Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues Revisited (Distributed for the Country Music Foundation Press) - Softcover

Country Music Hall Of Fame And Museum Staff; Gray, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0915608448 ISBN 13: 9780915608447

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2024

Synopsis

Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues Revisited is the companion book to the twentieth anniversary reprise of a special exhibition examining a vibrant, little-known chapter in the history of Music City USA. Together, the exhibition at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and this companion book illuminate an important era in Nashville’s music history.
Among the stories recounted in these pages:

• The ways that iconic musicians including Little Richard and Jimi Hendrix honed their skills on Nashville bandstands.
• How Nashville led the way in broadcasting groundbreaking and influential R&B on radio station WLAC and through the TV shows Night Train and The!!!!Beat.
• The musical collaborations of R&B stalwarts such as Bobby Hebb and Jimmy Sweeney with country musicians.
• The recording of Etta James’s scorching live album Etta James Rocks the House at Nashville’s New Era Club.

Includes more than 100 photographs and capsule descriptions of classic R&B records cut in Nashville.

About this title

About the Author

The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum collects, preserves, and interprets the evolving history and traditions of country music. Through exhibits, publications, and educational programs, the Museum teaches its diverse audiences about the enduring beauty and cultural importance of country music.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0915608448
• ISBN 13: 9780915608447
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 72
• Editor: Gray Michael, Kingsbury Paul