Smile When You Call Me a Hillbilly

by Jeffrey Lange

Today, country music enjoys a national fan base that transcends both economic and social boundaries. Sixty years ago, however, it was primarily the music of rural, working-class whites living in the South and was perceived by many Americans as "hillbilly music." In Smile When You Call Me a Hillbilly, Jeffrey J. Lange examines the 1940s and early 1950s as the most crucial period in country music's transformation from a rural, southern folk...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082035256X
• ISBN13: 9780820352565
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"