Bill C. Malone (Author) Born:  August 25, 1934

About The Author From the first paragraph of the June 2018 issue of Texas Monthy written by Andy Langer. At 83, Bill C. Malone sees his doctoral dissertation as the gift that keeps on giving. In 1965 he offered up an unorthodox treatise to the University of Texas at Austin’s history department: a thoroughly researched account of country music’s origins and development, from its roots in Southern folk traditions through early incarnations of Nashville’s Music Row. Three years later, UT Press published it as Country Music USA, and subsequent editions of the book have been taught in university courses ever since. He was asked in that 2018 interview what he hoped newer artists in his updated edition would learn a bit more about the artists at the beginning of his book. I sure do. There’s still so little sense of history in country music. I’ve been sort of an unofficial consultant to the Country Music Hall of Fame, in Nashville, part of a group of people making suggestions about the pioneers. You can tell, when you throw out a name like Bradley Kincaid, the Kentucky Mountain Boy, that [the selection committee] has never heard of him. They mostly haven’t heard of anybody prior to Hank Williams. So when they add new people to the Hall of Fame, it tends to be the ones who made relatively recent contributions. I just wish there was more historical consciousness. He is the original host of a radio show called "Back to the Country." His facebook page previews each show's theme. The weekly show has a rotating set of hosts with Bill and Bobbie Malone hosting the 4th week. Texas Monthly — Bill Malone on Fifty Years of ‘Country Music USA’ - June 2018 by Andy Langer Bill C. Malone - Facebook Back To The Country — On Air Schedule - Every Wednesday from 9am to Noon, CT Read More... Buy this Book Bill Clifton America's Bluegrass Ambassador to the World By Bill C. Malone University of Illinois Press 2016 184 Pages ISBN:  978-0252082009   Buy this Book Country Music U.S.A By Bill C. Malone University of Texas Press 1985 562 Pages ISBN:  0-292-71095-X   Buy this Book Don't Get Above Your Raisin' Country Music and the Southern Working Class By Bill C. Malone University of Illinois Press 2002 432 Pages ISBN:  252026780   Buy this Book Singing Cowboys and Musical Mountaineers: Southern Culture and the Roots of Country Music By Bill C. Malone, Wayne Mixon University of Georgia Press 1993 155 Pages ISBN:  0-82032-378-0   Buy this Book Working Girl Blues The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens By Hazel Dickens and Bill C. Malone University of Illinois Press 2008 120 Pages ISBN:  0-25207-549-8   Buy this Book Stars of Country Music, Uncle Dave Macon to Johnny Rodriguez By Bill C. Malone, Judith McCulloh, Editors University of Illinois Press 1975 476 Pages ISBN:  0-252-00527-9   Buy this Book Sing Me Back Home: Southern Roots and Country Music By Bill C. Malone University of Oklahoma Press 2017 368 Pages ISBN:   978-0806155869   Buy this Book Nashville's Songwriting Sweethearts: The Boudleaux and Felice Bryant Story By Bill C. Malone University of Oklahoma Press 2020 232 Pages ISBN:  978-0806164861   Buy this Book Music from the True Vine: Mike Seeger's Life and Musical Journey By Bill C. Malone University of North Carolina Press 2014 256 Pages ISBN:  978-1469621982   Buy this Book The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 12: Music By Bill C. Malone University of North Carolina Press 2009 448 Pages ISBN:  978-0807859087   Buy this Book Country Music USA: 50th Anniversary Edition By Bill C. Malone University of Texas Press 2018 768 Pages ISBN:  978-1477315354

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