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During the 20th century, the term folk music took on a second meaning: it describes a particular kind of popular music which is culturally descended from or otherwise influenced by traditional folk music. Like other popular music, this kind of folk music is most often performed by experts and is transmitted in organized performances and commercially distributed recordings. However, popular music has filled some of the roles and purposes of folk music where it has replaced it. www.wikpedia.org

TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGES	FORMAT	PRICE	PURCHASE	BOOK DETAILS
A Toast to Baldy Red: Back Porch Ballads and Parlour Poems	Holt, Sid	164	P	$12.95
Baby Let Me Follow you Down	Schmidt, Eric	317	P	$29.50		The illustrated history of the Cambridge folk years.
Blackwell Guide to Recorded Country Music	Allen, Bob	411	H	$37.50		Suggests 100 essential Cds and 300 more highlyly recommended ones.
Born A Woman: Seven Canadian Women Singer-Songwriters	Schwartz, Ellen	158	P	$12.95
Carry it on: Story of America's Working People in Song and Picture	Seeger, Pete	255	P	$18.25		This will get your blood boiling.
Coal Miners Daughter	Lynn, Loretta	204	P	$10.25
Country Music Catalogue	Byworth, Tony	500	P	$28.50
Country Music Culture: From Hard Times to Heaven	Ellison, Curtis	314	P	$22.25
Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music	Millard, Bob	328	P	$26.25		Large format, tons of photos and text. Overview.
Country Musicians	Clark, Roy	149	P	$19.95		All the big names are covered with many black & white photos.
Country on CD: The Essential Guide	Hall, Doug	217	P	$24.75		Recommended listenings from the big names.
Country on Compact Disc	Kingsbury, Paul	286	P	$24.95		Over 2,000 discs covered.
Cruel Tears: A Country Opera	Mitchell, Ken	80	P	$3.95
Folk-Songs for Choirs 1	Rutter, John	84	P	$18.95
Folk-Songs for Choirs 2	Rutter, John	85	P	$18.50
For the Good of the Nation	Rosselson, Leon	80	P	$10.95
Git Along, Little Dogie: Songs, Songmakers from American West	White, John	221	H	$23.95		Comes with a soundsheet and covers Owen Wister, Will Barnes, and others.
Gospel Music Encyclopedia	Anderson, Robert	320	H	$12.95
Grand Ole Opry: Complete Story	Hagan, Chet	346	P	$19.95		The story of the institution with over 100 photos.
Hank Williams: A Bio-Bibliography	Koon, George	180	H	$57.95
Judy Collins: Trust Your Heart	Collins, Judy	266	H	$4.95
Judy Collins: Trust Your Heart (Used)	Collins, Judy	266	H	$4.95
Patsy: Life and Times of Patsy Cline	Jones, Margaret	335	H	$28.95
Poplore: Folk and Pop in American Culture	Bluestein, Gene	167	P	$18.25		Redefines folklore making it more relevant to modern America.
Roy Acuff: The Smoky Mountain Boy	Schlappi, Elizabeth	289	H	$21.50
Singing Soldiers: A History of the Civil War in Song	Glass, Paul	300	P	$17.50		A huge collection of songs with social commentary.
Songs from the Hills: An Intimate Photgraphic Look at Country Music	Matthiessen, Maria	131	H	$14.95
Sounds of the South	Patterson, Daniel	219	P	$17.95
Southern Folk Ballads Volume 2	McNeil, W.	222	P	$16.95		Numerous songs and a great deal of commentary.
Stars of Country Music	Malone, Bill	476	H	$29.50
The Bottom Line is Money: Guide to Songwriting, Nashville Industry	Pierce, Jennifer	328	P	$27.95		A comprehensive guide to songwriting & the Nashville music industry.
The Canadian Folk Music Bulletin	Society for Music	56	P	$5.50
The Country Music Book of Lists	Dellar, Fred	175	P	$12.95
The Country Music Message: Revisited	Rogers, Jimmie	268	P	$14.95
The Country Western Guide to Life	Flodin, Mickey	128	P	$9.50		Trivia such as "Alan Jackson used to drive a forklift at K-Mart."
The Folk Music Sourcebook	Sandberg, Larry	272	P	$19.95
The Gift to be Simple	Andrews, Edward	170	P	$16.50		Songs, dances & rituals of the American Shakers.
The Hank Snow Story	Snow, Hank	555	H	$29.50
The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock	Reid, Jan	342	P	$4.95
The Life and Music of Stan Rogers	Gudgeon, Chris	217	H	$25.50
The New Country Music Encyclopedia	Richards, Tad	270	P	$18.25		Covers all of the latest figures in country. Includes B & W photos.
The New Folk Music	Harris, Craig	150	P	$23.95		Covers the major trends in folk music as it moves into the 90s.
The Poets of Tin Pan Alley	Furia, Philip	322	H	$29.50
The Songwriter's and Musician's Guide to Nashville	Bond, Sherry	176	P	$27.95
The Study of Folk Music in the Modern World	Bohlman, Philip	159	P	$26.50		Lots of examples/ Middle East/American ethnic communities.
The Women of Country Music: Singers and Sweethearts	Dew, Joan	148	H	$7.50
Who's Who in Country Music	Skaggs, Ricky	128	P	$23.95
Willie: An Autobiography	Nelson, Willie	334	H	$26.95
Woody Guthrie: A Life	Klein, Joe	493	P	$6.95

Baby Let Me Follow You	Blackwell Guide to Country	Coal Miner's Daughter
Roy Acuff	The Folk Music Sourcebook	The Hank Snow Story

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