"An important and especially fitting tribute." -Country Music Magazine "One of the best studies of a country music personality that has been issued to date." -T

A comprehensive reference source on the history, impact, and current state of country music, offering portraits of figures in the country music world.

This book focuses on 50 of the most important entertainers in the history of country music, from its beginnings in the folk music of early America through the 1

Final issue of each volume includes table of cases reported in the volume.

Now for the first time, country music authority Charles K. Wolfe gathers together his profiles of 50 legends of country music, including Bill Monroe, Lefty Friz