Country & Folk Books


Tin Pan Opera: Operatic Novelty Songs in the Ragtime Era Best Price: $14.97 Though the distance between opera and popular music seems immense today, a century ago opera was...	Percy Grainger Best Price: $134.50 In this biography, John Bird masterly tells us about the live, thoughts and 'adventures'...	Let Jasmine Rain Down: Song and Remembrance among Syrian Jews (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology) Best Price: $25.47 When Jews left Aleppo, Syria, in the early twentieth century and established communities abroad,...	Kirsty MacColl: The One and Only Best Price: $22.59 As a fan of MacColls music I'm very happy to see that she warrants a biography. Hopefully...	Pistol Packin' Mama: Aunt Molly Jackson and the Politics of Folksong (Music in American Life) Meet Aunt Molly Jackson (1880-1960), one of American folklore's most fascinating characters....



Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens (Music in American Life) Hazel Dickens is an Appalachian singer and songwriter known for her superb musicianship,...	Nineteenth-Century French Song: Fauré, Chausson, Duparc, and Debussy Best Price: $30.00 "I am immensely impressed by the scholarship and painstakingly detailed analysis."...	Honky Tonk Hero Best Price: $10.61 People must read this book! I must say I did not know much about Billy Joe before reading this...	Ring Of Fire: The Johnny Cash Reader Best Price: $4.80 Johnny Cash is bigger than life, surrounded by myths and legends, a notoriously hard-drinking,...	Honky Tonk Angel: The Intimate Story Of Patsy Cline Best Price: $5.00 This biography, with a foreword by the late Dottie West, captures much of the feeling of the era...



Of Poetry and Song: Approaches to the Nineteenth-Century Lied (Eastman Studies in Music) Best Price: $84.96 Singers and pianists never tire of exploring the songs of Schubert and Schumann, Wolf and...	The Art of Writing Love Songs Best Price: $10.92 I hate to belittle an obviously successful songwriter (although I've never heard of any of...	A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Freethinking Roughneck [With Headphones] (Playaway Adult Nonfiction) Best Price: $59.99 Country music superstar Trace Adkins isn?t exactly known for holding back what?s on his mind....	The Woody Guthrie Story (The Classic Series) Best Price: $24.16 For the first time, Woody Guthrie, the man who inspired Bob Dylan to be a singer, and as a...	Smart Blonde Best Price: $75.05 I bought it at Borders two days ago. So far, it's quite interesting although I think some...

River of No Return: Tennessee Ernie Ford and the Woman He Loved Best Price: $8.00 In 1942 Ernest Jennings Ford married nineteen-year-old Betty Jean Heminger, whom he had met at...	Down in Orburndale: A Songwriter's Youth in Old Florida Bobby Braddock, one of the most successful country songwriters of all time, is a living legend....	Jug fishing for Greazy: and other Brad Paisley fishing stories Thanks to Brad Paisley's current hit song, "I'm Gonna Miss Her," people know...	All Saints: The Unofficial Book Best Price: $1.30	Patsy: The Life and Times of Patsy Cline Best Price: $11.61 This biography is of the country-music legend Patsy Cline. She was the first female superstar of...

The American Songbag Best Price: $24.93 Compiled with difficulty and a lot of elbow grease during the years when American master Carl...	In the Time of Cannibals: The Word Music of South Africa's Basotho Migrants (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology) Best Price: $87.47 The workers who migrate from Lesotho to the mines and cities of neighboring South Africa have...	Nightsong: Performance, Power, and Practice in South Africa (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology) Best Price: $5.00 First popularized by Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Paul Simon, the a cappella music known as ...	Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story (Music in American Life) Best Price: $21.00 Faron Young, who is today one of the more underestimated country singers of his generation...	Pistol Packin' Mama: Aunt Molly Jackson and the Politics of Folksong (Music in American Life) Best Price: $22.49 I first heard about "pistol packin' mama" when I was a child. They played...

The Ice Opinion: Who Gives a Fuck? Best Price: $13.20 I read this book after reading Iceberg Slim's last novel Doom Fox and found that Ice had...	A Storied Singer: Frank Sinatra as Literary Conceit (Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture) Best Price: $40.15 Frank Sinatra forever altered American art and culture. His life and work is mythified in...	Why Sinatra Matters Best Price: $0.01 As an ex oldies rock and roll disc jockey who managed to squeeze two or three Sinatra tunes in...	The Story Behind the Song: 150 Songs that Chronicle the 20th Century Best Price: $30.00 For several weeks I kept "The Story Behind the Song" on the corner of my desk, turning...	For the Music: The Vince Gill Story Best Price: $1.95 "For the Music, The Vince Gill Story," is the 4th country music biography...

A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Freethinking Roughneck Best Price: $4.00 I really enjoyed this book! But then again, I appreciate straight-forward, honest commentary...	America's Songs: The Stories Behind the Songs of Broadway, Hollywood, and Tin Pan Alley Best Price: $23.00 It's amazing it took so long for this seemingly inevitable, fascinating and indispensable...	Hugo Wolf and the Wagnerian Inheritance Best Price: $36.34 In spite of growing interest in the songs of Hugo Wolf, there is still a lack of serious...	The George & Ira Gershwin Fake Book Best Price: $149.16 What a nice selection of songs! and excerpts from the 3 big piano/orchestral works. And...	The Man Called Cash: The Life, Love, And Faith of an American Legend- the Authorized Biography [UNABRIDGED] Best Price: $14.49 This is the CD for you. I found it very entertaining and informative. I've listened to it...

The Man Called Cash: The Life, Love, And Faith of an American Legend, Library Edition Best Price: $18.87	Cat Stevens Complete: Songs from 1970-1975 Best Price: $22.04 It's probably the most complete book of Stevens that is not out-of-print. It's very...	Rihanna Best Price: $4.08 So I finally got the book in my hands today and I was pretty underwhelmed. I open the book and...	Hold On: The Authorized Biography of the Greenes, America's Southern Gospel Trio Best Price: $5.97 Gosh! I really enjoyed this book. This Gospel Music family - Tim, Tony, TaRanda, and Kim - has...	Rain on a Conga Drum: The Ballad of the Late Great Townes Van Zandt The Title was Change by the Publisher at the last minute. Here's the Real Deal:"To...

From This Moment On Best Price: $11.50 I paid $20 to hear someone else read Shania's book? I thought that she was going to read the...	Emmylou Harris: Queen of Alternative Country Utilizes exclusive interviews and photos to provide the first authoritative look at the life...	The Nineteenth-Century German Lied In the first half of the nineteenth century a series of composers combined with the invention of...	I Was There When It Happened: My Life with Johnny Cash Best Price: $12.95 In her introduction, Rosanne Cash writes, "[t]ruth is subjective. Every experience has its...	Sing My Song: A Kid's Guide to Songwriting Best Price: $275.94 This book has numerous illustrators: Eve Aldridge, Shino Arihara, Bob Barner, Tatjana, Mai-Wyss,...

Cover Versions: Singing Other People's Songs Best Price: $0.02 In pop?s early days, Sinatra and Elvis Presley were famous for interpreting other people?s...	Johnny Cash: He Walked the Line 1932-2003 Best Price: $14.95 After countless biographies and two autobiographies published during his lifetime, there's...	Tough Love: Cultural Criticism & Familial Observations on the life and death of Tupac Shakur (Black Words Series) Best Price: $29.98 The concept of tough love is a neccessary one-particularly as we close a wild-ass century during...	The Sullivan Family: 50 Years in Bluegrass Gospel Music Best Price: $23.89	Brahms als Liedkomponist: Studien zum Verhaeltnis von Text und Vertonung (German Edition) Best Price: $52.00 Mit dem Namen Brahms verbindet man in erster Linie dessen grosse Chor-, Orchester- und...

The Tapestry of Popular Songs in Sixteenth-and Seventeenth-Century China: Reading, Imitation, and Desire (Sinica Leidensia) Best Price: $187.79 Popular songs in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century China form a rich and intriguing body of...	To Live's to Fly: The Ballad of the Late, Great Townes Van Zandt Best Price: $11.07 At last, the authorized biography of Townes Van Zandt (1944-1997), who wrote such unforgettable...	Eddy Arnold: Pioneer of the Nashville Sound Covers the full story of Arnoldâs success as a country star in the 40s and 50s, his...	Swing It!: The Andrews Sisters Story The Depression- and War-era rise of the Andrews sisters is chronicled in this biography of an...	Hank Williams: The Biography Best Price: $5.99 Hank left very little documented about his personal self, outside of what was projected in his...

True Stories Behind the Songs Best Price: $22.99 True Stories Behind the Songs, a beginning text , continues the True Stories tradition --...	The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart Best Price: $2.44 First I must confess I haven't finished reading this book, but I want to read it slowly and...	The Poets of Tin Pan Alley: A History of America's Great Lyricists (Oxford Paperbacks) Best Price: $24.85 I have to wonder if the impressive endorsements on the back cover (by Sammy Cahn, Steve Allen,...	The History Of Rock - Birth Of Rock And Roll Best Price: $2.99 The first volume explores rock's rhythm and blues roots and its earliest tunes - from...	Roy Acuff: The Smoky Mountain Boy Best Price: $10.99 Fiddler Roy Acuff was the first living performer to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of...

Great Songs of the Eighties Edition (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook) Best Price: $18.00 I love all of the songs from the eighties. Great price for the variety of songs you get.	Remembering The 50's: 100 Top Hits to Play and Sing (A Reader's Digest Songbook) Best Price: $22.60 Just bought a "like new" book of music from this seller. The communication was...	Voice of the People (Modern Greek Research Series) Best Price: $25.00	Bound for Glory Best Price: $29.99 An evocation of the American spirit in the years immediately following the Great Depression from...	The Early Days: An Inside Story of Nashville's Country Music Biz Best Price: $1.89 In Terry Wendt's The Early Days, Terry tells the up and down story of his 20-year career in...

All These Years: The Authorized Biography of the Hoppers Best Price: $16.87 This is the biography of America's Favorite Family of Gospel Music, the Hoppers. It's...	Shania Twain: On My Way Best Price: $12.33 As an avid fan of Twain's, I was eager to find out more about her than the average photo op...	Cowboy Fiddler in Bob Wills' Band Best Price: $16.55 Writing biography is hard work, says the author of this book, John Erickson, who's written...	Reba: My Story Best Price: $4.33 First of all, I really like Reba's writing style. Its as if you're sitting with an old...	66 Contemporary Standards (Easy Piano)

A Florida Fiddler: The Life and Times of Richard Seaman Best Price: $42.49 Gregory Hansen's A Florida Fiddler: The Life and Times of Richard Seaman is a masterful...	Dylan Redeemed: From Highway 61 to Saved Best Price: $5.58 Note the other reviewer as well as the AUTHOR of this book are both BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS. The...	Oh My a Fly! Best Price: $59.80 A delightful interpretation of the classic children's poem about the old woman who swallowed...	Out Of The Black Patch (Life Writings Frontier Women) Best Price: $24.95 Effie Marquess Carmack (1885-1973) grew up in the tobacco-growing region of southern Kentucky...	Simon & Garfunkel: The Biography Best Price: $91.38 I really had high hopes for this book. So little substantive is available on the career of...

Teddy Bears' Picnic with Cassette Here's everyone's favorite teddy bear song with endearing pictures by the popular...	Beginning Songwriters Answer Book Best Price: $15.98 Newly revised and updated, this essential resource for songwriters provides detailed answers to...	Beginning Songwriter's Answer Book Best Price: $7.25 Newly revised and updated, this essential resource for songwriters provides detailed answers to...	Fisherman's Song, The A lyrical tale of an island, and the romance of a man, a woman, and the sea, based on the song...	The Mountain of the Women: Memoir of an Irish Troubador Best Price: $18.99 The most enjoyable Book on CD'S I have ever read.Liam makes it come alive to the extent that...

You Send Me: The Life and Times of Sam Cooke Best Price: $159.90 The question of the day is: can someone who leaves this world early in their years possibly have...	Johnny Cash: The Life of an American Icon Best Price: $5.59 With an intention to skim, I became wrapped up in the life of Johnny Cash. This was a complete...	Ukrainian Minstrels: And the Blind Shall Sing (Folklores and Folk Cultures of Eastern Europe) Best Price: $92.95 Best book prizes for Ukrainian Minstrels: And the Blind Shall Sing, include: Kovaliv prize (an...	Comfort from a Country Quilt Whether you read it for instant warmth or lasting inspiration, Comfort from a Country Quilt is...	Taxi: The Harry Chapin Story Best Price: $59.95 I attended Harry Chain concerts 3 times in the 1970's and came aware just blown away by the...

Supremely American: Popular Song in the 20th Century Best Price: $39.10 This is a study of the way in which popular words and music relate to American life. The...	Ricky Martin Biography (Zebra Books) Best Price: $4.49 Ricky Martin: Big Boys Do Cry In the new book "Ricky Martin: Red-Hot and on the...	Ernest Tubb: The Texas Troubadour Best Price: $39.00 Ernest Tubb (1914-84) was born dirt poor in Crisp Texas. During the Depression the lad toiled...	Fisherman's Song, The A lyrical tale of an island, and the romance of a man, a woman, and the sea, based on the song...	The Mountain of the Women: Memoir of an Irish Troubador Best Price: $18.99 The most enjoyable Book on CD'S I have ever read.Liam makes it come alive to the extent that...

You Send Me: The Life and Times of Sam Cooke Best Price: $159.90 The question of the day is: can someone who leaves this world early in their years possibly have...	Johnny Cash: The Life of an American Icon Best Price: $5.59 With an intention to skim, I became wrapped up in the life of Johnny Cash. This was a complete...	Ukrainian Minstrels: And the Blind Shall Sing (Folklores and Folk Cultures of Eastern Europe) Best Price: $92.95 Best book prizes for Ukrainian Minstrels: And the Blind Shall Sing, include: Kovaliv prize (an...	Comfort from a Country Quilt Whether you read it for instant warmth or lasting inspiration, Comfort from a Country Quilt is...	Taxi: The Harry Chapin Story Best Price: $59.95 I attended Harry Chain concerts 3 times in the 1970's and came aware just blown away by the...

Supremely American: Popular Song in the 20th Century Best Price: $39.10 This is a study of the way in which popular words and music relate to American life. The...	Ricky Martin Biography (Zebra Books) Best Price: $4.49 Ricky Martin: Big Boys Do Cry In the new book "Ricky Martin: Red-Hot and on the...	Ernest Tubb: The Texas Troubadour Best Price: $39.00 Ernest Tubb (1914-84) was born dirt poor in Crisp Texas. During the Depression the lad toiled...

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