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1. Black Hillbillies African American Musicians on Old-Time Records, 1924–1932
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Patrick Huber
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Introduction Country Music and Racial Formation 1
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PART ONE Playing in the Dark
- 1. Black Hillbillies African American Musicians on Old-Time Records, 1924–1932 19
- 2. Making Country Modern The Legacy of Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music 82
- 3. Contested Origins Arnold Shultz and the Music of Western Kentucky 100
- 4. Fiddling with Race Relations in Rural Kentucky The Life, Times, and Contested Identity of Fiddlin’ Bill Livers 119
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PART TWO New Antiphonies
- 5. Why African Americans Put the Banjo Down 143
- 6. Old-Time Country Music in North Carolina and Virginia The 1970s and 1980s 171
- 7. “The South’s Gonna Do It Again” Changing Conceptions of the Use of “Country” Music in the Albums of Al Green 191
- 8. Dancing the Habanera Beats (in Country Music) The Creole-Country Two-Step in St. Lucia and Its Diaspora 204
- 9. Playing Chicken with the Train Cowboy Troy’s Hick-H op and the Transracial Country West 234
- 10. If Only They Could Read between the Lines Alice Randall and the Integration of Country Music 263
- 11. You’re My Soul Song How Southern Soul Changed Country Music 283
- 12. What’s Syd Got to Do with It? King Records, Henry Glover, and the Complex Achievement of Crossover 306
- Bibliography 339
- Contributors 361
- Index 365
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Introduction Country Music and Racial Formation 1
-
PART ONE Playing in the Dark
- 1. Black Hillbillies African American Musicians on Old-Time Records, 1924–1932 19
- 2. Making Country Modern The Legacy of Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music 82
- 3. Contested Origins Arnold Shultz and the Music of Western Kentucky 100
- 4. Fiddling with Race Relations in Rural Kentucky The Life, Times, and Contested Identity of Fiddlin’ Bill Livers 119
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PART TWO New Antiphonies
- 5. Why African Americans Put the Banjo Down 143
- 6. Old-Time Country Music in North Carolina and Virginia The 1970s and 1980s 171
- 7. “The South’s Gonna Do It Again” Changing Conceptions of the Use of “Country” Music in the Albums of Al Green 191
- 8. Dancing the Habanera Beats (in Country Music) The Creole-Country Two-Step in St. Lucia and Its Diaspora 204
- 9. Playing Chicken with the Train Cowboy Troy’s Hick-H op and the Transracial Country West 234
- 10. If Only They Could Read between the Lines Alice Randall and the Integration of Country Music 263
- 11. You’re My Soul Song How Southern Soul Changed Country Music 283
- 12. What’s Syd Got to Do with It? King Records, Henry Glover, and the Complex Achievement of Crossover 306
- Bibliography 339
- Contributors 361
- Index 365