01942cam a2200313 i 4500 1238352993 TxAuBib 20240515120000.0 231121s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023054033 9781668018408 HRD 28.99 1668018403 HRD 28.99 TxAuBib rda Randall, Alice, 1959-, author. My black country [BOOK] : a journey through country music's black past, present, and future / Alice Randall. First Black Privilege Publishing/Atria Books hardcover edition. New York : Black Privilege Publishing/Atria, 2024. x, 278 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes index. "Country music had brought Randall and her activist mother together and even gave Randall a singular distinction in American music history: she is the first Black woman to cowrite a number one country hit, Trisha Yearwood’s “XXX’s and OOO’s”. Randall found inspiration and comfort in the sounds and history of the first family of Black country music: DeFord Bailey, Lil Hardin, Ray Charles, Charley Pride, and Herb Jeffries who, together, made up a community of Black Americans rising through hard times to create simple beauty, true joy, and sometimes profound eccentricity. What emerges in My Black Country is a celebration of the most American of music genres and the radical joy in realizing the power of Black influence on American culture.". 20240515. Country music History and criticism. African Americans Music History and criticism. African American country musicians United States. Country musicians United States.