Southern Exposure: The Story of Southern Music in Pictures and Words - Softcover

Carlin, Richard; Carlin, Bob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0823084264 ISBN 13: 9780823084265

Publisher: Billboard Books,U.S., 2000

Synopsis

Illustrated with 75 evocative black-and-white photographs which capture a time in America when music was an integral part of home, church and work, this work documents in words and pictures the wide variety of musical styles in the Southern United States. It includes church music, country music, dance music, traditional blues, electric blues, worksongs, western swing, bluegrass and ballads and story songs from the 1850s to the outbreak of World War II. Drawing on the photo archives of the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Archive of Folklore, and state folklore collections, as well as on several prominent private collections of photographs of musicians - both well-known and anonymous - shown in performance in their homes and communities, it focuses on a period in American history often underrepresented in books. Each section of the volume contains an introduction to the featured music style, followed by a gallery of vivid photographic images, many never before reproduced or rarely seen, each accompanied by a brief text that explains and puts them into context.

About this edition

• Publisher: Billboard Books,U.S.
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0823084264
• ISBN 13: 9780823084265
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160