Country comes to town : the music industry and the transformation of Nashville /
Jeremy Hill.
- pages cm.
- American popular music .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Nothing but realism" : early hillbilly music's blend of rural and urban -- "Country comes to town" : a new urban identity for country music in the 1960s -- "You sound like us but you look like them" : the racial politics of country music in the city of Nashville -- "Country music is wherever the soul of a country music fan is" : Opryland U.S.A. and the importance of "home" in country music -- "They're not as backward as they used to be" : country music's commercial success in the 1990s and the transformation of downtown Nashville.