beatles' agent Sid Bernstein.
The story of his life as a working musician is unlike any other-he
is not a country musician nor a popular musician nor a classical
musician but, instead, an artist who refused to be limited by
traditional categories. Crooked River City is driven by a series of
recollections and personal anecdotes Terry Wait Klefstad assembled
over a three-year period of interviews with Pursell. His story is
one not only of talent, but of dedication and hard work, and of the
ins and outs of a working musician in America. This biography fills
a crucial gap in Nashville music history for both scholars and
music fans.
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