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STOMP AND SWERVE: AMERICAN MUSIC GETS HOT, 1843 - 1924 by David Wondrich Early decades of American popular music are the dark ages, until the mid-1920s when recordings became popular. This book brings a forgotten music, hot music, to life by describing how it became ..more... - on order, expected arrival date unknown #542-216 $17.95

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LIFE FLOWS ON IN ENDLESS SONG: FOLK SONGS AND AMERICAN HISTORY by Robert V. Wells An engaging survey of what folk songs tell us about the American past. Wells discusses how folk songs emerged from particular historical circumstances and evolved as they migrated from one ..more... #542-239 $25.00

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I HEAR A VOICE CALLING: A BLUEGRASS MEMOIR by Gene Lowinger During the final years of Bill Monroe's life, bluegrass fiddler Lowinger took a series of photos of Bill on the road. These photos and others are interwoven into Lowinger's own story of a New ..more... #542-238 $19.95

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IT STILL MOVES: LOST SONGS, LOST HIGHWAYS, AND THE SEARCH FOR THE NEXT AMERICAN MUSIC by Amanda Petrusich Petrusich takes us on a tour through the roots of American rural music, stopping at eccentric motels, visiting mythic sites of recording sessions and reciting heroic tales of song-catching and ..more... #542-235 $15.00

BARRELHOUSE BLUES: LOCATION RECORDING AND THE EARLY TRADITIONS OF THE BLUES by Paul Oliver Explores the folk traditions that preceded and shaped the blues style as well as the conditions under which first recordings were made. Barrelhouse Blues traces the recordings made at such ..more... #542-236 $24.95

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WAITING FOR A TRAIN: JIMMIE RODGER'S AMERICA ed. by Mary Davis and Warren Zanes Scholars, critics, and musical artists give their viewpoints on his music and his influence. With contributions by Dave Alvin, Rodney Crowell, Bob Dylan, Marty Stuart, Steve Forbert, Tom ..more... #158-58 $17.95

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LIFT EVERY VOICE: THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC by Burton Peretti Traces the roots of black music in Africa and slavery and its evolution in the United States from the end of slavery to the present day. The music's creators, consumers, and distributors are ..more... #542-224 $34.95

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CAFE SOCIETY: THE WRONG PLACE FOR THE RIGHT PEOPLE by Barney Josephson, et al Tells the personal history of Barney Josephson, proprietor of the legendary interracial New York city night clubs Cafe Society Downtown and Cafe Society Uptown, and their successor, The ..more... #542-223 $29.95

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COUNTRY MUSIC RECORDS: A DISCOGRAPHY, 1921 - 1942 by Tony Russell, Bob Pinson Documents all country music recording sessions from 1921 until 1942. Until now, discographies of pre-World War II country music recordings were only to be found scattered in journals and ..more... #542-221 $49.95

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RECORD MAKERS AND BREAKERS : VOICES OF THE INDEPENDENT ROCK 'N' ROLL PIONEERS by John Broven This engaging history of the independent rock 'n' roll record industry from its raw regional beginnings in the 1940s with R&B and hillbilly music through its decline in the 1960s combines ..more... #542-220 $50.00

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THE HAYLOFT GANG: THE STORY OF THE NATIONAL BARN DANCE ed. by Chad Berry The Barn Dance was the nation's most popular country music radio show during the 1930s and 1940s, defining country and western entertainment until it was supplanted by the Grand Ole Opry and ..more... #75-50 $24.95

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DELTA BLUES: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE MISSISSIPPI MASTERS WHO REVOLUTIONIZED AMERICAN MUSIC Ted Gioia An analysis of the influence of Mississippi Delta music traces its rise from the plantation songs of the nineteenth century through the achievements of modern performers, in a tribute that ..more... #542-210 $27.95

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BLUEGRASS TIME: A MUSICIAN'S PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE EARLY DAYS OF BLUEGRASS FESTIVALS by Phil Zimmerman Featuring photographs taken between 1972 and 1984, the book documents the passing of the torch from the first generation pioneers of bluegrass to their successors, as well as capturing the ..more... #714-1 $25.00

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LINTHEAD STOMP: THE CREATION OF COUNTRY MUSIC IN THE PIEDMONT SOUTH by Patrick Huber An exploration of the origins and development of American country music in the Piedmont's mill villages examines a colorful cast of musicians: Fiddlin' John Carson, Charlie Poole, Dave McCarn, ..more... #542-211 $30.00

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IT STILL MOVES: LOST SONGS, LOST HIGHWAYS, AND THE SEARCH FOR THE NEXT AMERICAN MUSIC by Amanda Petrusich A survey of the modern world's avant garde folk scene pays tribute to the traditions of such genres as gospel, bluegrass, and rock while tracing the rise of Americana music, in an account that ..more... #542-205 $25.00

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GUITAR IN AMERICA: VICTORIAN ERA TO JAZZ AGE by Jeffrey J. Noonan Offers a history of the instrument from America's late Victorian period to the jazz age. The opening chapter traces the guitar's use in this country from the Colonial era up to the 1880s. The ..more... #701-3 $50.00

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FIDDLING WAY OUT YONDER: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF MELVIN WINE by Drew Beisswenger From a small mountain town in West Virginia, elder fiddler Wine has inspired musicians and music enthusiasts far beyond his homeplace. Wine, a farmer, a coal miner, a father of ten children, ..more... #701-2 $45.00

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TRUMPET RECORDS: DIAMONDS ON FARISH STREET by Marc W. Ryan In a new edition, the history of a regional record company and the blues, gospel, and R&B greats it launched nationally. Elmore James, Sonny Boy Williamson, Little Milton, James Waller - all ..more... #701-1 $20.00

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MYSTERY TRAIN by Greil Marcus A new edition of the classic study of rock music traces the evolution of the genre as exemplified in the careers of six key artists -- Robert Johnson, Harmonica Frank, Randy Newman, the Band, ..more... #542-195 .. list $17.00 ours $8.00

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THE BANJO ENTERTAINERS: ROOTS TO RAGTIME, A BANJO HISTORY by Lowell H. Schreyer Focuses on the hundreds of banjoists who made their living as professional entertainers from the minstrel period of the early 1800's into the ragtime era leading into the 20th Century. Also ..more... #692-1 $35.00

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