Robert K. Oermann
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"For the first time ever, legendary singer-songwriter Dolly Parton brings you behind the lyrics of 175 of her songs to reveal the personal stories and vibrant memories that have inspired sixty years of songwriting. Lushly illustrated and told in Dolly's inimitable voice, this rich collection offers an intimate, exclusive look at the colorful life, prolific career, and rags-to-rhinestones journey of one of the most revered entertainers of our time"--...
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1999.
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The text examines the radio barn dances of the 1930s; the image of the singing cowboy; western swing, honky-tonk music, and rockabilly; the Nashville sound and its emergence as an entertainment mecca; the boom in folk, bluegrass and country rock in the 1970s; the "urban cowboy" explosion of the early 1980s; and the new wave of Nashville stars.