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Outlaw
Contributor(s): Streissguth, Michael (Author)
ISBN: 0062038192     ISBN-13: 9780062038197
Publisher: It Books
OUR PRICE:   $15.19  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Music
- Music | Genres & Styles - Country & Bluegrass - General
- Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2012043490
Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.24" W x 8.87" (0.70 lbs) 304 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

Outlaw by acclaimed author Michael Streissguth follows the stories of three legends as they redefined country music: Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson.

Streissguth delves into the country music scene in the late '60s and early '70s, when these rebels found themselves in Music City writing songs and vying for record deals. Channeling the unrest of the times, all three Country Music Hall of Famers resisted the music industry's unwritten rules and emerged as leaders of the outlaw movement that ultimately changed the recording industry.

Outlaw offers a broad portrait of the outlaw movement in Nashville that includes a diverse secondary cast of characters, such as Johnny Cash, Rodney Crowell, Kinky Friedman, and Billy Joe Shaver, among others.

With archival photographs throughout, Outlaw is a comprehensive examination of a fascinating shift in country music, and the three unbelievably talented musicians who forged the way.


Contributor Bio(s): Streissguth, Michael: -

Michael Streissguth is the author of eight books, including Johnny Cash: The Biography. A professor in the Department of Communication and Film Studies at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York, he has written for Mojo, the Journal of Country Music, Bluegrass Unlimited, and many other publications. He has written and produced two documentary films, Record Paradise and Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison. He lives in Syracuse with his wife and family.