Lonesome cowgirls and honky-tonk angels : the women of barn dance radio

Title
  1. Lonesome cowgirls and honky-tonk angels : the women of barn dance radio / Kristine M. McCusker.
Published by
  1. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2008.
Author
  1. McCusker, Kristine M.

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Description
  1. xi, 194 p., [10] p. of plates : ill.; 23 cm.
Series statement
  1. Music in American life
Subject
  1. Women country musicians > United States
  2. Radio and music > United States
  3. Country music > History and criticism
Contents
  1. "Family songs of surpassing sweetness" : vaudeville, Appalachia, technology, and the emergence of barn dance radio -- "Bury me beneath a willow" : Jeanne Muenich, Linda Parker, and the appearance of southern female characters on barn dance stages -- "Hey, hey, hey, the hayloft gang is here" : Lulu Belle Wiseman and the emergence of the professional radio barn dance -- "Will there be any yodelers in heaven?" : the girls of the golden West and selling the stage -- Banjo pickin' girl : Lily May Ledford, the Roosevelts, and constructing national identity -- "Howdee! I'm jes so proud t'be here" : Sarah Colley Cannon (better known as Minnie Pearl), World War II, and the Grand Ole Opry -- "Oh carry me back to the mountains" : Rose Lee Maphis and laboring on the air -- Coda : barn dance radio's new friend, Loretta Lynn.
Call number
  1. JME 08-575
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-181) and index.
Author
  1. McCusker, Kristine M.
Title
  1. Lonesome cowgirls and honky-tonk angels : the women of barn dance radio / Kristine M. McCusker.
Imprint
  1. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2008.
Series
  1. Music in American life
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-181) and index.
LCCN
  1. 2007035937
ISBN
  1. 9780252033162 (cloth : alk. paper)
  2. 0252033167 (cloth : alk. paper)
  3. 9780252075247 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  4. 0252075242 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. JME 08-575
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