| Contents |
Alabama's contributions to music. Early history ; That jazz and more ; The 1960s and beyond -- Biographies. Alabama ; Billy Bang ; Jesse Randall "J. R." "Pap" Baxter ; Blind Boys of Alabama ; Nat King Cole ; The Delmore Brothers ; Cleveland Eaton ; Eric Essix ; Eddie Floyd ; William Christopher Handy ; Emmylou Harris ; Odetta Holmes ; Sonny James ; Eddie Kendrick, Paul Williams and Melvin Franklin ; The Louvin Brothers ; Hugh Martin ; Jerry "Boogie" McCain ; Jim Nabors ; Sam Phillips ; Wilson Pickett ; Martha Reeves ; Clarence "Pinetop" Smith and Charles Edward "Cow Cow" Davenport ; The Stripling Brothers ; Sun Ra ; Ward Swingle ; Toni Tennille, Jim Mahaffey and Dave Edwards ; Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton ; Vera Hall Ward, Rich Amerson and Dock Reed ; Dinah Washington ; Jolly "Little Whitt" Wells and Cleo "Big Bo" McGee ; Hank Williams and Tee-Tot Payne -- And more: mini-biographies. Michael Graham Allen ; Ernie Ashworth ; Azure Ray ; Bo Bice ; Buddy Buie ; Jim Cavender ; The Civil Wars ; Tommy Couch ; William Levi Dawson ; William Lee Golden ; Vern Gosdin ; Coot Grant ; Urbie Green ; Mary Gresham ; Joe Guy ; Freddie Hart ; Haywood Henry ; Taylor Hicks ; Jerome Hopkins ; Matthew Houck ; Eddie Levert ; Sammy Lowe and J. L. Lowe ; Lucky Millinder ; Henry Panion III ; Susanna Phillips ; Ray Reach ; Willie Ruff ; Ray Sawyer ; The Secret Sisters ; Tommy Shaw ; Tommy Stewart ; Gene Sullivan ; The Thrasher Brothers ; The Treniers ; Mack Vickery ; Mervyn Warren ; The Watters Brothers ; Cootie Williams ; Wet Willie. |
| Abstract |
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, legendary artists like Aretha Franklin, the Rolling Stones, Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan traveled to North Alabama to record with the Muscle Shoals Rhythm section, also known as the Swampers. But Alabama hasn't just attracted musical stars with its talent--it also has a history of creating stars of its own. Join the author as he showcases the breadth of Alabama's musical talent through the profiles and stories of its historic performers and innovators. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 2011027331 |
| ISBN | 9781609491574 |
| ISBN | 1609491572 |
