River of Tears is the first ethnography of Brazilian country music, one of the most popular genres in Brazil yet least-known outside it. Beginning in the mid-1980s, commercial musical duos practicing musica sertaneja reached beyond their home in Brazil's central-southern region to become national bestsellers. Rodeo events revolving around country music came to rival soccer matches in attendance. A revival of folkloric rural music called musica caipira, heralded as musica sertaneja's ancestor, al...
Between 1989 and 1996 Garth Brooks sold more than 60 million albums, making him one of the best-selling solo artist of all time. In this absorbing memoir, Matt O'Meilia, a drummer in Brooks's band in the mid-1980s, chronicles the period in the country singer's career before he moved to Nashville and began his rapid ascent to superstardom. The band, Santa Fe, began its life in Stillwater, Oklahoma, in 1986, only to dissolve in Nashville a year and a half later. O'Meilia evokes in vivid detail the...
For the first time ever, Charlie tells his incredible life story in his own words. This entertaining and endearing tale is an inspiring journey from childhood to becoming the King of Country, describing his meteoric rise to fame and the amazing characters he has met along the way. Featuring exclusive photographs from Charlie's personal collection. 'STORYTELLER' remains one of Charlie's most popular albums which he features on his sell-out tours as he keeps concert-goers enthralled with his heart...
Bluegrass Is Good For The Heart
by John's Heartful Country Music Journals
How to Play Blues in the Style of Albert King (Guitar World)
by Albert King
100 Slide Licks For Blues Guitar (Learn Slide Guitar, #3)
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Alan Mayor has spent the last 25 years photographing the stars of Nashville for record albums, music events, and in personal and candid settings. Now, he gives country music fans some of the greatest photographs ever taken of Nashville and the stars -- along with his personal observations. Chapters include: -- The Old Homestead -- The Grand Old Opry Then and Now -- The Rebel Sons -- Willie, Waylon and Me -- The Ladies -- A Force to be Reckoned With -- On The Road Again -- Country on the Bus --...
In the vein of the classic Johnny Cash: The Life, this groundbreaking work explores the wild life and extraordinary musical career of "the definitive country singer of the last half century" (New York Times), who influenced, among others, Bob Dylan, Buck Owens, Emmylou Harris, John Fogerty, George Strait, Alan Jackson, and Garth Brooks. In a masterful biography laden with new revelations, veteran country music journalist/historian Rich Kienzle offers a definitive, full-bodied portrait of legend...
Stevie Ray Vaughan Therapeutic Coloring Book (Stevie Ray Vaughan Therapeutic Coloring Books, #0)
by Alyssa Dickerson
Blank Sheet Music Notebook Manuscript Paper
by Dans and Dans Blank Books