Cover image for Nashville City blues : my journey as an American songwriter / James Talley ; foreword by Peter Guralnick.
Title:
Nashville City blues : my journey as an American songwriter / James Talley ; foreword by Peter Guralnick.
ISBN:
9780806191775

9780806191751
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2023]
Physical Description:
xiii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Series information from publisher's website.

Includes index.
Contents:
Songs of My Oklahoma Home -- In the Spanish Southwest -- An Old Brick Warehouse on Trumbull Street -- Learning the Blues in Nashville -- John Hammond, Clive Davis, and Jerry Wexler -- At the Old Hound's Ear Studio -- Working for Wages Again in Nashville -- How Can It Be Any Good? We Didn't Pay Anything for It -- It's All about the Money That's Made -- The Great Southeast Music Hall and the Palomino Club -- B. B. and the Carter Inauguration -- But Art Isn't Enough -- Philip Morris, the White House, and a Trip to Montana -- I No Longer Had Anyone I Needed to Call in New York -- They Don't Matter Anyway -- Bear Family, the Capitol Reissues, and Cimarron Records -- A Creative Oasis in South Texas, and Those Who Can't -- And That's How I Will Finish -- Appendix. James Talley Discography.
Summary:
""Memoir of an artist's ideals up against the Nashville recording industry, by one of Oklahoma's most important folk talents since Woody Guthrie."-Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.
Personal Subject:
OCLC Number:
on1322836896
Availability:
Apple Valley - Galaxie~1

Eagan - Wescott~1
Holds: