![]() Thanks to hard living, “he could have passed for 50.” LW In his short life, however, he “set the parameters of country music.” LW He was “a master of the three-chord song” LW and “the spirit and the look of country music, all cowboy hat and rhinestones.” LW “He had a gift of sounding as though he lived in his songs, and…he probably did.” LW He is “one of a handful of performers who have shaped the music of the century.” LW Hank Williams was only 29 years old when he died on New Year’s Day 1953. Sales (in millions): 1.0 US, - UK, - world (includes US + UK) Tony Bennett with Percy Faith’s Orchestra Listening closely to a masterpiece-crowded catalogue (including songs such as “Okie from Muskogee,” “Sing Me Back Home,” “Mama Tried,” “Working Man Blues,” “Kern River,” “White Line Fever,” “Today I Started Loving You Again,” and “If We Make It through December,” among many more), Cantwell explores the fascinating contradictions-most of all, the desire for freedom in the face of limits set by the world or self-imposed-that define not only Haggard’s music and public persona but the very heart of American culture.Writer(s): Hank Williams ( see lyrics here) Covering the entire breadth of his career, Cantwell focuses especially on the 1960s and 1970s, when Haggard created some of his best-known and most influential music, which helped invent the America we live in today. In Merle Haggard: The Running Kind, David Cantwell takes us on a revelatory journey through Haggard’s music and the life and times out of which it came. But until now, no one has taken an in-depth look at his career and body of work. In 2011 he was feted as a Kennedy Center Honoree. He’s released dozens of studio albums and another half dozen or more live ones, performed upwards of ten thousand concerts, been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and seen his songs performed by artists as diverse as Lynryd Skynyrd, Elvis Costello, Tammy Wynette, Willie Nelson, the Grateful Dead, and Bob Dylan. He’s charted more than a hundred country hits, including thirty-eight number ones. Merle Haggard has enjoyed artistic and professional triumphs few can match. ![]() The artists are divided into five categories: “The New Traditionalists” (artists such as George Strait, Reba McEntire, and Clint Black who established the mainstream country sound in the 1980s) “Alternative Country” (artists such as Steve Earle and Bela Fleck who made country music on their own terms) “Groups” (ensemble acts such as Alabama, the Dixie Chicks, and Rascal Flatts that have carried on the traditions of the Carter Family and other prominent groups of the 1920s and 1930s) “Country-Pop” (artists such as Garth Brooks and Shania Twain who firmly established the “countrypolitan” sound as the cash cow of Nashville) and “New Country” (the next generation of country-pop artists, with particular attention paid to international megastars such as Keith Urban, and teen sensations, including LeAnn Rimes and Taylor Swift).ĭownload Merle Haggard Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle This book highlights 50 of the most important entertainers in contemporary country music, providing a brief biography of each artist with special emphasis on experiences that influenced their musical careers. ![]() Download The New Generation of Country Music Stars Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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