Hidden in the Mix: The African American Presence in Country Music

by Diane Pecknold

Book Overview

Country music's debt to African American music has long been recognized. Black musicians have helped to shape the styles of many of the most important performers in the country canon. The partnership between Lesley Riddle and A. P. Carter produced much of the Carter Family's repertoire; the street musician Tee Tot Payne taught a young Hank Williams Sr.; the guitar playing of Arnold Schultz influenced western Kentuckians, including Bill Monroe and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822351633
• ISBN13: 9780822351634
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"