Stars of Country Music Uncle Dave MacOn to Johnny Rodriguez

Stars of Country Music is a lively collection of original essays on many of country music's most important performers, past and present. From early greats such as Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family t the popular stars of today, including Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, and Merle Haggard, leading authorities offer full and colorful portraits of the personal lives and careers of nineteen artists--with special emphasis on their styles, repertoires, and significance. Introducing this cavalcade of singers and musicians is a chapter on early pioneers like Fiddlin' John Carson and Carl T. Sprague, while the concluding chapter, 'A Shower of Stars, ' takes a look at popular entertainers of the past fifty years.Malone, Bill C. is the author of 'Stars of Country Music Uncle Dave MacOn to Johnny Rodriguez', published 1991 under ISBN 9780306804441 and ISBN 0306804441.