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- Country Music: An Illustrated History. The companion coffee table book of the multi-part, multi-hour film series by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan is a beautiful, deeply researched history of the genre from the American south to the global stage.
- Cash: The Autobiography - Johnny Cash and Patrick Carr. The definitive Johnny Cash book by the Man in Black himself. Following Cash from an Arkansas farm to fame, we get meetings with world leaders, memories of ground-breaking performances and life on the road.
- Johnny's Cash and Charley's Pride - Peter Cooper. The recommendations on the back cover tell you everything you need to know about this colourful collection of Peter Cooper’s eccentric musings on country music.
- Her Country - Marissa Moss. Before Marissa Moss’ Her Country, we only really had the weighty Finding Her Voice by Robert Ooerman and Mary Bufwack to lug around with us everywhere we went.
May 10, 2024 · Now nearly 100 years old, country music is a genre with a rich and complex history. It's influenced by gospel, rock n' roll, and the blues, and has been home to a cast of complicated characters...
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- Black Country Music by Francesca Royster. This is a thoughtful and thought-provoking read with a country music fan who also happens to be female, Black, and queer.
- Pride: The Charley Pride Story by Charley Pride and Jim Henderson. Charley Pride set out to be a baseball player, and the world is pretty lucky that he didn’t end up making that dream happen.
- Brother Ray: Ray Charles’ Own Story by Ray Charles and David Ritz. This book has a very personal tone and feel to it. If you like to read things where you feel like you’re getting it “straight from the horse’s mouth,” as we say, and don’t mind cursing, then this will probably work well for you.
- She Come By It Natural by Sarah Smarsh. I first read Sarah Smarsh’s Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth and was just blown away.
20 Best-Selling Country Music Books of All Time - BookAuthority. A list of the best-selling country music books of all time, such as Waylon, Outlaw, Johnny Cash and Take Me Home.
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Jun 1, 2018 · Bill C Malone. 4.45. 47 ratings7 reviews. “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 music into such an integral part of our nation’s culture.
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The most recommended country music books. Who picked these books? Meet our 100 experts. Taylor Hagood Author. Becky Van Vleet Author. Lori Benton Author. +94. 100 authors created a book list connected to country music, and here are their favorite country music books. Shepherd is reader supported.
Feb 10, 2021 · Feb 10, 2021. 1. It’s a pleasure to begin another piece by telling the readers that I’ve once again teamed with my great friend and peer Zackary Kephart of The Musical Divide and Country Universe...
