Rednecks & Bluenecks The Politics of Country Music

Name: Rednecks & Bluenecks The Politics of Country Music
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ISBN: 9781595580177

ISBN-10: 1595580174

ISBN-13: 9781595580177

Edition: 2005

Authors: Chris Willman

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On the eve of America's invasion of Iraq, the Dixie Chicks went from being the leading lights of country music to heartland pariahs, thanks to one Bush-bashing aside on a London stage. A year later, the list of entertainers stumping for Dubya consisted almost exclusively of country stars such as Brooks & Dunn, Lee Ann Womack, and Travis Tritt. How did the erstwhile music of the rural working class come to be the music of choice of the GOP? In Rednecks and Bluenecks, Entertainment Weekly senior writer Chris Willman looks at the way country's increasing popularity and conservative drift parallel the transformation of the Democratic South into the heart of the Republican mainstream. Meanwhile,…

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List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: New Press, The
Publication date: 11/17/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 302
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.64" long x 1.08" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Preface: The Red Carpet: Opening Night in Greenville


Introduction: Row Rage: The Rules of Engagement in Music City, USA



Plucked: The Dixie Chicks on the Path to Slaughter



Courtesy of the Red, White, and Formerly Blue: Toby, Willie, and the Disappearance of the Southern Democrat



Opryland, D.C.: Visits with the GOP's Favorite Stars



Of Boots and Bumper Stickers: War Whoops, Peace Anthems, and Funeral Songs



Town & Country, Jungle & Trench: A Short History of Country in Wartime and Election Time



The Donkey Under the Elephant in the Room: Music Row Democrats Come Out



Steve Earle's Mouth Is Gonna Rise Again: Alt Country and the Loyal Opposition



Deep Purple: Haggard and Cash, the Omnipoliticians


Epilogue: Four More Beers: Polarization and Its Discontents


Acknowledgments


Selected Discography


Notes on Sources


Index