Song and Album Titles
(Album titles in italics)
“50, 000 Names” 15
A
“A Rose and a Baby Ruth” 60
“A Showman’s Life” 184
Aces 198
“Ain’t It Funny How Time Slips Away” 127
“All American Man” 111
“All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down” 12
“All My Trials” 82
All–time Favorite Country Songwriter 191
“Amazing Grace” 32
American IV: The Man Comes Around 190
American Recordings 190
“American Trilogy, An” 95, 174
Angel Band 196
“Anna, I’m Takin’ You Home” 126
“Another Neon Night” 105
“Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?” 11, 188
At Fillmore East 196
At Folsom Prison 190
At San Quentin 190
At the Ryman 196
B
“Ballad of Harry Simms, The” 55
“Ballad of Ira Hayes, The” 69
“Battle Hymn of the Republic” 81
“Best of All Possible Worlds, The” 79
Best of Bobby Bare, The 189
Best of Doug Sahm, The 195
Best of Merle Travis, The 189
Best of the Marshall Tucker Band: The Capricorn Years 195
“Blame It on the Stones” 191
Blessed Are 192
“Blowin’ in the Wind” 68, 69, 80
“Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” 128
Blue Kentucky Girl 196
“Blue Suede Shoes” 144
“Bob” 172
“Boulder to Birmingham” 163
“Bring It on Home to Me” 91
“Buddy, Won’t You Roll Down the Line” 27, 50
“Busiest Memory in Town” 168
“Bye Bye Love” 148
C
Car Wheels on a Gravel Road 200
Charley Pride: RCA Country Legends 193
“Cold, Cold Heart” 37
“Coming of the Roads, The” 53, 189
Complete Country … Western Recordings 1959–1986 192
Complete Hank Williams, The 188
Conway Twitty Collection 194
Cowgirl’s Prayer 196
“Crazy” 127
D
“Dance, The” 179
“Dark as a Dungeon” 51
“Death of Edward Hawkins, The” 49
Del Rio, Tx, 1959 198
“Desolation Row” 72
“Desperados Waiting for a Train” 140
“Detroit City” 58
“D–I–V–O–R–C–E” 99
“Dixie” 81
Doc Watson: The Vanguard Years 189
“Don’t Come Home a’Drinkin’” 16, 108, 109
“Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” 68
“Don’t Touch Me if You Don’t Love Me, Sweetheart” 24
“Donald and Lydia” 122
Down Every Road 193
“Down from Dover” 106
“Down on the Farm” 46
Dr. Ginger Blue 189
“Dreadful Memories” 55
Dreaming My Dreams 188
Drive 199
Dueling Banjos 192
E
Earl Scruggs: His Family and Friends 192
“Early Morning Rain” 60
Elite Hotel 196
Essential Jimmie Rodgers, The 189
Essential Johnny Cash 1955–1983 190
Essential Roy Acuff, The 187
Essential Skeeter Davis, The 187
F
“Fairy Tale” 90
“Family Way, The” 101
“Feelin’ Single, Seein’ Double” 163
“Fightin’ Side of Me, The” 97
Fire on the Mountain 151, 153, 195
“Fire on the Mountain” 143, 195
“Folsom Prison Blues” 64
“For the Good Times” 191
Forever Young 190
“Four Strong Winds” 58
“Freedom to Stay” 80
Free–wheelin’ Bob Dylan 68
Frisco Mabel Joy 191
From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music 192
G
Gail Davies 197
George Hamilton IV: 1954–65 190
“Georgia on My Mind” 88
“Girl from the North Country” 59
“God Bless America” 24
“God Bless America Again” 85
“Good–bye Little Rock and Roller” 185, 201
“Goodnight Irene” 139
Gordon Lightfoot: The United Artists Collection 190
“Grandma’s Song” 197
“Great Speckled Bird” 116
Greats of County Music, Vol. 1, The 187
“Groover’s Paradise” 136
Guitar Town 198
H
Hank Williams Jr. and Friends 197
Hasten Down the Wind 196
“He Stopped Loving Her Today” 16
“He Would Be Sixteen” 180
Heart Like a Wheel 196
“Heart Made of Stone” 147
“Heartaches By the Number” 191
“Heartbreak Town” 15
Heaven Help the Child 191
“Heaven Help the Child” 174
“Hello in There” 122
“Hello Walls” 127
“Help Me Make It Though The Night” 105, 106, 191
“Here, There and Everywhere” 163
“High Time (You Quit Your Low Down Ways)” 188
“Hobo and a Rose” 172
Home 199
“Honey Chile” 96
Honky Tonk Girl 194
Honky Tonk Heroes 188
“Hot Corn, Cold Corn” 46
Hummingbirds 200
“Hungry Eyes” 98
I
“I Am a Pilgrim” 157
“I Believe the South is Gonna Rise Again” 16, 99
“I Can’t Stop Loving You” 89, 165
“I Think I’m Gonna Kill You and Bury You in a Box About Half Your Size” 160
“I Want to See the Parade” 91
I’ll Be There 201
“I’ll Be Your San Antone Rose” 163
I’ll Love You More 187
“I’m a Honky Tonk Girl” 108
“I’m Going Back to Alabam’” 46, 102
“I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” 38
“If We Make It Through December” 97
“If You Love Me Let Me Know” 160
Inside Job 201
“Instant Coffee Blues” 11, 112
“Irma Jackson” 98
“It Must Have Rained in Heaven” 120
It’s Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song 189
“It’s Not for Me To Understand” 134
J
“Jackson” 52
“Jamestown Ferry” 160
Jeannie Seely: Greatest Hits on Monument 187
John Prine 194
Judy Collins’ Fifth Album 189
“Just Call Me Lonesome” 198
K
King of Country Music 187
Kingston Springs Suite 175
Kristofferson 191
L
Ladies Love Outlaws 188
“Last Thing on My Mind, The” 42
“Lead On” 118
Legendary DeFord Bailey: Country Music’s First Black Star, The 193
“Let Me Be There” 160
“Let’s All Help the Cowboys (Sing the Blues)” 188
Live at Kansas State with the Earl Scruggs Revue 192
Live at the Station Inn 197
Living Proof: The MGM Recordings 1963–1975 197
Lone Star State of Mind 199
Lonesome On’ry and Mean 188
“Long Black Veil” 83
“Long Haired Country Boy” 11,151–152
“Long Time Gone” 15
“Lord Knows I’m Drinking, The” 116
Lost in the Lonesome Pines 200
“Love in the Hot Afternoon” 176
“Lovesick Blues” 35
Lullabies, Legends and Lies 194
Luxury Liner 196
Lying to the Moon & Other Stories 200
“Lying to the Moon” 197
M
“Mama Bake a Pie (Daddy Kill a Chicken)” 193
“Man of Constant Sorrow” 183
Mark Twang 191
“Masters of War” 68
“Me and Bobby McGee” 77, 79, 80, 106, 173
“Melva’s Wine” 174
“Memories of Us” 102
“Mendocino” 135
Midnight & Lonesome 200
“Mississippi, You’re On My Mind” 101
Mountain Soul 197
“My Country” 86
N
New Wood 201
“New York City Song” 102
“Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The” 82
“Nobody Wins” 198
“Not Tonight I’ve Got a Headache” 105
O
“Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out Back” 52
“Oh Cumberland” 201
“Oh Lonesome Me” 165
“Okie from Muskogee” 70, 85, 86, 97
“Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine” 13, 32, 96, 179
Old No. 1 195
Old Time Songs … Guitar Tunes 187
“On Susan’s Floor” 174
“One Piece at a Time” 74
Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line: The RCA Years 188
“Outbound Plane” 198
“Outside Nashville City Limits” 83, 191
P
“Pan American Blues” 27
“Pick Me Up on Your Way Down” 78
“Pill, The” 109
Pretty Close to the Truth 200
“Promised Land” 91
R
“Ragged Old Flag” 74
“Railroad Boy” 49
“Rain” 120
“Rain Just Falls” 9
“Rainy Night in Georgia, A” 88
“Ramblin’ Man” 111
RCA Years: 1967–1986, The 194
Real Mr. Heartache: The Little Darlin’ Years, The 194
Red Headed Stranger 195
“Red Necks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer” 13, 96, 97
Resurrect 199
“Reverend Mr. Black” 52
Rogue, The 188
Ropin’ the Wind 197
“Rosalie’s Good Eats Café” 13, 123, 194
Roses in the Snow 196
S
“Sad–eyed Lady of the Lowlands” 72
“Sam Stone” 122
“San Francisco Mabel Joy” 95
Scuffletown 199
“She’s About a Mover” 135
Silver Dagger, The 189
Singing Brakeman, The 188
“Sixteen Tons” 51
“Someday Soon” 198
“Somewhere Between Lust and Sitting Home Watching TV” 112
“Son of the Father” 168
Song Remembers When, The 197
“South’s Gonna Do It Again, The” 153
“Stand By Your Man” 110
Step Inside This House 199
Storyteller, Philosopher, Poet: Tom T. Hall 193
Straw into Gold 197
Sun Years, The 190
“Sunday Morning Coming Down” 73, 77, 79, 179, 191
“Sweet Home Alabama” 102
“Sweet Sunny South” 102
T
“T for Texas, T for Tennessee” 42, 43, 127
“Take It Like a Man” 180
“Tell Me a Lie” 105
“That Old Time Feeling” 74
“They Can’t Put It Back” 52
“This Ain’t Just Another Lust Affair” 105
“This is My Year for Mexico” 16, 176
“This Land Is Your Land” 98
“To Beat the Devil” 191
“Toast of ’45” 172
“Tobacco Road” 102
“Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down” 163
“Too Many Rivers” 191
“Tutti Frutti” 148
U
Ultimate Charlie Daniels Band, The 195
Under the Influence 199
“Urge for Going” 76
W
“Walkaway Joe” 180
Walk the Way the Wind Blows 198
Wanted: The Outlaws 188
“We Need More Barns” 18
“Welfare Cadillac” 70
“What is Truth?” 70
“What’d I Say” 88
When Fallen Angels Fly 198
“When I Wake Up to Sleep No More” 115
“When Will I Be Loved” 160
“Where Have all the Heroes Gone” 85, 86
Where is a Woman to Go 197
Where the Sidewalk Ends 195
“Where the Sidewalk Ends” 15
Whispering Bill Anderson’s Greatest Hits 192
“White Man Singing the Blues” 98
“Who Was Bradley Kincaid?” 176
“Whoever Turned You On Forgot to Turn You Off” 105
“Why Me, Lord?” 116
“Wide Open Spaces” 183
Wild Mountain Flowers 189
“Wild Mountain Thyme” 190
“Wildfire” 128
“Wildwood Flower” 83
Will the Circle Be Unbroken (album) 155, 158–159, 192, 195
Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 3 201
“Will the Circle Be Unbroken?” 21, 139, 156
“Wings Upon Your Horns” 106
“Woman in the Back of My Mind” 112
Wrecking Ball 196
“Wrinkled, Crinkled, Wadded Dollar Bill” 171
Y
“Yes” 180
“You Don’t Seem to Miss Me” 15
“You’ve Never Been this Far Before” 103
Names and Places
A
Abbott, Texas, 127
ABC–TV 71
Acuff, Roy 20, 23, 28, 44, 116, 156, 157, 161, 187
Acuff–Rose Publishing 157
Allen, Ken 21
Allman Brothers 142, 144, 146, 149–150, 195
Allman, Duane 149
Allman, Gregg 149
Anderson, Bill 82, 85–87, 112, 116, 161, 192
Arata, Tony 179
Armadillo World Headquarters 130–131
Armstrong, Louis 44
Asheville, North Carolina 43, 56, 115
Asleep at the Wheel 128
Association of Country Entertainers 161
Atkins, Chet 16, 58, 90, 95, 119, 161, 164–165, 166, 198
Atlanta, Georgia 25, 26, 42, 128
Austin City Limits 128
Austin, Texas 31, 59, 128–131, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140
B
Baez, Joan 13, 57, 61, 62, 82, 83, 84, 102, 191–192
Bailey, DeFord 16, 27, 93–94, 193
Bakersfield, California 31
Bare, Bobby 58–59, 61, 85, 123, 189, 194
Bare, Bobby Jr. 190
Barn Dance, WBAP 25
Barn Dance, WSM 24
Battle of Iwo Jima 69
Beale Street 147
Berry, Chuck 90
Birmingham, Alabama 162
Blake, Norman 82
Bluebird Café 184
Bluegrass music 48–49, 144, 150, 182
Blues music 41, 44, 89, 90, 96, 147
BMI 93
Bobby’s Idle Hour 18
Bonner, M.J. 25
Bono, Cher 149
Boone, Daniel 54
Boone, Pat 46
Borchers, Bobby 160
Born Again 67
Boston, Massachusetts 178
Bristol, Tennessee 43
Brock, Chad 180
Brook, Bill 171
Brooklyn, New York 53
Brooks, Garth 178–179, 180, 197
Brown, James 148
Brush Arbor 102
Bryant, Boudleaux 148
Bryant, Felice 148
Bumgarner, Aunt Samantha 56
Bush, Sam 201
Butcher Hollow, Kentucky 106, 107
Buttrey, Kenny 72
Byrds, The 157
C
Caldwell, Tommy 142
Callery, Bill 135
Camden, New Jersey 43
Canton, Ohio 36
Carnes, Kim 185
Carowinds Amphitheater 114–115
Carroll, Milton 138
Carson City, Nevada 64
Carter family, The 59, 155, 165, 176, 191
Carter, Clarence 148
Carter, Fred Jr., 72
Carter, Jimmy 153
Carter, Maybelle 16, 21, 156, 157
Carter, Wilf 59
Casey, Jim 172
Cash, Johnny 11, 12, 13, 16, 20, 21, 44, 52, 63–75
influence on young writers, 82, 87, 120, 121, 122, 169, 171, 174, 175, 177, 179, 186, 190, 201
Cash, Ray 65
Chaney, Lonesome Bob 9
Chapman, Marshall 178, 185, 201
Charles, Ray 16, 88–89, 90, 192
Charleston, South Carolina 76
Charlie Daniels Band 142
Charlotte Motor Speedway 103, 108
Charlotte Observer 13
Charlotte, North Carolina 48, 128, 139
Checker, Chubby 171
Chicago, Illinois 26, 42, 46, 121
Cincinnati, Ohio 46
Clark, Guy 11, 62, 112, 139–140, 169, 195, 199
Clark, Susanna 163
Clower, Jerry 24
Cohen, Leonard 60
Colby, Paul 81
Collins, Tom 168
Colson, Charles 67
Columbia, South Carolina 86
Committee of Southern Churchmen 124
Conley, Arthur 148
Cooke, Sam 91
Coolidge, Rita 120
Cooper, Alice 143
Country Music Association 79
Country Music Hall of Fame 17
Coy Cook and the Premiers 114
Creedence Clearwater Revival 182
Crook Brothers, The 27, 30, 31
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young 77
Crowell, Rodney 9, 17, 185, 197
Curtis, King 156
D
Dalhart, Vernon 68
Dallas, Texas 92
Danbury, Connecticut 125
Daniels, Charlie 11, 16, 33, 44, 142–143, 144–145, 150–154, 156, 195
Davis, The Reverend Gary 89
Decatur, Georgia 86
Deep Gap, North Carolina 48
Del McCoury Band 198
DeMent, Iris 201
Denver, Colorado 155
Dill, Danny 58
Dixie Chicks, The 11, 15, 183, 199, 200
Dorsey, Tommy 153
Drake, Guy 70
Drake, Pete 72
Dreaming Out Loud 14
Drusky, Roy 23
Durham, Hal 30
Dylan, Bob 13, 39, 54, 57, 58, 59, 61, 67–73, 190–191
friendship with Johnny Cash, 71, 78, 81, 96, 122, 135, 151, 156
E
Eagles, The 14
Earl Scruggs Revue 158
Edwards, Stoney 102
Epic Records 150
Ernest Tubb Midnight Jamboree 140
Ernest Tubb Record Shop 23, 140–141, 142
Everly, Don 147
Everly, Phil 147
F
Fargo, Donna 96
Feiler, Bruce 14
Feller, Dick 62
Ferguson, Bob 119
Ferreira, Richard 9
Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco 9
Fishell, Steve 17
Five Easy Pieces (movie) 99
Flatt, Lester 48+
Flippo, Chet 165
Florida Playboys 88
Flying Burrito Brothers 131
Flying Fish Records 201
Fort Worth, Texas 25
Foster … Lloyd 198
Foster, Stephen 182
Fricker, Sylvia 59
Frizzell, Lefty 78
Fromholz, Steve 135
Fruit Jar Drinkers, The 27, 29
Fuller, Blind Boy 89
Fundamentalist Christianity 114, 117
G
Garland, Oliver Perry 54
Gatlin, Larry 21, 118, 120–121, 123
Gayle, Crystal 176
Gennett Records 46
Glaser Brothers, The 188
and Outlaw movement, 188
Glover, Lillie Mae (Memphis Ma Rainey) 147
Goldsboro, Bobby 99
Goodman, Benny 165
Gordon, Kevin 9
Gordy, Emory Jr. 17
Graham, Billy 64
Grammer, Billy 85
Grand Ole Gospel Time radio show 20
history and legacy of, 35, 36, 39, 42, 46, 50, 57, 59, 60, 73, 84, 89, 90. 91, 93–94, 97, 99, 105, 140, 159, 160, 162, 178, 179, 187
Granite Quarry, North Carolina 125
Grateful Dead, The 136
Great Depression 54, 56, 98, 107
Green, Lloyd 199
Greensboro, North Carolina 108
Grossman, Albert 58
Gunning, Sara Ogan 54–56, 121, 189
Guralnik, Peter 10
Guthrie, Woody 44, 56, 98, 121
H
Haggard, Merle 70, 85, 86, 88, 97–99
and songs about race, 163, 179, 185, 193, 199
Haight–Ashbury 137
Haldeman, H.R. (Bob) 70
Hall of Fame, Country Music 17
Hall, Tom T. 11, 12, 13, 31, 32, 33, 34, 90, 91, 96, 113, 122, 125, 131, 192
Halley, David 9
Hamill, Jim 115
Hamilton, George IV 33, 34, 60–61, 62, 76–78, 85, 178, 180, 190
Hargrove, Linda 102
Harlan County, Kentucky 54
Harper’s magazine 97
Harris, Emmylou 16, 44, 119, 161–163, 180, 181–182, 183, 184, 196, 200
Hartford, John 16, 62, 78, 80, 191
Harvey, Alex 96
Hayes, Ira 120
Hayes, Isaac 91
Hazlewood, Lee 52
Hendersonville, North Carolina 115
Hibbing, Minnesota 68
Holly, Buddy 39
Horstman, Dorothy 51
House of Cash 63
House, Tom 9
Houston, Texas 95
Howard, Harlan 17, 78, 89, 191
Howlin’ Wolf 89
Hunter, Ivory Joe 91
Huntsville, Texas 65
Hurt, Mississippi John 89
Hutchenson, Bert 30
Hyatt, Walter 199
Hyde, Ed 30
I
Iwo Jima, Battle of 69
J
Jackson State University 130
Jackson, Alan 11, 15, 183, 199
Jackson, Mississippi 41
Jefferson, Blind Lemon 165
Jenkins, Reverend Andrew 25
Jennings, Waylon 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 35, 39, 40, 41, 44, 61, 111, 125, 131, 132, 184, 188
Jesus 21, 31, 32, 54, 64, 70, 96, 114, 116, 120, 121, 171
Jesus Christ Superstar 134
Jo, Sammi 105
John, Elton 114
Johnston, Bob 71
Jones, George 15, 16, 102, 163
Jones, Grandpa 51
Joplin, Janis 129
K
Kane, Kieran 197
Kemp, Wayne 163
Kennedy, Robert 85
Kent State University 130
Kershaw, Doug 71
King Curtis 156
King, Florence 97
King, Martin Luther Jr. 86
Kingston Springs, Tennessee 175
Kiss 143
Knight, Gladys 90
Krauss, Alison 201
Kristofferson, Kris 11, 12, 13, 14, 62, 64, 71, 73, 77–79, 80, 82, 83, 87, 116, 120–122, 123, 131, 172–174, 175, 179, 191
Ku Klux Klan 125
L
LaFarge, Peter 69
Lampley, Claude 28
Lanza, Mario 174
Large, Billy 17
Leadbelly 89
Lee, Dickie 168
LeFevres, The 20, 114–115, 126
Leiber, Jerry 53
Lewis, Jerry Lee 160
Lightfoot, Gordon 58, 59–61, 78, 80, 82, 174, 190
Little Richard 148
Lloyd, Bill 198
Lone Star Records 138
Long, Jonathan 18
Los Angeles, California 81, 137, 150
Lost Highways 10
Loudermilk, John D. 102
Louisiana Hayride 35
Louisville, Kentucky 46
Love, Mariane 99
Lunsford, Bascom Lamar 56
Luttrell, Tennessee 164
Lynn, Loretta 16, 91, 103, 106–110, 194
Lynyrd Skynyrd 102
M
MacLellan, Gene 120
Macon, Georgia 145–146, 148, 149, 150
Magic Touch Massage Parlor 21
Maines, Lloyd 199
Maines, Natalie 199
Marshall Tucker Band 142–144, 146, 154, 195
Marx, Karl 54
Matthews, Vince 10, 16, 78, 167, 169–177, 196
Mayfield, Percy 96
MCA Records 198
McCartney, Paul 163
McCorkle, George 143, 144–145, 195
McCorkle, Jill 185
McGee, Sam 16, 20, 24, 27–31, 85
McGee, Sam and Kirk 187
McGraw, Tim 180
McGuinn, Roger 157
Memphis Ma Rainey (Lillie Mae Glover) 147
Midnight Jamboree, Ernest Tubb 140
Milete, Shirl 85
Miller, Buddy 17, 184, 199, 200
Miller, Glenn 153
Miller, Julie 200
Mississippi Delta 184
Mitchell, Chad 51
Mitchell, Joni 13, 60, 76–78, 80
Monahans, Texas 139
Monkees, The 77
Monroe, Bill 48–49, 131, 147, 182
Monument Records 79
Moratorium March on Washington 84
Moss, Wayne 72
Muscle Shoals, Alabama 149
Music Row 9, 18, 127, 132, 151, 159, 178, 180
My Lai Massacre 100
Myrick, Weldon 101
N
Nash, Graham 77
Nashville 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 23, 31, 35, 46, 58, 59, 61, 72, 73, 76, 78, 80, 82, 83, 85, 94, 95, 99, 100, 108, 112, 118, 119, 124, 127, 128, 139, 140, 142, 147, 155–169, 172, 177, 178, 181, 184
Nashville Plus Steering Committee 166–167
National Council of Churches 124
NBC Musical Appreciation Hour 27
Nelson, Willie 11, 12, 44, 78–79, 82, 127–140, 184, 188, 195, 197, 200
Nesmith, Michael 77
New Deal 56
New Orleans, Louisiana 147
New Testament 114
New Times magazine 119
New York Times magazine 119
New York Times, The 42
New York, New York 52, 53, 72, 137, 150
Newbury, Mickey 12, 16, 62, 77, 78, 80–82, 95–96, 118, 124, 174–175, 185, 188, 191
Newport Folk Festival 69, 79, 83
Newton–John, Olivia 160–161, 162
Nicholson, Jack 99
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 155–156, 158, 192, 196, 200
Nixon, President Richard 24, 67, 70, 84, 97, 170
Norfolk, Virginia 42
O
O’Connor, Mark 199
Ochs, Phil 57
Odessa, Texas 120
Odetta 82
Oermann, Robert K. 193
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? 183
Old Town 121
Orelia, Ontario 59
Outlaw Movement 12
Owen, Gwil 9
P
Paintsville, Kentucky 107
Parsons, Gram 163
Parton, Dolly 106, 118–120, 161–163, 194
Paxton, Tom 42
Peer, Ralph 25, 26, 43, 46–47, 176
Peer, Ralph Jr. 176
Peer–Southern Publishing 176
People magazine 166
Perkins, Carl 144
Peter, Paul and Mary 57, 58, 60
Petty, Tom 201
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 128
Phillips, Sam 147
Philo Records 201
Pierce, Webb 172
Pi–Gem Publishing 168
Pigford, Harold 114
Playboy magazine 123
Pointer Sisters 90
Polk, Charles 41
Poole, Charlie 26
Porter’n’ Dolly 119
Premiers, Coy Cook and the 114
Presley, Elvis 21, 114, 143, 144, 147, 165
Prestwood, Hugh 197
Pride, Charley 71, 90, 92–93, 176, 193
Prine, John 9, 121–122, 123, 194
Progressive country music 128
R
Race Relations Reporter 14
Redondo Beach, California 51
Reed, Jerry 82
Reinhardt, Django 165
Reynolds, Allen 178, 180, 181–182
Reynolds, Bert 94
Reynolds, Billy Ray 17, 188, 197
Robbins, Pig 72
Roberts, Fiddlin’ Doc 45
Robison, Bruce 199
Rock ’n’ roll 44, 144, 149, 151, 157
Rock Hill, South Carolina 114
Rockabilly music 171
Rodgers, Jimmie 40, 42, 43, 44, 60, 68, 80, 90, 127, 147, 165, 176, 181, 185, 188
Rolling Stone magazine 119, 165
Ronstadt, Linda 119, 160, 161–163, 196
Rose, Fred 38
Rounder Records 189
Rubin, Rick 190
Rule, Jimmy 38
Rush, Tom 76
Russell, Johnny 13, 16, 96, 97
Ryman Auditorium 19, 20, 23, 28, 31, 32, 33, 36, 57, 67, 73, 147, 166–167, 181
Ryman, Tom 19
S
Sam and Dave 148
San Francisco, California 136
San Francisco, Fillmore Auditorium 9
San Quentin penitentiary 66
Scruggs, Earl 13, 48, 62, 83–85, 155–156, 157–158, 192
Scruggs, Gary 157
Scruggs, Randy 157
Scruggs, Steve 157
Seeger, Pete 44, 53, 56, 57, 58, 71, 94
Segovia 165
Sermon on the Mount 70
Sevierville, Tennessee 118, 162
Shepherd, Jean 105
Shiva’s Headband 130
Shreveport, Louisiana 35
Silverstein, Shel 12, 13, 16, 109, 114, 122–123, 170, 175, 194
Simon, Joe 90
Sinatra, Nancy 52
Sir Douglas Quintet 135
Skaggs, Ricky 17
Skorik, Jeff 9
Sledge, Mississippi 92
Sledge, Percy 148
Smith, Fiddlin’ Arthur 27
Smith, Lee 185
Smith, Sammi 172
Soggy Bottom Boys 183
Southern Festival of Books 185
Spartanburg, South Carolina 142
Spears, Billy Jo 106
Spin magazine 10
Springsteen, Bruce 182
Stampley, Joe 111
Stanley, Ralph 200
Starks, Mack 9
Statler Brothers 71
Steinberg, David 81
Steinem, Gloria 109
Stewart, Wynn 160
Stoller, Mike 53
Street, Mel 105
Strezlecki, Henry 72
Strunk, Jud 86
Sugar Hill Records 194
Sun Records 171
Sunday, Billy 20
Swann, Billy 173
T
Tashian, Barry … Holly 197
Tashian, Holly 178
Taylor, Eric 199
Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge 13, 21, 22, 23
Travis, Merle 51–52, 59, 90, 156, 157–158, 164, 189
Travis, Randy 181
Troubadour, The 39
Troy, Billy 21
Tucson, Arizona 162
Tupelo, Mississippi 147
Twitty, Conway 16, 103, 104, 111, 194
U
Union Grove, North Carolina 48
United Mine Workers union 54–56
University of Texas 129
V
Van Zandt, Townes 135, 173, 199
Vanderbilt University 13, 73, 93, 140, 185
Victor Records 43
Vietnam War 70, 84, 100, 121, 130, 150, 151
Vincent, Don 172
Voice of America 24
Voices from the Mountains 67
W
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings 94
Walker, Jerry Jeff 128, 135, 139
Walker, T–Bone 135
Walton, Staley 30
Warner Bros. Records 192
Warren Wilson College 52
Washington, Moratorium March on 84
Watson, Doc 48, 156, 157–158, 189
Watson, Merle 158
Waverly, Tennessee 171
WBAP Barn Dance 25
WBAP radio 25
Webb, Clara 107
Webb, Ted 107
Weesner, Mike 95
Weir, Rusty 135
Welch, Gillian 182
Weller, Freddy 90
Wet Willie 146
WHAS radio 46
Wheeler, Cheryl 198
Wheeling Jamboree 59
Wheeling, West Virginia 59
White, Tony Joe 88
Wilburn, Neil 72
Wilkerson, Larry 170
Wilkin, Marijohn 83
Wilkins, Little David 105, 106
Williams, Hank (Sr.) 14, 33, 35–40, 42, 44, 62, 68, 78, 82, 89, 90, 116, 150, 160, 165, 181, 184, 186, 188, 191
Williams, Hank Jr. 12, 14, 88, 113, 174, 176, 197
Williams, Lucinda 182, 184, 200
Williams, Robin and Linda 169
Williams, Roger M. 36
Willis Brothers 172
Wills, Bob 40
Wilson, Eddie 130
Winchester, Jesse 102, 184, 192, 193
WLS radio 26
WLW radio 46
Wofford College 13
Wolf, Howlin’ 89
Womack, Tommy 9
Woodland Sound Studios 156, 158
Wright, Michelle 180
WSM Barn Dance 24
WWNC radio 43
WWVA Radio 59
Y
Yale University 52
Yearwood, Trisha 180, 196, 197
Young, Steve 82