by Irwin Stambler and Grelun Landon

Now Available in Paperback

     

 

   

       Another  volume  co-authored by Irwin Stambler, Country Music: The Encyclopedia  provides an excellent complement to Folk & Blues.  Besides entries on classic artists like Kitty Wells, Roy Acuff, and Hank Williams, the book also provides material on a number of artists with folk and country credentials, such as Guy Clark, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Gillian Welch, and Alison Krauss & Union Station. The encyclopedia covers a variety of  related  genres: country rock, bluegrass, rockabilly, country gospel, honky-tonk, western swing, and cowboy and cowgirl artists. 

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        Country Music: The Encyclopedia  represents the third edition covering the field assembled by Irwin Stambler and Grelun Landon.  The 1983 edition was named a Reference Book of the Year by the Library Journal, which also presented a favorable review of the latest version.    As a vice president with a major music publishing company, Grelun Landon worked with many of the top stars of the Grand Ole Opry and later served as president of the Country Music Foundation (which operates the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville).  For many years he handled promotional activities for Elvis Presley (whose gold Cadillac with Elvis’ initial gold records  mounted on its interior walls was stored for several years in Landon’s garage before being placed on exhibition at the Nashville Hall of Fame).

            In a review, Al Riess of Dirty Linen (August/September ’98), notes: "Country Music: The Encyclopedia is a very interesting, informative, and entertaining book that can be used as a reference source or just for browsing.  The substantial entries are written in a relaxed, conversational style and contain a mix of  biographical background material on the people covered, highlights of their careers, and information on songs and albums they recorded."   

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