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OUTLAW : Waylon, Willie, Kris, and the Renegades of Nashville  Cover Image Book Book

OUTLAW : Waylon, Willie, Kris, and the Renegades of Nashville / Michael Streissguth.

Summary:

"A definitive look at the outlaw country music movement, TO BEAT THE DEVIL follows the stories of three legendary icons - Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson - as they redefined country music in the late '60s and early '70s, set in the rich backdrop of Nashville"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062038180 (hardcover) :
  • ISBN: 9780062038197 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : itbooks, [2013]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The newcomers -- Nashville sounds -- Let a flower be a flower -- Nothing left to lose -- With purpose down there -- The West End watershed -- Hillbilly Central -- Burger Boy outlaws -- Between worlds -- Wanted! -- Third Coast -- Ain't living long like this.
Subject: Jennings, Waylon.
Kristofferson, Kris.
Nelson, Willie, 1933-
Country music > History and criticism.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lakeshore Branch 781.6420976855 Str 31681002679314 NONFIC Available -

  • Baker & Taylor
    "A definitive look at the outlaw country music movement, TO BEAT THE DEVIL follows the stories of three legendary icons - Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson - as they redefined country music in the late '60s and early '70s, set in therich backdrop of Nashville"--Provided by publisher.
  • Baker & Taylor
    A look at the outlaw country music movement profiles the three formidable forces behind this change who inserted political notions into their music, establishing a new genre of country music that ultimately changed the recording industry.
  • Baker & Taylor
    Set in '60s and '70s Nashville, a riveting in-depth look at the outlaw country movement profiles the three formidable forces behind this change who inserted political notions into their music, establishing a new genre of country music--one that ultimately changed the recording industry. 50,000 first printing.
  • Book News
    Set in '60s and '70s Nashville, this riveting in-depth look at the outlaw country movement profiles the three formidable forces behind this change who inserted political notions into their music, establishing a new genre of country music--one that ultimately changed the recording industry. 50,000 first printing.
  • HARPERCOLL

    Outlaw by acclaimed author Michael Streissguth follows the stories of three legends as they redefined country music: Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson.

    Streissguth delves into the country music scene in the late '60s and early '70s, when these rebels found themselves in Music City writing songs and vying for record deals. Channeling the unrest of the times, all three Country Music Hall of Famers resisted the music industry's unwritten rules and emerged as leaders of the outlaw movement that ultimately changed the recording industry.

    Outlaw offers a broad portrait of the outlaw movement in Nashville that includes a diverse secondary cast of characters, such as Johnny Cash, Rodney Crowell, Kinky Friedman, and Billy Joe Shaver, among others.

    With archival photographs throughout, Outlaw is a comprehensive examination of a fascinating shift in country music, and the three unbelievably talented musicians who forged the way.

  • HARPERCOLL

    Outlaw by acclaimed author Michael Streissguth follows the stories of three legends as they redefined country music: Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson.

    Streissguth delves into the country music scene in the late '60s and early '70s, when these rebels found themselves in Music City writing songs and vying for record deals. Channeling the unrest of the times, all three Country Music Hall of Famers resisted the music industry’s unwritten rules and emerged as leaders of the outlaw movement that ultimately changed the recording industry.

    Outlaw offers a broad portrait of the outlaw movement in Nashville that includes a diverse secondary cast of characters, such as Johnny Cash, Rodney Crowell, Kinky Friedman, and Billy Joe Shaver, among others.

    With archival photographs throughout, Outlaw is a comprehensive examination of a fascinating shift in country music, and the three unbelievably talented musicians who forged the way.


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