Travis D Stimeling

Cosmic Cowboys and New Hicks

The Countercultural Sounds of Austin's Progressive Country Music Scene

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Produktbeschreibung

For a generation disillusioned with modernity and the conservatism of post-war suburbia, the unique blend of rock and country music that emerged from Austin, Texas in the early 1970s embodied both a longing for change and a newfound pride in living an unconventional way of life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 299g
• ISBN-13: 9780190610357
• ISBN-10: 0190610352
• Artikelnr.: 47864507

Autorenporträt

Travis D. Stimeling is Assistant Professor of Music History at West Virginia University School of Music. He has published two books with Oxford University Press: Cosmic Cowboys and New Hicks: The Countercultural Sounds of Austin's Progressive Country Music Scene (2011) and The Country Music Reader (2014). He has also published widely on a variety of U.S. music topics.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
CHAPTER 1: PROGRESSIVE COUNTRY MUSIC AS LOCAL MUSIC
CHAPTER 2: "I JUST WANNA BE A COSMIC COWBOY":
PASTORAL IMAGERY AND PROGRESSIVE COUNTRY MUSIC
CHAPTER 3: "UP AGAINST THE WALL, REDNECK MOTHER":
COSMIC COWBOYS AND CULTURAL CONFLICT IN RURAL TEXAS
CHAPTER 4: ¡VIVA TERLINGUA!: LIVE RECORDINGS AND
THE AUTHENTICITY OF PROGRESSIVE COUNTRY MUSIC
CHAPTER 5: "BOB WILLS IS STILL THE KING":
PROGRESSIVE COUNTRY AND THE REVIVAL OF WESTERN SWING
CONCLUSION: "A GATHERING OF THE TRIBES": MUSIC FESTIVALS
AND CONFLUENCE IN AUSTIN
WORKS CITED
DISCOGRAPHY
FILMOGRAPHY
NOTES
INDEX