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The importance of "Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads" cannot be overstated. It created an understanding among academics and the public of the need to preserve all forms of early music. The Joh……続きを見る

Since he first hitched a ride out of Lubbock, Texas, at the age of sixteen, singer-songwriter and Flatlanders band member Joe Ely has been a road warrior, traveling highways and back roads across Am……続きを見る

This volume of the new series, School of Country Guitar, from Mel Bay includes a from-the-ground-up explanation of one, two and three string guitar bends - a basic essential technique in today's hot……続きを見る

In this ethnography of Navajo (Diné) popular music culture, Kristina M. Jacobsen examines questions of Indigenous identity and performance by focusing on the surprising and vibrant Navajo country mu……続きを見る

"A compassionate yet clear-eyed" (Washington Post) portrait of country music’s founding father and "Hillbilly King." Mark Ribowsky’s Hank has been hailed as the "greatest biography yet" (Library Jou……続きを見る

Interviews with 27 country stars reveal the range of personalities and viewpoints that make up today's country music scene. Journalist Alanna Nash speaks in candid interviews with performers about N……続きを見る

The first full history to describe the development of country rock. 続きを見る

Includes every note of every solo by the nine top resonator guitarists who contributed to the Grammy Award-winning album of the same title. All 20 tunes (including the 11 solos on Fireball Mail) app……続きを見る

“Fifty years after its first publication, Country Music USA still stands as the most authoritative history of this uniquely American art form. Here are the stories of the people who made country mus……続きを見る

An international modern method of fingerpicking guitar techniques presented in a fun and easy progressive approach. Influences of Chet Atkins, Merle Travis and Marcel Dadi are noticed throughout the……続きを見る

In Creating Country Music, Richard Peterson traces the development of country music and its institutionalization from Fiddlin' John Carson's pioneering recordings in Atlanta in 1923 to the posthumou……続きを見る

This book features twelve of Stephen Bennett's favorite flatpicking solos for the six-string acoustic guitar. Perhaps best known for his work with the harp guitar, Stephen shows the same relaxed, sh……続きを見る

A wonderful collection of Dixieland tunes for fingerstyle guitar. Titles include: Indiana, Bill Bailey, 12th Street Rag, When the Saints Go Marching In, That's a Plenty, Way Down Yonder in New Orlea……続きを見る

This book will teach you all the basics of how to play the pedal steel guitar. Sections describe how to tune the pedal steel guitar, which picks to use, slides, explanations of signs and symbols, an……続きを見る

This song is featured in the romantic mystery Texas Bootstomp Boogie, a novel. Music is in the Key of F major. In addition to the sheet music with lyrics and also chord notations for guitarists, the……続きを見る

From the smiling, sentimental mothers portrayed in 1930s radio barn dance posters, to the sexual shockwaves generated by Elvis Presley, to the female superstars redefining contemporary country music……続きを見る

Gone to the Country chronicles the life and music of the New Lost City Ramblers, a trio of city-bred musicians who helped pioneer the resurgence of southern roots music during the folk revival of th……続きを見る

From the author of the bestselling The Catcher Was a Spy comes an exhilarating exploration of the performers, places, and experiences which form country music--a genre which is uniquely and authenti……続きを見る

This official guide chronicles the story of the birthplace of country music as told by the people who were there. Escott presents the official inside history of the home of country music, offering f……続きを見る

We were going down the road, and we came to this house. There was a little boy standing by the road just crying and crying. We stopped, and we heard the biggest racket you ever heard up in the house……続きを見る

With roots in Appalachia, the Mississippi Delta, New Orleans, the Piedmont, Memphis, and the prairies of Texas and the American West, the musical genre called Americana can prove difficult to define……続きを見る

50 Tunes Volume 1 for Banjo is one book in a 5-book series. The 50 Tunes series is a collection of Bluegrass, Old Time and Celtic tunes for ensembles, families and individuals. This book contains th……続きを見る

Platinum-award winning country music star Scotty McCreery shares his path from North Carolina to American Idol to the top of the country music scene. It was just a simple singing competition that wo……続きを見る

The endlessly energetic duo of Oriol Saña and Lluís Gómez have created a charming and informative account of the musical phenomenon we call bluegrass. Originally a quirky supercharged folk music pla……続きを見る

From the 1930s to the 1960s, the booming popularity of country music threw a spotlight on a new generation of innovative women artists. These individuals blazed trails as singers, musicians, and per……続きを見る

Fiddling cellist, Renata Bratt, presents breakdowns, rags, waltzes, reels, songs, and stomps. American fiddle music is fun for cellists at all levels. Arranged from easy to intermediate, this book c……続きを見る

The definitive biography of country legend Merle Haggard by a NYT bestselling biographer of Clint Eastwood, Cary Grant, The Eagles, and more. Merle Haggard was one of the most important country musi……続きを見る

Country music has exploded across the U.S. and undergone a sweeping revolution, transforming the once ridiculed world of Nashville into an unlikely focal point of American pop culture. Bruce Feiler ……続きを見る

The legendary lyrics of Johnny Cash are the inspiration for this collection of extraordinarily creative works that provides a new spin on this musical legend. For nearly five decades, Cash captivate……続きを見る

Southwest Shuffle documents an important period in country music history. During the '30s and early '40s, hundreds of thousands of "Okies," "Arkies," and other rural folks from around the Southwest ……続きを見る