The quilt and the poetry of Alabama music
(2012)
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : NewSouth Books, 2012
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DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781603063913 (electronic bk.) MWT12257755, 1603063919 (electronic bk.) 12257755
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
With a combination of song lyrics and reflective essays, Alabama author Frye Gaillard and recording artist Kathryn Scheldt pay tribute to the literary legacy of Alabama songwriters. Included here are reflections on the works of Hank Williams, Emmylou Harris, and W. C. Handy, among many others. Scheldt and Gaillard share Emmylou's view that the Americana music coming out of Alabama has been "the literature of the people." In addition to writing about this tradition, these two authors are part of it
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