{"product_id":"the-nashville-sound-paul-hemphill-9780820348575","title":"The Nashville Sound: Bright Lights and Country Music","description":"While on a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard, journalist and novelist Paul Hemphill wrote of that pivotal moment in the late sixties when traditional defenders of the hillbilly roots of country music were confronted by the new influences and business realities of pop music. The demimonde of the traditional Nashville venues (Tootsie's Orchid Lounge, Robert's Western World, and the Ryman Auditorium) and first-wave artists (Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb, and Lefty Frizzell) are shown coming into first contact, if not conflict, with a new wave of pop-influenced and business savvy country performers (Jeannie C. \"Harper Valley PTA\" Riley, Johnny Ryles, and Glen Campbell) and rock performers (Bob Dylan, Gram Parsons, the Byrds, and the Grateful Dead) as they took the form well beyond Music City. Originally published in 1970, \u003ci\u003eThe Nashville Sound\u003c\/i\u003e shows the resulting identity crisis as a fascinating, even poignant, moment in country music and entertainment history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Hemphill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820348570\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820348575\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 6.09w x 0.78d","brand":"Paul Hemphill","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046357954815,"sku":"9780820348575","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e3a3315d-d2ea-4b42-92d5-10ef4ba5f060.jpg?v=1684984093","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-nashville-sound-paul-hemphill-9780820348575","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}