| Contents |
Prologue : March 1991 -- Linthead pop : Charlie Poole, the father of mill-town rock (and the first rock star) -- Step it up and go : Blind Boy Fuller, Durham, and the Piedmont blues -- Through the airwaves : Arthur Smith in Charlotte -- Rocket man : Earl Scruggs and the birth of bluegrass -- From gospel to rhythm and blues : the "5" Royales and the rise of a new African American sound -- The American folk revival comes to North Carolina : Doc Watson -- Breaking color lines at the beach : the Embers and beach music -- The eight-track era of rock and roll : Nantucket's long way to the top -- Combo corner : Mitch Easter's Winston-Salem -- Chapel Hill : the "next Seattle" era -- How to make it in the music business without really trying : Colonial, Sugar Hill, and Merge Records -- Y'alternative : the rise of Americana -- Salvation songs : the Avett Brothers -- Songs of immigrants and emigrants : from Nina Simone to the Kruger Brothers -- Hip-hop goes to college : 9th Wonder and Little Brother -- Famous on television : Scotty McCreery, Clay Aiken, Fantasia Barrino, and American idol -- Epilogue : September 2013. |
| Abstract |
"This book is a love letter to North Carolina's popular music in all its many-splendored glory, from bluegrass, folk, and country to R & B, rock, and pop. Though the state's diverse music scenes have often operated in the shadows of better-known hubs for popular genres-New York, Los Angeles, Detroit, Nashville, Austin, and Athens, Georgia-David Menconi shows North Carolina's influence on American popular music runs deep. He uses profiles of artists and their role in creating or shaping genres to reveal the richness of the state's musical landscape, with an arc that runs from the origin of recorded music in the state to the digital age"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| Genre/form | Popular music. |
| LCCN | 2020011784 |
| ISBN | 9781469659350 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 1469659352 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | electronic book |
