Michael Streissguth
It Books
Trade Paperback (available 2/25/14)From the publisher's website:
The definitive story of how three country music legends -- Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson -- changed music in Nashville.
By the late 1960’s, young people from all over the country were streaming into Nashville, Tennessee. The city was the center of the booming country music industry and home to what was known as the Nashville Sound, characterized by slick production and an increasingly overused formula.
But three trailblazing artists would soon rock the foundations of Nashville’s music business. Tapping into the burgeoning underground scene and the traditions of civil rights leaders and antiwar protestors, Waylon, Willie and Kris resisted Nashville’s music-making machine and forged their own paths, creating music that was more personal, not easily categorized, and in the vein of rock acts of the time.
Drawing on extensive research and probing interviews with Kris Kristofferson, Rodney Crowell, Guy Clark, Cowboy Jack Clement and others, Michael Streissguth brings to life an incredible chapter in musical history and reveals for the first time a surprising outlaw zeitgeist in Nashville. Outlaw is a fascinating glimpse into three of the most legendary artists of our times.
Great review...sounds like a fantastic read...especially in this age of an "it's country, no its pop, no it's rock" crossover, big hatted music scene.
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