Yankee Twang: Country and Western Music in New England

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments IX Prologue. Fieldnotes on the Dick Philbrook and the Frye Mountain Band Show XIII Introduction. Reintroducing New England to the Country Music World 1 1 New England Country and Western Music and the Myth of Southern Authenticity 11 2 A History of New England Country and Western Music, 1925–1975 37 3 Finding Community in the New England Country and Western Event 105 4 Home on the Grange: The Frontier between “American” and “Immigrant” Worldviews in New England Country and Western 124 5 “It Beats Digging Clams”: The Working Life of Country and Western Musicians in the Barnstorming Era 145 6 The New England Cowboy: Regional Resistance to National Culture 167 Epilogue. “Oh, You’re Canadian”: My Night as a Canadian American in Watertown, Massachusetts 183 References 187 Index 199 Photos follow page 89. ...