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Workin' man blues : country music in California

Title
Workin' man blues : country music in California / Gerald W. Haslam ; with Alexandra Haslam Russell and Richard Chon.
Author
Haslam, Gerald W.
Publication
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999.

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Additional Authors
  • Haslam, Alexandra R., 1963-
  • Chon, Richard.
Description
xii, 379 pages : illustrations, portraits; 27 cm
Summary
"California has been fertile ground for country music since the 1920s, nurturing a multitude of talents from Gene Autry to Glen Campbell, Rose Maddox to Barbara Mandrell, Buck Owens to Merle Haggard. In this affectionate homage to California's place in country music's history, Gerald Haslam surveys the Golden State's contributions to what is today the most popular music in America. At the same time he illuminates the lives of the white, working-class men and women who migrated to California from the Dust Bowl, the Hoovervilles, and all the other locales where they had been turned out, shut down, or otherwise told to move on."--Jacket.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Country music
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • Country music.
  • Country.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-356) and indexes.
Contents
A Musical Interlude: Bakersfield, 1994 -- 1. Country Music -- Roots and Stems -- 2. The Crockett Family -- 3. 1920s -- 4. Gene Autry -- 5. 1930s -- 6. Bob Wills -- A Musical Interlude: Penngrove, 1994 -- 7. 1940s -- 8. Spade Cooley -- 9. 1950s -- 10. Rose and the Maddox Brothers -- 11. 1960s -- 12. Buck Owens -- A Musical Interlude: Los Angeles, 1995 -- 13. 1970s -- 14. Merle Haggard -- 15. 1980s -- 16. Dwight Yoakam -- 17. 1990s -- A Musical Interlude: Bakersfield, 1995.
ISBN
  • 0520218000
  • 9780520218000
LCCN
98043061
OCLC
  • ocm39839492
  • 39839492
  • SCSB-14661732
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library