Air Castle of the South: WSM and the Making of Music City

About the Author

CRAIG HAVIGHURST is an independent writer and producer based in Nashville. A former music critic and business writer for the Tennessean, he now reports for public radio and writes for print and television. As a freelancer, Havighurst has contributed to the Oxford American, Entertainment Weekly, the Wall Street Journal, Acoustic Guitar, No Depression, and numerous other national publications. His short documentary on the history of WSM radio for Nashville Public Television won a regional Emmy Award. In addition, he was the recipient of the 2004 Charlie Lamb Award for Excellence in Country Music Journalism. His production company, String Theory Media, specializes in documentaries about music and musicians. i-xx_1-286_Havi.indd 281 7/17/07 10:28:34 AM Music in American Life Only a Miner: Studies in Recorded Coal-Mining Songs Archie Green Great Day Coming: Folk Music and the American Left R. Serge Denisoff John Philip Sousa: A Descriptive Catalog of His Works Paul E. Bierley The Hell-Bound Train: A Cowboy Songbook Glenn Ohrlin Oh, Didn’t He Ramble: The Life Story of Lee Collins, as Told to Mary Collins Edited by Frank J. Gillis and John W. Miner American Labor Songs of the Nineteenth Century Philip S. Foner Stars of Country Music: Uncle Dave Macon to Johnny Rodriguez Edited by Bill C. Malone and Judith McCulloh Git Along, Little Dogies: Songs and Songmakers of the American West John I. White A Texas-Mexican Cancionero: Folksongs of the Lower Border Américo Paredes San Antonio Rose: The Life and Music of Bob Wills Charles R. Townsend Early Downhome Blues: A Musical and Cultural Analysis Jeff Todd Titon An Ives Celebration: Papers and Panels of the Charles Ives Centennial Festival-Conference Edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Vivian Perlis Sinful Tunes and Spirituals: Black Folk Music to the Civil War Dena J. Epstein Joe Scott, the Woodsman-Songmaker Edward D. Ives Jimmie Rodgers: The Life and Times of America’s Blue Yodeler Nolan Porterfield Early American Music Engraving and Printing: A History of Music Publishing in America from 1787 to 1825, with Commentary on Earlier and Later Practices Richard J. Wolfe Sing a Sad Song: The Life of Hank Williams Roger M. Williams Long Steel Rail: The Railroad in American Folksong Norm Cohen Resources of American Music History: A Directory of Source Materials from Colonial Times to World War II D. W. Krummel, Jean Geil, Doris J. Dyen, and Deane L. Root Tenement Songs: The Popular Music of the Jewish Immigrants Mark Slobin Ozark Folksongs Vance Randolph; edited and abridged by Norm Cohen Oscar Sonneck and American Music Edited by William Lichtenwanger Bluegrass Breakdown: The Making of the Old Southern Sound Robert Cantwell Bluegrass: A History Neil V. Rosenberg Music at the White House: A History of the American Spirit Elise K. Kirk Red River Blues: The Blues Tradition in the Southeast Bruce Bastin Good Friends and Bad Enemies: Robert Winslow Gordon and the Study of American Folksong Debora Kodish Fiddlin’ Georgia Crazy: Fiddlin’ John Carson, His Real World, and the World of His Songs Gene Wiggins America’s Music: From the Pilgrims to the Present (rev. 3d ed.) Gilbert Chase Secular Music in Colonial Annapolis: The Tuesday Club, 1745–56 John Barry Talley Bibliographical Handbook of American Music D. W. Krummel Goin’ to Kansas City Nathan W. Pearson, Jr. “Susanna,” “Jeanie,” and “The Old Folks at Home”: The Songs of Stephen C. Foster from His Time to Ours (2d ed.) William W. Austin Songprints: The Musical Experience of Five Shoshone Women Judith Vander i-xx_1-286_Havi.indd 282 7/17/07 10:28:34 AM “Happy in the Service of the Lord”: Afro-American Gospel Quartets in Memphis Kip Lornell Paul Hindemith in the United States Luther Noss “My Song Is My Weapon”: People’s Songs, American Communism, and the Politics of Culture, 1930–50 Robbie Lieberman Chosen Voices: The Story of the American Cantorate Mark Slobin Theodore Thomas: America’s Conductor and Builder of Orchestras, 1835–1905 Ezra Schabas “The Whorehouse Bells Were Ringing” and Other Songs Cowboys Sing Guy Logsdon Crazeology: The Autobiography of a Chicago Jazzman Bud Freeman, as Told to Robert Wolf Discoursing Sweet Music: Brass Bands and Community Life in Turn-of-the-Century Pennsylvania Kenneth Kreitner Mormonism and Music: A History Michael Hicks Voices of the Jazz Age: Profiles of Eight Vintage Jazzmen Chip Deffaa Pickin’ on Peachtree: A History of Country Music in Atlanta, Georgia Wayne W. Daniel...