{"product_id":"the-improbable-rise-of-redneck-rock-paperback","title":"The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJan Reid\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1974, \u003ci\u003eThe Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock \u003c\/i\u003egrew out of a magazine article coauthored by Jan Reid. His first book was a sensation in Texas. It portrayed an Austin-based live music explosion variously described as progressive country, cosmic cowboys, and outlaw country. The book has been hailed as a model of how to write about popular music and the life of performing musicians. Written in nine months, Reid's account focuses on predecessors of the 1960s and the swarm of newborn venues, the most enduring one the justly famed Armadillo World Headquarters; profiles of singer-songwriters that included Jerry Jeff Walker, Michael Martin Murphey, Steven Fromholz, B.W. Stevenson, Willis Alan Ramsey, Bobby Bridger, Rusty Wier, Kinky Friedman, and the one who became an international star and one of America's most treasured performers, Willie Nelson; and the rowdy heat-stricken debut of Willie's Fourth of July Picnics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Though Reid has resisted the writerly trend of specialization in his career, his debut brought him back to popular music and musicians' lives in \u003ci\u003eLayla and Other Assorted Love Songs, Texas Tornado: The Music and Times of Doug Sahm, \u003c\/i\u003eand now a related novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Song Leader. The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock \u003c\/i\u003eis a landmark of popular culture in Texas and the Southwest. Readers will be glad to once more have it back.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wide-ranging \u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly \u003c\/i\u003econtributor for over four decades, JAN REID wrote acclaimed nonfiction books from \u003ci\u003eThe Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock \u003c\/i\u003eto his awards-winning biography of Texas Governor Ann Richards, \u003ci\u003eLet the People In\u003c\/i\u003e. His novels \u003ci\u003eComanche Sundown \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSins of the Younger Sons \u003c\/i\u003ewon prestigious fiction of the year awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 10.9 x 8.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52466101289267,"sku":"9780875657769","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/oaBbKPkwVh9780875657769.webp?v=1759308811","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-improbable-rise-of-redneck-rock-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}