Walking the Line : Country Music Lyricists and American Culture

Walking the Line : Country Music Lyricists and American Culture

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Walking the Line: Country Music Lyricists and American Culture examines how country songwriters engage with their nation's religion, literature, and politics. Walking the line requires following strict codes, respecting territories, and, sometimes, yearning to break those bonds. This collection...

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Main Author: Holmes, Thomas Alan
Other Authors: Falconer, Pete, Goodson, Howard Steve, Hagood, Taylor, Harde, Roxanne, Harrison, Douglas, MacDonald, Michael, Motley, Clay, Pattillo, Laura, Scarnati, Blase
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2013
Subjects:
Country music - History and criticism
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Credits
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One: "Nobody Knows but Me"
  • Chapter Two: Cindy Walker, Lyle Lovett, and the West
  • Chapter Three: "Help Your Brother along the Road"
  • Chapter Four: JC: Johnny Cash and Faith
  • Chapter Five: Religious Doctrine in the Mid-1970s to 1980s Country Music Concept Albums of Willie Nelson
  • Chapter Six: Grace to Catch a Falling Soul
  • Chapter Seven: Loretta Lynn, Appalachian Storyteller and Autobiographer
  • Chapter Eight: "Branded" Man: Merle Haggard's Romance of the Outlier
  • Chapter Nine: Townes Van Zandt
  • Chapter Ten: Wildness, Eschatology, and Enclosure in the Songs of Townes Van Zandt
  • Chapter Eleven: "Where it counts I'm real"
  • Chapter Twelve: "Sin City"
  • Chapter Thirteen: Weeping Willows and Long Black Veils
  • Chapter Fourteen: "They draft the white trash first 'round here anyway"
  • Index
  • About the Contributors

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