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Country Music Facts, Figures and Fun

Country Music Facts, Figures and Fun

by Mike Evans
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/08/2006

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A short but comprehensive guide to country music. The evolution of an American genre from its roots in European folk music to its huge worldwide popularity with today's record-buying public. The history of the songs, stars and styles which took this music from obscurity to mainstream. Lots of facts and figures on the different styles, stars, songs and labels. Folk-singers, cowboys and rockabilly wild-men; the outlaws and the laid back West Coast scene. It's all here!
ISBN:
9781904332534
9781904332534
Category:
Music
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-08-2006
Language:
English
Publisher:
AAPPL Artists & Photographers Press Limited
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
184x114x5.2mm
Weight:
0.22kg
Mike Evans

Mike Evans is the author of Neil Young: The Definitive History, The Art of British Rock, Woodstock: Three Days That Rocked The World, BowieTreasures, The Beatles Literary Anthology, the acclaimed The Art Of The Beatles, and Elvis: A Celebration, a bestselling collaboration with the Presley estate.

A graduate of the Cavern Club with two singles on Decca under his belt, Mike with poet Adrian Henri and future Pink Floyd guitarist Andy Roberts' performed as The Liverpool Scene, supporting both Led Zeppelin and Bob Dylan in 1969.

He subsequently moved into radio and writing for Sounds, Melody Maker, and the Guardian. Since the late 1980s, Mike has commissioned and edited over sixty books on music, movies, and fashion.

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