Roadkill on the Three-Chord Highway: Art and Trash in American Popular Music by Escott, Colin

Roadkill on the Three-Chord Highway: Art and Trash in American Popular Music (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780415937832)

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Roadkill on the Three-Chord Highway: Art and Trash in American Popular Music by Escott, Colin

Roadkill on the Three-Chord Highway: Art and Trash in American Popular Music

$46.95
Roadkill on the Three-Chord Highway: Art and Trash in American Popular Music by Escott, Colin

Roadkill on the Three-Chord Highway: Art and Trash in American Popular Music

$46.95
Format: Paperback
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It's the real stories, not the publicists' confections, that concern Colin Escott. We hear Perry Como's story in his own words: it wasn't all smooth. We learn about the astonishing twists and turns in Roy Orbison's life, and the stories behind the songs we know so well. And we go down with Vernon Oxford, the last great honky tonk singer, who came to Nashville just a little too late. These are stories for anyone who loves what Escott calls "little songs from great sorrows." They will fascinate even the most casual fan of popular music, and they're told here in sympathetic, engaging, and illuminating prose.

Author: Colin Escott
ISBN-10: 0415937833
ISBN-13: 9780415937832
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 07/26/2002
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 9.12h x 5.96w x 0.63d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 08/01/2002 pg. 97
Library Journal 08/12/2002
By Colin Escott
By Colin Escott
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Colin Escott lives outside of Nashville, TN. He is the author of Tattooed on Their Tongues: Journeys through theBackrooms of American Music and Hank Williams: TheBiography, and coauthor of Hank Williams: Snapshots fromthe Lost Highway, and Good Rockin' Tonight: The SunRecords Story. He has annotated over 500 recordings, and has won numerous awards for his writing, including a Grammy for historic documentation and an Lifetime Achievement Award from the ARSC (Association for Recorded Sound Collections), a nonprofit group dedicated to preserving the history of recorded sound.

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