Producing country : the inside story of the great recordings /
Producing country : the inside story of the great recordings /
Michael Jarrett.
- 320 pages ; 23 cm.
- Music/interview .
- Music/interview. .
Musicians make music. Producers make records. In the early days of recorded music, the producer was the 'artists-and-repertoire man,' or A&R man, for short. A powerful figure, the A&R man chose both who would record and what they would record. His decisions profoundly shaped our musical tastes. Don Law found country bluesman Robert Johnson and honky-tonk crooner Lefty Frizzell. Cowboy Jack Clement took the initiative to record Jerry Lee Lewis. When Ray Charles said he wanted to record a country-and-western album, Sid Feller gathered songs for his consideration. The author's extensive interviews with music makers offer the fullest account ever of the producer's role in creating country music.
9780819574633 (hbk.) : £66.00 9780819574640 (pbk.) : £22.00
Country music--Production and direction--History.
Sound recording executives and producers--United States--Interviews.
781.6'42149
Musicians make music. Producers make records. In the early days of recorded music, the producer was the 'artists-and-repertoire man,' or A&R man, for short. A powerful figure, the A&R man chose both who would record and what they would record. His decisions profoundly shaped our musical tastes. Don Law found country bluesman Robert Johnson and honky-tonk crooner Lefty Frizzell. Cowboy Jack Clement took the initiative to record Jerry Lee Lewis. When Ray Charles said he wanted to record a country-and-western album, Sid Feller gathered songs for his consideration. The author's extensive interviews with music makers offer the fullest account ever of the producer's role in creating country music.
9780819574633 (hbk.) : £66.00 9780819574640 (pbk.) : £22.00
Country music--Production and direction--History.
Sound recording executives and producers--United States--Interviews.
781.6'42149