Edited by Marc Smirnoff, foreword by Van Dyke Parks
Quote:
"Not only have a breathtaking array of musical giants come from the South—think Elvis Presley, Robert Johnson, Louis Armstrong, Jimmie Rodgers, to name just obvious examples—but so have a breathtaking array of American music genres. From blues to rock & roll to jazz to country to bluegrass—and areas in between—it all started in the American South.
(2008 Dec 3 / New York Times 2007?)
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