Reviews for DeFord Bailey

The average rating for DeFord Bailey based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-05-04 00:00:00 Danny Kay With these sympathetic and scholarly portraits of the seminal characters in Country Music, Tony Russell has expanded some profiles he wrote earlier for the Old Time Herald and similar periodicals and added a wealth of new writing and research to create a brisk, rich read. He vivifies and fleshes out the characters and also provides a context for them with short overviews or "bridges" that mark the progressive eras and locales, such as "Western Swing and Honkytonk" which links amplification, Swing Jazz, the wartime economy and the increasingly confessional vocal content that would lead to Hank Williams - all in less than a page. There is discographical information at the end of each entry to tell you how you can hear each artist for yourself. Once again, Tony Russell has demonstrated that he is an authoritative guide to the earliest period of commercial sound recording, possibly without peer.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-01-08 00:00:00 John Pogan I really need to own a copy. It makes hunting for rare music a lot simpler.