Nashville Portraits: Legends of Country Music - Hardcover

Jim McGuire; Richard Carlin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1599211688 ISBN 13: 9781599211688

Publisher: The Lyons Press, 2008

Synopsis

Jim McGuire's photographs have graced the covers of more than 400 albums and CDs over the past thirty years. Most of the big country recording stars have insisted on using McGuire: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Dolly Parton, Carole King, Emmylou Harris, and Reba McIntyre, to new a few."Nashville Portraits" presents sixty of his highly acclaimed portraits reproduced in handsome duotone on heavy stock paper, each accompanied by a brief, but intelligent history of the portrayed artist.This landmark volume will appeal to anyone who appreciates fine photography, country music, or both.

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Review:

"This book is a treasure--McGuire's pictures do everything except burst into song." Mark Knopfler"You can almost hear these pictures, can't you?"Roy Blount Jr. "One of the best photographic shows you will ever see. . . . This is great stuff. See if, if you possibly can."Chet FlippoCMT/CMT.com Editorial Director "At first glance, there seems to be something very quiet and pensive about his black and white images. That's the way it has always been with McGuire's work. "Yet, as we peer at them, we begin to hear the faint melodies of lives well lived. They are what McGuire has always done best. With his passion for music and for the musician, he makes these men and women come alive before us. And in that silence, they begin to sing and play for us again." Robert HicksAuthor of The Widow of the South "Looking at McGuire's portraits, we're able to grasp some essence of their creativity, to feel the mark that each has left on the city, and on musical history."Jonathan MarxThe Tennessean

From the Back Cover:

Jim McGuire has been the foremost music-industry photographer in Nashville for more than thirty years, as renowned for his love of music and musicians, wry wit, and 1947 Ford station wagon as he is for his skill with a camera. Most of the big recording stars have visited his studio: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Doc Watson, Dolly Parton, Carole King, Townes Van Zandt, John Hartford, Emmylou Harris, and Kris Kristofferson, to name just a few.

Nashville Portraits, a landmark project, is an expanded book version of an extraordinary traveling exhibition organized by the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia. The show brings together sixty portraits; the book includes five additional photos, an essay by folklorist and historian William R. Ferris, and insightful biographies and quotations about each artist’s personality, style, and contributions to the music scene. The text enhances our enjoyment of McGuire’s radiant images, reproduced here in beautiful duotone.

Unlike any other book on country music, Nashville Portraits succeeds in presenting a true visual celebration of the beloved Nashville sound.|

Jim McGuire has been the foremost music-industry photographer in Nashville for more than thirty years, as renowned for his love of music and musicians, wry wit, and 1947 Ford station wagon as he is for his skill with a camera. Most of the big recording stars have visited his studio: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Doc Watson, Dolly Parton, Carole King, Townes Van Zandt, John Hartford, Emmylou Harris, and Kris Kristofferson, to name just a few.

Nashville Portraits, a landmark project, is an expanded book version of an extraordinary traveling exhibition organized by the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia. The show brings together sixty portraits; the book includes five additional photos, an essay by folklorist and historian William R. Ferris, and insightful biographies and quotations about each artist’s personality, style, and contributions to the music scene. The text enhances our enjoyment of McGuire’s radiant images, reproduced here in beautiful duotone.

Unlike any other book on country music, Nashville Portraits succeeds in presenting a true visual celebration of the beloved Nashville sound.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Lyons Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1599211688
• ISBN 13: 9781599211688
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160