Country music goes to war
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Country music goes to war
University Press of Kentucky, c2005
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Includes bibliographical references
Contents of Works
- The Civil War in country music tradition / Andrew K. Smith and James E. Akenson
- "Bloody war" : war songs in early country music / Charles K. Wolfe
- "There's a Star Spangled Banner waving somewhere" : the story behind its success / Louis B. Hatchett Jr. and W.K. Mcneil
- Gene Autry in World War II / Don Cusic
- Peace in the valley : the development of John Lair's enterprises during WW II / Michael Ann Williams
- Hayloft patriotism : the national barn dance during World War II / Wayne W. Daniel
- "Jesus hits like an atom bomb" : nuclear warfare in country music, 1944-56 / Charles K. Wolfe
- Purple hearts, Heartbreak Ridge, and Korean mud : pain, patriotism, and faith in the "Police action" / Ivan M. Tribe
- "Dear Ivan" : country music perspectives on the Soviet Union and the Cold War / Kevin S. Fontenot
- "True patriot" : Brian Letton goes to war / Rae Waer
- "Alternative" to what? : O brother, September 11, and the politics of country music / Aaron A. Fox
- Ulster loyalism and country music, 1969-85 / David A. Wilson
- In whose name? : country artists speak out on Gulf War II / Randy Rudder
- Country music : a teaching tool for dealing with war / James E. Akenson
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Two current popular country music acts, the Dixie Chicks and Toby Keith, have fired verbal volleys at each other during recent years. While Toby Keith has suggested that all Americans should unite in support of the president in these critical times, the Dixie Chicks have asserted their rights to criticize the current administration and its military pursuits. The essays in Country Music Goes to War demonstrate that country musicians' engagement with significant political and military issues is not strictly a twenty-first-century phenomenon. In fact, country songs about war are nearly as old as the genre itself, and the first gold record in country music went to the 1942 war song ""There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere,"" by Elton Britt. The contributors to Country Music Goes to War examine the output of country musicians responding to America's large-scale confrontations in recent history: World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam, the cold war, September 11, and both conflicts in the Persian Gulf. They address the ways in which country songs and artists have energized public discourse, captured hearts, and inspired millions of minds.
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