Mountaineer Jamboree Country Music in West Virginia.
Tribe, Ivan M.
Mountaineer Jamboree Country Music in West Virginia. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)1996. - 1 online resource (282 pages)
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1. The Mountaineer Folk Music Heritage; 2. Pioneer Recording Artists; 3. WWVA and the ""World's Original Jamboree""; 4. Tune In: Radio to 1942; 5. Stay Tuned: Radio after 1942; 6. Country Comes to Television; 7. The Renaissance of Folk and the Rise of Bluegrass; 8. West Virginia and the National Country Scene; 9. Retrospect; 10. Afterword; Notes; Bibliographical Note; Discographical Note; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Jamboree! To many country music fans the word conjures up memories of Saturday nights around the family radio listening to live broadcasts from that haven of hillbilly music, West Virginia. From 1926 through the 1950s, as Ivan Tribe shows in his lively history, country music radio programming made the Mountain State a mecca for country singers and instrumentalists from all over America.Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper, Little Jimmy Dickens, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Red Sovine, Blaine Smith, Curly Ray Cline, Grandpa Jones, Cowboy Loye, Rex and Eleanor Parker, Lee Moore, Buddy Starcher, Doc and Chickie Will.
9780813148861
Country music--History and criticism.--West Virginia
Electronic Books.
ML3524 / .M686 1996
Mountaineer Jamboree Country Music in West Virginia. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)1996. - 1 online resource (282 pages)
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1. The Mountaineer Folk Music Heritage; 2. Pioneer Recording Artists; 3. WWVA and the ""World's Original Jamboree""; 4. Tune In: Radio to 1942; 5. Stay Tuned: Radio after 1942; 6. Country Comes to Television; 7. The Renaissance of Folk and the Rise of Bluegrass; 8. West Virginia and the National Country Scene; 9. Retrospect; 10. Afterword; Notes; Bibliographical Note; Discographical Note; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Jamboree! To many country music fans the word conjures up memories of Saturday nights around the family radio listening to live broadcasts from that haven of hillbilly music, West Virginia. From 1926 through the 1950s, as Ivan Tribe shows in his lively history, country music radio programming made the Mountain State a mecca for country singers and instrumentalists from all over America.Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper, Little Jimmy Dickens, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Red Sovine, Blaine Smith, Curly Ray Cline, Grandpa Jones, Cowboy Loye, Rex and Eleanor Parker, Lee Moore, Buddy Starcher, Doc and Chickie Will.
9780813148861
Country music--History and criticism.--West Virginia
Electronic Books.
ML3524 / .M686 1996