Bøger af Charles K. Wolfe

These essays demonstrate that country musicians' engagement with significant political and military issues is not a 21st-century phenomenon. In fact, country songs about war are nearly as old as the genre itself, and the first gold record in country music went to the 1942 war song ""There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere,"" by Elton Britt.

It is also the story of many Kentucky musicians whose contributions have been little known or appreciated, and of those collectors, promoters, and entrepreneurs who have worked behind the scenes to bring Kentucky music to national attention.

Provides insights into the history of country music which will fascinate not only fans and scholrs of country music, byt anyone interested in the roots of American popular music.