Hidden in the Mix: The African American Presence in Country Music
- Author: Pecknold, Diane
The collection helpfully analyzes the paradox that country music has been stereotypically framed as 'white music,' but a long tradition of black performers and fans exists. It uncovers the historical... — More…
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Contents
- Introduction. Country Music and Racial Formation / Diane Pecknold 1
- Part One. Playing in the Dark
- 1. Black Hillbillies: African American Musicians on Old-Time Records, 1924-1932 / Patrick Huber 19
- 2. Making Country Modern: The Legacy of Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music / Diane Pecknold 82
- 3. Contested Origins: Arnold Schultz and the Music of Western Kentucky / Erika Brady 100
- 4. Fiddling with Race Relations in Rural Kentucky: The Life, Times, and Contested Identity of Fiddlin' Bill Livers / Jeffrey A. Keith 119
- Part Two. New Antiphonies
- 5. Why African Americans Put the Banjo Down / Tony Thomas 143
- 6. Old-Time Country Music in North Carolina and Virginia: The 1970s and 1980s / Kip Lornell 171
- 7. "The South's Gonna Do It Again": Changing Conceptions of the Use of "Country" Music in the Albums of Al Green / Michael Awkward 191
- 8. Dancing the Habanera Beats (in Country Music): The Creole-Country Two-Step in St. Lucia and Its Diaspora / Jerry Wever 204
- 9. Playing Chicken with the Train: Cowboy Troy's Hick-Hop and the Transracial Country West / Adam Gussow 234
- 10. If Only They Could Read between the Lines: Alice Randall and the Integration of Country Music / Barbara Ching 263
- 11. You're My Soul Song: How Southern Soul Changed Country Music / Charles L. Hughes 283
- 12. What's Syd Got to Do with It? King Records, Henry Glover, and the Complex Achievement of Crossover / David Sanjek 306
- Bibliography 339
- Contributors 361
- Index 365