03171nam 22006011 450 991081265220332120200520144314.00-7391-6966-10-7391-6968-8(CKB)2550000001160033(EBL)1557260(SSID)ssj0001060465(PQKBManifestationID)12415449(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001060465(PQKBWorkID)11087227(PQKB)10912140(MiAaPQ)EBC1557260(Au-PeEL)EBL1557260(CaPaEBR)ebr10805171(CaONFJC)MIL543238(OCoLC)863157812(EXLCZ)99255000000116003320130710h20132013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWalking the line country music lyricists and American culture /edited by Thomas Alan Holmes and Roxanne HardeLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,[2013]©20131 online resource (289 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-6967-X 1-306-11987-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgements; Credits; Introduction; Chapter One: "Nobody Knows but Me"; Chapter Two: Cindy Walker, Lyle Lovett, and the West; Chapter Three: "Help Your Brother along the Road"; Chapter Four: JC: Johnny Cash and Faith; Chapter Five: Religious Doctrine in the Mid-1970s to 1980s Country Music Concept Albums of Willie Nelson; Chapter Six: Grace to Catch a Falling Soul; Chapter Seven: Loretta Lynn, Appalachian Storyteller and Autobiographer; Chapter Eight: "Branded" Man: Merle Haggard's Romance of the Outlier; Chapter Nine: Townes Van ZandtChapter Ten: Wildness, Eschatology, and Enclosure in the Songs of Townes Van ZandtChapter Eleven: "Where it counts I'm real"; Chapter Twelve: "Sin City"; Chapter Thirteen: Weeping Willows and Long Black Veils; Chapter Fourteen: "They draft the white trash first 'round here anyway"; Index; About the ContributorsWalking the Line: Country Music Lyricists and American Culture examines how country songwriters engage with their nation's religion, literature, and politics. Walking the line requires following strict codes, respecting territories, and, sometimes, yearning to break those bonds. This collection's essays explore how iconic country lyricists such as Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, and Steve Earle have tested and expanded such boundaries, challenging musical, social, and political conventions, often reevaluating what "country" means in country musiCountry musicHistory and criticismLyricistsUnited StatesCountry musicHistory and criticism.Lyricists782.4216420973Holmes Thomas Alan1714398Harde Roxanne912005MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812652203321Walking the line4108171UNINA