Pickin' on Peachtree: A History of Country Music in Atlanta, Georgia

by Wayne W. Daniel

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252069684
• ISBN13: 9780252069680
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.8"