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You might not know the names of Boudleaux and Felice Bryant, but you know their music. Arriving in Nashville in 1950, the songwriting duo became the first full-time independent songwriters in that musical city. Bobbie Malone and Bill Malone recount how Boudleaux and Felice began their partnership as itinerant musicians living in a trailer home.

Written by Tin Pan Alley songsters in the era before radio, the first popular cowboy and Indian songs circulated as piano sheet music and as cylinder and disc recordings played on wind-up talking machines. Gorgeously illustrated throughout, this book offers the first comprehensive account of popular western recorded music in its earliest form.

Although Vernon Duke has entered the canon of American standards, little is known about the composer with two personas. Taking a Chance on Love brings the intriguing double life of Dukelsky/Duke back into the spotlight, restoring a chapter to the history of the Great American Songbook and to the story of twentieth-century music.

For over fifty years, Bill Malone has researched and written about the history of country music. Today he is celebrated as the foremost authority on this distinctly American genre. This new collection brings together his significant article-length work from a variety of sources, including essays, book chapters, and record liner notes.

On any weekend in Texas, Czech polka music enlivens dance halls and drinking establishments as well as outdoor church picnics and festivals. Czech Songs in Texas includes sixty-one songs, mostly polkas and waltzes.

Award-winning biographer Bobbie Malone and premier country music historian Bill Malone have teamed up to chronicle Tim O'Brien's career and trace the ascent of Hot Rize and its broadening and enrichment of musical traditions.