Hill, Jeremy, 1975-

Country comes to town : the music industry and the transformation of Nashville / Jeremy Hill. - pages cm. - American popular music .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Nothing but realism" : early hillbilly music's blend of rural and urban -- "Country comes to town" : a new urban identity for country music in the 1960s -- "You sound like us but you look like them" : the racial politics of country music in the city of Nashville -- "Country music is wherever the soul of a country music fan is" : Opryland U.S.A. and the importance of "home" in country music -- "They're not as backward as they used to be" : country music's commercial success in the 1990s and the transformation of downtown Nashville.

9781625341723 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781625341716 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2015035259


Country music--History and criticism.
Music trade--Tennessee--Nashville.

ML3524 / .H56 2016

781.64209768/55