Rise Of Redneck Rock

by Out Of Print

Biographies and interviews with Willie Nelson, Kinky Friedman, Rusty Weir, Willis Alan Ramsey, Steve Fromholz, Guy Clark, Bobby Bridger, Jerry Jeff Walker, Gary Nunn and others.

Genres: Music, History, Nonfiction

342 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1974

Reviews

[Dee · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really wanted to like this book, since I grew up in this era and I knew so many of the people involved in the music, but it was a very slow read for me. Of course, it did cover so many years and so many people, I don't know how it could have been condensed. I learned a few new facts about several musicians, read many stories I already knew and wished so much I hadn't lived away from Texas for 13 long years. Jan Reid is a very good storyteller and I've been lucky enough to meet him. I loved his writings for Texas Monthly years ago. If you like music, give this a read.

[Garrett Cash · Rating 4 out of 5]

Revealing look into the world of the Austin Texas music scene in the 1970's, and the expanded edition takes you through Austin's contributions to music since then and continues following the bigger players from before.

[Lauren · Rating 5 out of 5]

The manager of a video store in Massachusetts gave this book to me, because though he'd never lived in Texas, he loved Texas music. You have to read this book to fully understand the Austin music scene. I learned so much about cosmic cowboys and how Texas music became what it is now. Great book about Texas history.

[Courtney Morse · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incrediable history of the underappreciated Texas music scene. A must read for all music lovers!

[Herzog · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was well written, even if it did cover, for me, familiar ground. He covers all of the usual suspects including Willie, Waylon, Kris Kristofferson and so forth. He did interviews with the book's subjects, which I found interesting even if they didn't reveal a lot that I didn't already know.