10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HILLBILLY MUSIC»
Discover the use of
hillbilly music in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
hillbilly music and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Smile when You Call Me a
Hillbilly: Country
Music's Struggle ...
Sixty years ago, however, it was primarily the music of rural, working-class whites living in the South and was perceived by many Americans as “hillbilly music.” In Smile When You Call Me a Hillbilly, Jeffrey J. Lange examines the 1940s ...
2
Hillbilly : A Cultural History of an American Icon: A ...
In this pioneering work of cultural history, historian Anthony Harkins argues that the hillbilly-in his various guises of "briar hopper," "brush ape," "ridge runner," and "white trash"-has been viewed by mainstream Americans simultaneously ...
Anthony Harkins Assistant Professor of History Western Kentucky University, 2003
3
Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions
10-11-46; Hillbilly music publishing co., New York; EU3a3ui. Army day march. ©
6-11-46; Hillbilly music publishing co., New York; EU25638. Camp (ire polka. 0 b-
1 1-46. Hillbilly music publishing co., New York; EU50024. Cherokee rag.
4
The Selling Sound: The Rise of the Country
Music Industry
As the migration intensified, the number of bars featuring hillbilly music multiplied
. One police officer told Killian, ''When I came to this district in 1941 that was the
only hillbilly tavern on Madison Street . . . but now you'll find them from 1700 west
...
5
Encyclopedia of
Music in the 20th Century
HILLBILLY MUSIC The fiddle and banjo tunes of hillbilly (Or “old time”) music in
the early 20th century were the roots from which country music grew. Originating
in the vast Appalachian Mountain regions of Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, ...
Lol Henderson, Lee Stacey, 2014
6
Old-time
Music Makers of New York State
Yet they couldn't stop the cascade of new groups brandishing "hillbillies" in their
names.6 The Hill Billies were successful and Ralph Peer along with other
executives talked more of the genre they recorded as hillbilly music. In November
1925 ...
... this luxury on the farm. If they enjoyed music they made it themselves or sought
out neighbors who did. This was not difficult, as music was a pastime shared with
family or neighbors. Country music / Hillbilly Music and the Monroe Brothers.
8
Southern
Music/American
Music
Hillbilly music, the creation of the folk, did not conform to the romanticized
conceptions of folk music so prevalent in the '20s, and it certainly did not square
with the self-images that many upper-class and forward-looking southerners held
of ...
9
Long Steel Rail: The Railroad in American Folksong
This concept is developed in Anne Cohen and Norm Cohen, "Folk and Hillbilly
Music: Further Thoughts on Their Relation,"7EMFG>, 13 (Summer, 1977), 50-57.
7. Some useful approaches to the development of the Afro-American commercial
...
Norm Cohen, David Cohen, 2000
10
Louisiana Hayride : Radio and Roots
Music along the Red ...
Both the sense of cultural inertia and the tone of nostalgia in Sharp's work
contributed to the backdrop for hillbilly music to come. Nostalgia for the
romanticized South, mountainous or not, would remain a prominent theme in
hillbilly music and, ...
Department of Music Agnes Scott College Tracey E. W. Laird Assistant Professor, 2004
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HILLBILLY MUSIC»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
hillbilly music is used in the context of the following news items.
Friends of the BBC will oppose the government's vicious attacks …
As for radio: the choice is between religious programmes, hillbilly music, other types of pop music and National Public Radio. The US public ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
From yodelling stockmen to modern pop
“Prior to the 1950s, country music was called hillbilly music and was the rock 'n' roll of its day,” Dr Martin says. Advertisement. “The latest craze ... «The Age, Jul 15»
Texas Radio Hall of Fame inducts 2015 class
When the company sponsored a music group on the show, O'Daniel, who didn't care for their hillbilly music, canceled the show after two weeks ... «Fort Worth Star Telegram, Jul 15»
The Sweet Sounds of Music By the Lake
King's musical family dates back generations with hillbilly music on one side of the family and the depths of jazz on the other. «Mountain News, Jul 15»
Jason Isbell's ongoing moment
You're not gonna sing hillbilly music better than Hank Williams did. There's nowhere else to go; those people cashed out. For me, for a new ... «Oxford American, Jul 15»
July 8, 1924: Rock & Roll Pioneer Johnnie Johnson Born in Fairmont
... he started playing piano at age five and grew up listening to big band music and what was known then as hillbilly music. During World War II, ... «West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Jul 15»
Asleep at the Wheel keeps traditions of Bob Wills, Western Swing alive
“This is the wildest thing I've ever heard. That was the one thing. Then it was these fiddles and guitars. They're not just playing hillbilly music. «Tulsa World, Jul 15»
Days of Uncle Dave, radio days of the 1930s
Radio exposure increased the popularity of hillbilly music across the nation and sustained the Opry for another 10 years. The music was ... «Murfreesboro Post, Jul 15»
The Anticlimax of Spring Break '89
And calling my mix tapes “hillbilly music.” She preferred scanning the radio dial for a stronger signal so that we could hear Tone-Loc's “Wild ... «Carmi Times, Jul 15»
Elvis was a guide for addressing race history
By the time he was 12, he was seen as an average student, and he was known as the “trashy” kid who sang “hillbilly music.” With that ... «Morganton News Herald, Jul 15»
