Books About Southern Music
3. 
One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band
by:
Alan Paul
4.26 avg rating — 1,315 ratings 
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Don't Get Above Your Raisin': Country Music and the Southern Working Class
by:
Bill C. Malone
4.35 avg rating — 43 ratings 7. 
Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin
by:
Alice Echols
3.83 avg rating — 2,276 ratings 
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Singing Cowboys and Musical Mountaineers: Southern Culture and the Roots of Country Music
by:
Bill C. Malone
3.76 avg rating — 29 ratings 10. 
Lost Highway: Journeys and Arrivals of American Musicians
by:
Peter Guralnick
4.22 avg rating — 823 ratings 11. 
Southern Rockers: The Roots and Legacy of Southern Rock
by:
Marley Brant
3.70 avg rating — 20 ratings 12. 
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Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics: Roots and Branches of Southern Appalachian Dance
by:
Phil Jamison
4.44 avg rating — 25 ratings 14. 
Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta
by:
Robert Palmer
4.22 avg rating — 1,994 ratings 15. 
Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll
by:
Peter Guralnick
3.99 avg rating — 1,088 ratings 
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My Walk Among the Stars: Rubbing Shoulders With Country Giants
by:
Dick Flood
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 
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The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, Volume 12: Music
by:
Bill C. Malone
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings 20. 
Something Beautiful: The Stories Behind a Half-Century of the Songs of Bill and Gloria Gaither
by:
Gloria Gaither
4.33 avg rating — 27 ratings 22. 
Johnny Cash FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Man in Black
by:
C. Eric Banister
4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings 23. 
Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom
by:
Peter Guralnick
4.24 avg rating — 2,349 ratings 24. 
Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom
by:
Peter Guralnick
4.24 avg rating — 2,349 ratings 
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Seems Like Murder Here: Southern Violence and the Blues Tradition
by:
Adam Gussow
4.14 avg rating — 22 ratings 27. 
With Fiddle and Well-Rosined Bow: A History of Old-Time Fiddling In Alabama
by:
Joyce H. Cauthen
3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings 
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Accordions, Fiddles, Two Step & Swing: A Cajun Music Reader
by:
Ryan Brasseaux
4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings 
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John Burkes's Book of Old-Time Fiddle Tunes for Banjo really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley
by:
Peter Guralnick
4.17 avg rating — 9,895 ratings 
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Music in the Air Somewhere: The Shifting Borders of West Virginia's Fiddle and Song Traditions 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Play of a Fiddle: Traditional Music, Dance, and Folklore in West Virginia
by:
Gerald Milnes
4.14 avg rating — 21 ratings 
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Dewey and Elvis: The Life and Times of a Rock 'n' Roll Deejay
by:
Louis Cantor
4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings 44. 
Old-Time Fiddle for the Complete Ignoramus (Book & Online Audio)
by:
Wayne Erbsen
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 59 ratings 44. 
The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret
by:
Kent Hartman
4.07 avg rating — 2,416 ratings 
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Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'N' Roll
by:
Colin Escott
4.07 avg rating — 257 ratings 
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Memphis Mayhem: A Story of the Music That Shook Up the World
by:
David A. Less
3.65 avg rating — 49 ratings 50. 
America's Instrument: The Banjo in the Ninteenth Century
by:
Philip F. Gura
4.54 avg rating — 24 ratings 50. 
Memphis Boys: The Story of American Studios (American Made Music Series)
by:
Roben Jones
4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings 52. 
Mel Bay's Frailing the Five String Banjo: An Instruction Manual
by:
Eric Muller
4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings 
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Playing for a piece of the door: A history of garage & frat bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 by Hall, Ron (2001) Paperback
by:
Ron Hall
3.83 avg rating — 18 ratings 56. 
That Half-Barbaric Twang: The Banjo in American Popular Culture
by:
Karen Linn
4.26 avg rating — 35 ratings 
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African Banjo Echoes In Appalachia: A Study of Folk Traditions
by:
Cecelia Conway
4.30 avg rating — 33 ratings 58. 
Blue Ridge Music Trails of North Carolina: A Guide to Music Sites, Artists, and Traditions of the Mountains and Foothills
by:
Fred C. Fussell
3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings 60. 
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Party Out Of Bounds: The B-52's, R.e.m., And The Kids Who Rocked Athens, Georgia 3.96 avg rating — 204 ratings
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Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? The Carter Family and Their Legacy in American Music
by:
Mark Zwonitzer
4.30 avg rating — 1,169 ratings 
68. 
Fiddlin' Georgia Crazy: Fiddlin' John Carson, His Real World, and the World of His Songs
by:
Gene Wiggins
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings 
70. 
Pickin' on Peachtree: A History of Country Music in Atlanta, Georgia
by:
Wayne W. Daniel
3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings 70. 
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Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands (Brown Thrasher Books)
by:
Lydia Parrish
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings 72. 
Honky-Tonk Heroes and Hillbilly Angels: The Pioneers of Country and Western Music 3.65 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Folk Visions and Voices: Traditional Music and Song in North Georgia
by:
Art Rosenbaum
4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings 74. 
A Satisfied Mind: The Country Music Life of Porter Wagoner
by:
Steve Eng
3.55 avg rating — 20 ratings 76. 
Shout Because You're Free: The African American Ring Shout Tradition in Coastal Georgia
by:
Art Rosenbaum
4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings 76. 
No Depression: An Introduction to Alternative Country Music. Whatever That Is.
by:
Grant Alden
3.96 avg rating — 48 ratings 78.
All That Savannah Jazz...From Brass Bands, Vaudeville, to Rhythm and Blues really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Rythm Oil: A Journey Through The Music Of The American South
by:
Stanley Booth
4.08 avg rating — 137 ratings 80. 
Mister Jelly Roll: The Fortunes of Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans Creole and "Inventor of Jazz"
by:
Alan Lomax
4.13 avg rating — 141 ratings 80. 
A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton, from Box Tops to Big Star to Backdoor Man 3.87 avg rating — 817 ratings
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Bread: A Sweet Surrender: The Musical Journey of David Gates, James Griffin & Co. 4.11 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Up From the Cradle of Jazz: New Orleans Music Since World War II
by:
Jason Berry
4.22 avg rating — 41 ratings 84. 
Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia
by:
Fiona Ritchie
4.28 avg rating — 201 ratings 
86. 
An Outlaw and a Lady: A Memoir of Music, Life with Waylon, and the Faith that Brought me Home
by:
Jessi Colter
4.15 avg rating — 642 ratings 88. 
Will the Circle be Unbroken: Country Music in America
by:
Paul Kingsbury
4.20 avg rating — 65 ratings 
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King of the Delta Blues: The Life and Music of Charlie Patton
by:
Stephen Calt
3.81 avg rating — 37 ratings 92. 
The Most Southern Place on Earth: The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity
by:
James C. Cobb
4.13 avg rating — 251 ratings 94. 
Big Road Blues: Tradition And Creativity In The Folk Blues
by:
David Evans
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 31 ratings 94. 
A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Freethinking Roughneck
by:
Trace Adkins
3.96 avg rating — 418 ratings 
98. 
Ragged but Right: Black Traveling Shows, "Coon Songs," and the Dark Pathway to Blues and Jazz (American Made Music Series)
by:
Lynn Abbott
4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings 98. 
The Three of Us: Growing Up with Tammy and George
by:
Georgette Jones
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 439 ratings 