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In 1964 Roger Miller hit the pop charts with "Dang Me"-the same
year the Beatles hit America and began the British Invasion. Roger
received five Grammys for that year-and six more in 1965 when he
had "King of the Road." Roger Miller was not an overnight
success-he was a successful country songwriter since 1958, penning
hits for Ray Price ("Invitation to the Blues), Jim Reeves ("Billy
Bayou" and "Home") and Ernest Tubb ("Half a Mind"). Later, he wrote
the score to the Tony Award winning Broadway musical Big River. In
this biography, Don Cusic traces the personal life and career of
Roger Miller, from Erick, Oklahoma to the Country Music Hall of
Fame and shows why Roger Miller was an American Genius. Don Cusic
is one of the premier historians of country music. He has written
twenty-five books, including two novels. He is currently Professor
of Music Business at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.
Elvis was connected to Nashville throughout his career. He recorded
approximately 260 songs at RCA Studio B in Nashville and performed
in several concerts in the area. During his early years, he often
visited his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, who lived in Nashville.
A novel of Nashville during the Civil War.
Coming of age story of a Southern boy who dreams of being a country
music singer.
As a songwriter, James Weldon Johnson is best known for "Life Every
Voice," which he wrote with his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson.
However, during the early 1900s he was part of one of the most
popular and successful songwriting teams in America. Johnson, along
with his brother, Rosamond, and Bob Cole wrote hit songs for
musicals during the ragtime era, 1895-1910. Later, he became one of
the most prominent African-Americans in the United States before
World War II. He was a diplomat, the author of a novel (The
Autobiography of a Colored Man), poet ("God's Trombones"), Civil
Rights leader (the first black Executive Secretary of the NAACP),
an active member of the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920s and a
distinguished Professor at Fisk University. Most of James Weldon
Johnson's songs have not been heard for over a hundred years
because he wrote during the era of sheet music. Now, for the first
time, here is a collection of Johnson's lyrics and an extended
biographical essay on him as a songwriter. Don Cusic is Professor
of Music Business at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee and
the author of 25 books. Cusic and Mike Curb produced a double album
containing 30 of James Weldon Johnson's songs, recorded by Melinda
Doolittle, for Curb Records.
As a songwriter, James Weldon Johnson is best known for "Life Every
Voice," which he wrote with his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson.
However, during the early 1900s he was part of one of the most
popular and successful songwriting teams in America. Johnson, along
with his brother, Rosamond, and Bob Cole wrote hit songs for
musicals during the ragtime era, 1895-1910. Later, he became one of
the most prominent African-Americans in the United States before
World War II. He was a diplomat, the author of a novel (The
Autobiography of a Colored Man), poet ("God's Trombones"), Civil
Rights leader (the first black Executive Secretary of the NAACP),
an active member of the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920s and a
distinguished Professor at Fisk University. Most of James Weldon
Johnson's songs have not been heard for over a hundred years
because he wrote during the era of sheet music. Now, for the first
time, here is a collection of Johnson's lyrics and an extended
biographical essay on him as a songwriter. Don Cusic is Professor
of Music Business at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee and
the author of 25 books. Cusic and Mike Curb produced a double album
containing 30 of James Weldon Johnson's songs, recorded by Melinda
Doolittle, for Curb Records.
"Saved by Song" returns to print with its sweeping overview of
the history of gospel music. Powerful and incisive, the book traces
contemporary Christianity and Christian music to the sixteenth
century and the Protestant Reformation after examining music in the
Bible and early church.
In America, gospel music has been divided between white and
black gospel. Within these divisions are further divisions:
southern gospel, contemporary Christian music, spirituals, and
hymns. Don Cusic has provided background and insight into the
developments of all these rich facets of gospel music. From the
psalms of the early Puritans through the hymns of Isaac Watts and
the social activism of the Wesleys, to the camp meeting songs of
the Kentucky Revival, the spirituals that came from the slave
culture, and the hymns from the great revival after the Civil War,
gospel music advanced through the nineteenth century. The twentieth
century brought the technologies of recordings and the electronic
media to gospel music.
"Saved by Song" is ultimately the definitive and complete
history of a uniquely American art form. It is a must for anyone
interested in the musical and spiritual life of a nation.
Sharecropper's Son is a coming of age story of a Southern boy who
wants to be a country singer. Compton Gregory is an unforgettable
character, both naive and wise, who will capture your heart as he
discovers his life calling in country music.
The histories of baseball and country music ran in parallel tracks
through most of the twentieth century. America's sport and
America's music moved from the fringes to the mainstream, gaining
exposure and building heroes, first via radio broadcasts and then
on the television screen. Both evolved with American society
through wartime, the Civil Rights movement, and into the age of
multimillion dollar superstars. Don Cusic offers an engaging and
insightful analysis that addresses race, gender, class, ethnicity,
business practices and marketing, performance, media, and the cult
of celebrity.
The histories of baseball and country music ran in parallel tracks
through most of the twentieth century. America's sport and
America's music moved from the fringes to the mainstream, gaining
exposure and building heroes, first via radio broadcasts and then
on the television screen. Both evolved with American society
through wartime, the Civil Rights movement, and into the age of
multimillion dollar superstars. Don Cusic offers an engaging and
insightful analysis that addresses race, gender, class, ethnicity,
business practices and marketing, performance, media, and the cult
of celebrity.
Discovering Country Music chronicles the incredible evolution of
country music in America -- from the fiddle to the pop charts --
and provides an insightful account of the reasons and motives that
have determined its various transformations and offshoots over the
years. In order to understand what country music is today, and why,
it is essential to understand how it makes its money -- the basic
revenue streams, the major companies involved, and how country
artists such as Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Faith
Hill, Toby Keith, and Rascal Flatts are booked and marketed. In
Discovering Country Music author Don Cusic helps readers do that,
and goes even further, covering not only the business and the
technology that have shaped the industry, but also tackling the
question of country's relationship to the other major genres of the
American recording industry, including pop, blues, and rock music.
Discovering Country Music is broken down into ten sections which
include: key musical trends; ancillary business trends such as
recording technology, radio, and the recording industry; and
prominent artists, including as a small sample Stephen Foster, The
Carter Family, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson,
Garth Brooks, The Dixie Chicks, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, and Kenny
Chesney. This work should appeal to fans, scholars, educators,
libraries and the general reader alike.
While on a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard, journalist and novelist
Paul Hemphill wrote of that pivotal moment in the late sixties when
traditional defenders of the hillbilly roots of country music were
confronted by the new influences and business realities of pop
music. The demimonde of the traditional Nashville venues (Tootsie's
Orchid Lounge, Robert's Western World, and the Ryman Auditorium)
and first-wave artists (Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb, and Lefty Frizzell)
are shown coming into first contact, if not conflict, with a new
wave of pop-influenced and business savvy country performers
(Jeannie C. "Harper Valley PTA" Riley, Johnny Ryles, and Glen
Campbell) and rock performers (Bob Dylan, Gram Parsons, the Byrds,
and the Grateful Dead) as they took the form well beyond Music
City. Originally published in 1970, The Nashville Sound shows the
resulting identity crisis as a fascinating, even poignant, moment
in country music and entertainment history.
" It's the Cowboy Way tells the full story of the amazing true
adventures of group members Ranger Doug, Woody Paul, Too Slim, and
Joey "The CowPolka King" for the first time, from their first gigs
at "Herr Harry's Phranks 'N' Steins," in Nashville, to their rise
to the top of the Grammy heap. Since 1977, Riders In The Sky has
faithfully tended a musical tradition kindled by singing cowboy
legends, such as Gene Autry and the Sons Of The Pioneers.
Throughout its long career, the group has branded the genre with
its own mark, crafting a well-balanced mix of both classic and
original western songs -- smooth harmony, hot licks, and comedy.
Over the past quarter of a century, and more than 4,500 shows, 290
national TV appearances, 203 public radio shows, nearly 700 Grand
Ole Opry appearances, 2.3 million miles on the road, two Grammy
Awards, three television series, and 31 albums down the trail, a
group that began with a commitment to carry on an American musical
tradition has itself become a national treasure.
The first comprehensive overview of contemporary inspirational
music, covering its historical roots and dramatic growth into one
of America's most vital music genres. The Encyclopedia of
Contemporary Christian Music: Pop, Rock, and Worship is the first
comprehensive reference work on a form of American music that is
far more popular than nonfans may realize. It fills a major gap in
the literature on American music and Christian culture, looking at
this increasingly popular genre in the context of the overall
history of religious music in the United States. With over 200
entries, The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music covers
important performers and industry figures, songs and albums,
concerts and festivals, the rise of Christian radio and television,
and other issues related to the growth of inspirational music.
Scholars and fans alike will find a wealth of revealing information
and insightful coverage illustrating the influence of gospel on
modern American music with musicians such as Elvis, Sam Cooke,
Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, and U2.The work also examines the use of
fundamental rock, pop, and rap music templates in the service of
songs of faith.
Born in 1856 in Thomasville, Georgia, Henry Ossian Flipper was just
nine years old at the end of the Civil War. His parents were part
of the privileged upper class of slaves, one of few families
allowed to operate an independent business under the protection of
their owner. This placed Henry in an excellent position to take
advantage of the new educational opportunities opening up to
African Americans, culminating in his nomination to West Point by
congressman J.C. Freeman in 1873 and his graduation in 1877.After
graduation, Flipper served at Fort Sill in what is now Oklahoma;
took part in the Indian Wars; and served at Fort Elliott in Texas,
where a court-martial relating to missing commissary funds ended
his Army career with a dishonorable discharge. Flipper later was an
assistant to the secretary of the Interior during the Harding
administration, and he died in 1940. Recent investigations into the
circumstances of Flipper's court-martial have resulted in the
upgrade to honorable discharge in 1976 and a posthumous pardon
signed by President Clinton in 1999. Passages from Flipper's
autobiography (published in 1878) and excerpts from contemporary
military reports as well as newspaper articles contribute firsthand
observations to this biography of West Point's first black
graduate.
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