Author: Kathleen Tracy
Publisher: ECW Press
ISBN: 1550224182
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
This look at the Dixie Chicks, who have almost single-handedly reinvented a classic country sound, covers their career and evolution of the group, including their professional struggles to get Nashville to take them seriously, and their personal struggles. Color and bandw photos.
The Dixie Chicks
Author: Kathleen Tracy
Publisher: ECW Press
ISBN: 1550224182
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
This look at the Dixie Chicks, who have almost single-handedly reinvented a classic country sound, covers their career and evolution of the group, including their professional struggles to get Nashville to take them seriously, and their personal struggles. Color and bandw photos.
Publisher: ECW Press
ISBN: 1550224182
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
This look at the Dixie Chicks, who have almost single-handedly reinvented a classic country sound, covers their career and evolution of the group, including their professional struggles to get Nashville to take them seriously, and their personal struggles. Color and bandw photos.
Fleetwood Mac - Anthology Songbook
Author: Fleetwood Mac
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1495032981
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). 27 hits from these rock legends in piano/vocal/guitar arrangements. Includes: The Chain * Don't Stop * Dreams * Gold Dust Woman * Gypsy * Hold Me * Landslide * Little Lies * Over My Head * Rhiannon * Say You Love Me * You Make Lovin' Fun * and more.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1495032981
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). 27 hits from these rock legends in piano/vocal/guitar arrangements. Includes: The Chain * Don't Stop * Dreams * Gold Dust Woman * Gypsy * Hold Me * Landslide * Little Lies * Over My Head * Rhiannon * Say You Love Me * You Make Lovin' Fun * and more.
Boycotts and Dixie Chicks
Author: Andrew S. McFarland
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317263006
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Boycotts and Dixie Chicks introduces the concept of 'creative political participation', collective political actions which do not use traditional methods and which are innovative, collaborative and creative in character. Andrew S. McFarland discusses creative participation on issues concerning the environment, political corruption, consumer rights, and transnational issues. He draws on specific examples including anti-corruption demonstrations in contemporary rural China, community action in 1890s Wisconsin, consumer boycotts of Shell Oil, ExxonMobil, the Nestle Corporation, and the Dixie Chicks music group, the 'colour revolutions' and transnational fair trade and transparency activism. Written in an engaging, everyday language and using a wide variety of sources and case studies, Boycotts and Dixie Chicks is highly recommended for students of alternative social and political movements and sociology.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317263006
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Boycotts and Dixie Chicks introduces the concept of 'creative political participation', collective political actions which do not use traditional methods and which are innovative, collaborative and creative in character. Andrew S. McFarland discusses creative participation on issues concerning the environment, political corruption, consumer rights, and transnational issues. He draws on specific examples including anti-corruption demonstrations in contemporary rural China, community action in 1890s Wisconsin, consumer boycotts of Shell Oil, ExxonMobil, the Nestle Corporation, and the Dixie Chicks music group, the 'colour revolutions' and transnational fair trade and transparency activism. Written in an engaging, everyday language and using a wide variety of sources and case studies, Boycotts and Dixie Chicks is highly recommended for students of alternative social and political movements and sociology.
Dixie Chicks
Author: James L. Dickerson
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN: 1461708745
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
In Dixie Chicks: Down-Home and Backstage, James L. Dickerson tells the behind-the-scenes story of the band, drawing from interviews with former band members, scores of insiders, and the band's enormous Internet fan base. This book recounts the early struggles to make it in the male-dominated country music world, the sometimes-fun and sometimes-wild adventures of life on the road, and the intimate details of the Chicks' evolution from bluegrass purists to country-pop divas.
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN: 1461708745
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
In Dixie Chicks: Down-Home and Backstage, James L. Dickerson tells the behind-the-scenes story of the band, drawing from interviews with former band members, scores of insiders, and the band's enormous Internet fan base. This book recounts the early struggles to make it in the male-dominated country music world, the sometimes-fun and sometimes-wild adventures of life on the road, and the intimate details of the Chicks' evolution from bluegrass purists to country-pop divas.
Rednecks & Bluenecks
Author: Chris Willman
Publisher: Rednecks & Bluenecks
ISBN: 9781595580177
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Willman looks at the way country music's increasing popularity and conservative drift parallel the transformation of the Democratic South into the heart of the Republican mainstream.
Publisher: Rednecks & Bluenecks
ISBN: 9781595580177
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Willman looks at the way country music's increasing popularity and conservative drift parallel the transformation of the Democratic South into the heart of the Republican mainstream.
Taking the Long Way
Author: Dixie Chicks
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 9780739043431
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Alfred is pleased to release the album-matching folio for the Dixie Chicks' platinum-selling record Taking The Long Way. Produced by Rick Rubin, Taking The Long Way has already reached the No. 1 spot on both the Billboard Top 200 and Hot Country Albums charts (2006), and produced the hit singles "Not Ready To Make Nice," "Lullaby" and "Everybody Knows." This book provides the lyrics, along with piano and chord arrangements for all the songs on the record. Titles are: The Long Way Around * Easy Silence * Not Ready to Make Nice * Everybody Knows * Bitter End * Lullaby * Lubbock or Leave It * Silent House * Favorite Year * Voice Inside My Head * I Like It * Baby Hold On * So Hard * I Hope.
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 9780739043431
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Alfred is pleased to release the album-matching folio for the Dixie Chicks' platinum-selling record Taking The Long Way. Produced by Rick Rubin, Taking The Long Way has already reached the No. 1 spot on both the Billboard Top 200 and Hot Country Albums charts (2006), and produced the hit singles "Not Ready To Make Nice," "Lullaby" and "Everybody Knows." This book provides the lyrics, along with piano and chord arrangements for all the songs on the record. Titles are: The Long Way Around * Easy Silence * Not Ready to Make Nice * Everybody Knows * Bitter End * Lullaby * Lubbock or Leave It * Silent House * Favorite Year * Voice Inside My Head * I Like It * Baby Hold On * So Hard * I Hope.
Pretty Good for a Girl
Author: Murphy Hicks Henry
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 025209588X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
The first book devoted entirely to women in bluegrass, Pretty Good for a Girl documents the lives of more than seventy women whose vibrant contributions to the development of bluegrass have been, for the most part, overlooked. Accessibly written and organized by decade, the book begins with Sally Ann Forrester, who played accordion and sang with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys from 1943 to 1946, and continues into the present with artists such as Alison Krauss, Rhonda Vincent, and the Dixie Chicks. Drawing from extensive interviews, well-known banjoist Murphy Hicks Henry gives voice to women performers and innovators throughout bluegrass's history, including such pioneers as Bessie Lee Mauldin, Wilma Lee Cooper, and Roni and Donna Stoneman; family bands including the Lewises, Whites, and McLains; and later pathbreaking performers such as the Buffalo Gals and other all-girl bands, Laurie Lewis, Lynn Morris, Missy Raines, and many others.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 025209588X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
The first book devoted entirely to women in bluegrass, Pretty Good for a Girl documents the lives of more than seventy women whose vibrant contributions to the development of bluegrass have been, for the most part, overlooked. Accessibly written and organized by decade, the book begins with Sally Ann Forrester, who played accordion and sang with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys from 1943 to 1946, and continues into the present with artists such as Alison Krauss, Rhonda Vincent, and the Dixie Chicks. Drawing from extensive interviews, well-known banjoist Murphy Hicks Henry gives voice to women performers and innovators throughout bluegrass's history, including such pioneers as Bessie Lee Mauldin, Wilma Lee Cooper, and Roni and Donna Stoneman; family bands including the Lewises, Whites, and McLains; and later pathbreaking performers such as the Buffalo Gals and other all-girl bands, Laurie Lewis, Lynn Morris, Missy Raines, and many others.
Shut Up and Sing
Author: Laura Ingraham
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1621571491
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Feisty radio sensation Laura Ingraham is tired of the Hollywood Left--and she has all the answers in this pugnacious, funny, and devastating critique of the liberals who hate America.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1621571491
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Feisty radio sensation Laura Ingraham is tired of the Hollywood Left--and she has all the answers in this pugnacious, funny, and devastating critique of the liberals who hate America.
Go, Girl, Go!: The Women's Revolution in Music
Author: James L. Dickerson
Publisher: Schirmer Trade Books
ISBN: 0857122622
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Women have been important players in the recording industry from the very beginning, but not until 1996 did they out-chart their male competitors and pull ahead in the race for hits. Go, Girl, Go! provides a nearly 100-year history of women in music, beginning with Lil Hardin Armstrong and Billie Holiday, and continuing up to present-day artists such as Britney Spears and Norah Jones. The book features a thoughtful analysis of the 1996 revolution, along with interviews with artists such as Shania Twain, Pat Benatar, Brenda Lee, Bonnie Raitt, Melissa Etheridge, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Tiffany, and Tammy Wynette, and executives such as Garth Brooks' ex-manager Pam Lewis, BMI head Frances Preston, Stax Records co-founder Estelle Axton, and Tracey Edmonds of Yab Yum Entertainment. The only definitive history of the women who have made popular music during the past 100 years, with details and stories from over 185 different women musicians and industry executives.
Publisher: Schirmer Trade Books
ISBN: 0857122622
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Women have been important players in the recording industry from the very beginning, but not until 1996 did they out-chart their male competitors and pull ahead in the race for hits. Go, Girl, Go! provides a nearly 100-year history of women in music, beginning with Lil Hardin Armstrong and Billie Holiday, and continuing up to present-day artists such as Britney Spears and Norah Jones. The book features a thoughtful analysis of the 1996 revolution, along with interviews with artists such as Shania Twain, Pat Benatar, Brenda Lee, Bonnie Raitt, Melissa Etheridge, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Tiffany, and Tammy Wynette, and executives such as Garth Brooks' ex-manager Pam Lewis, BMI head Frances Preston, Stax Records co-founder Estelle Axton, and Tracey Edmonds of Yab Yum Entertainment. The only definitive history of the women who have made popular music during the past 100 years, with details and stories from over 185 different women musicians and industry executives.
The Rainbow Chicks
Author: Dixie Chetty
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN: 1628573112
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 17
Book Description
Immediately before the first democratic elections in South Africa in 1994, there was a farm there with a mother hen named Gwen, who was about to have chicks.She made a wish upon a star for her chicks to be special. On the day of the election, the chicks were born, each one being a different colour of the rainbow.The Rainbow Chicks is named after Rainbow Nation, a term used to describe post-apartheid South Africa, where people of all colours now have the right to vote.This inspiring children's story was inspired by real events in South Africa that changed the world! Dixie Chetty lives in Durban and works for the government of South Africa. This is her first book.
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN: 1628573112
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 17
Book Description
Immediately before the first democratic elections in South Africa in 1994, there was a farm there with a mother hen named Gwen, who was about to have chicks.She made a wish upon a star for her chicks to be special. On the day of the election, the chicks were born, each one being a different colour of the rainbow.The Rainbow Chicks is named after Rainbow Nation, a term used to describe post-apartheid South Africa, where people of all colours now have the right to vote.This inspiring children's story was inspired by real events in South Africa that changed the world! Dixie Chetty lives in Durban and works for the government of South Africa. This is her first book.