McCoy Charlie McCoy, Stimeling Travis D. Stimeling

Fifty Cents and a Box Top (eBook, ePUB)

The Creative Life of Nashville Session Musician Charlie McCoy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

From Ann-Margret to Bob Dylan and George Jones to Simon & Garfunkel, Nashville harmonica virtuoso and multi-instrumentalist Charlie McCoy has contributed to some of the most successful recordings of country, pop, and rock music of the last six decades. As the leader of the Hee Haw "e;Million-Dollar Band,"e; McCoy spent more than two decades appearing on the television screens of country music fans around the United States. And, as a solo artist, he has entertained audiences across North America, Europe, and Japan and has earned numerous honors as a result. Fifty Cents and a Box Top: The Creative Life of Nashville Session Musician Charlie McCoy offers rare firsthand insights into life in the recording studio, on the road, and on the small screen as Nashville became a leading center of popular music production in the 1960s and as a young McCoy established himself as one of the most sought after session musicians in the country.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: West Virginia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781943665723
• Artikelnr.: 72316392

Autorenporträt

Over the course of his nearly six-decade career as a session musician, harmonica virtuoso, and multi-instrumentalist Charlie McCoy has appeared on thousands of country, pop, and rock recordings. A member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Musicians Hall of Fame, and the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame, McCoy also led the famous "Million-Dollar Band" on the syndicated country music program Hee Haw for more than two decades. Travis D. Stimeling is associate professor of musicology at West Virginia University, where he also directs the WVU Bluegrass and Old-Time Bands. His previous books include Cosmic Cowboys, New Hicks: The Countercultural Sounds of Austin's Progressive Country Music Scene, The Country Music Reader, and Songwriting in Contemporary West Virginia: Profiles and Reflections, published by WVU Press.