| Pickin' on Peachtree: A History of Country Music in Atlanta, Georgia Revised Edition Contributor(s): Daniel, Wayne W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252069684 ISBN-13: 9780252069680 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2000 Annotation: But for a few twists of fate, Atlanta could easily have grown to be the recording center that Nashville is today. Pickin' on Peachtree traces Atlanta's emergence in the 1920s as a major force in country recording and radio broadcasting, a position of dominance it enjoyed for some forty years. From the Old Time Fiddlers' Conventions and barn dances through the rise of station WSB and other key radio outlets, Wayne Daniel thoroughly documents the consolidation of country music as big business in Atlanta. He also profiles a vast array of performers, radio personalities, and recording moguls who transformed the Peachtree city into the nerve center of early country music. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Country & Bluegrass - General - Music | History & Criticism - General - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| Dewey: 781.642 |
| Series: Music in American Life (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.87" W x 8.85" (1.08 lbs) 328 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Georgia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: But for a few twists of fate, Atlanta could have grown to be the recording center that Nashville is today. Pickin' on Peachtree traces Atlanta's emergence in the 1920s as a major force in country recording and radio broadcasting and its forty years as a hub of country music. From the Old Time Fiddlers' Conventions and barn dances through the rise of station WSB and other key radio outlets, Wayne W. Daniel thoroughly documents the consolidation of country music as big business in Atlanta. He also profiles a vast array of performers, radio personalities, and recording moguls who transformed the Peachtree city into the nerve center of early country music. |