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In Smile When You Call Me a Hillbilly, Jeffrey J. Lange examines the 1940s and early 1950s as the most crucial period in country music's transformation from a rural, southern folk art form to a national phenomenon.

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A very good summation of country music's history during the crucial years. Lange does a particularly good job in exploring the tensions that accompanied the efforts made by entertainers and fans to create a musical product that would be both popular and roots-based. That struggle, of course, is still very much a part of the country music scene today. - Bill C. Malone, author of Don't Get above Your Raisin'

Smile When You Call Me a Hillbilly Country

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      Publisher: LUP - University of Georgia Press
      Publication Date: 8/31/2004 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780820326238, 978-0820326238
      ISBN10: 0820326232

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      Book Synopsis
      In Smile When You Call Me a Hillbilly, Jeffrey J. Lange examines the 1940s and early 1950s as the most crucial period in country music's transformation from a rural, southern folk art form to a national phenomenon.

      Trade Review
      A very good summation of country music's history during the crucial years. Lange does a particularly good job in exploring the tensions that accompanied the efforts made by entertainers and fans to create a musical product that would be both popular and roots-based. That struggle, of course, is still very much a part of the country music scene today. - Bill C. Malone, author of Don't Get above Your Raisin'

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