The Nashville Sound by Paul HemphillMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This bit of investigative journalism on Nashville reeling from the rise of rock with Music Row largely vacants and in decline touts itself on the cover name-dropping luminaries covered here including George Jones, Patsy Cline, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, etc. However, much more ink is spent on and insight gathered from such key figures slugging away in the trenches of transformation such as Whisperin’ Bill Anderson, Billy Dilworth, and John Wesley Ryles. This is a must read for the serious fan of post-hillbilly popular country music.
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