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Everything You Want to Know About the Record Industry in Nashville, Tennessee, Country Music Capital of the World

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This book updated Oral V. "Curley" Rhodes' "Music City Quick Look" annual directory. Rhodes' labor of love was a true "Who's Who" of Music Row "movers and shakers."

I was pleased to be regularly listed in both Rhodes' directory and in Sadler's "Everything You Want to Know About the Record Industry in Nashville, Tennessee, Country Music Capital of the World."

(Despite his annual disclaimer, while David Ross' "In Charge" purports to be the modern-day successor to Rhodes' and Sadler's efforts, it is less a "Who's Who" than a social register. More along the lines of City Press Publishing's *N Focus,* "In Charge" commits a journalistic no-no by trading editorial for advertising, while including in its listings, realtors, attorneys and those who reside outside of Music City- some even outside of Tennessee- with only a tenuous connection to the music industry- at best.)

Curley and Barry would not have approved. So, while it is dated, I would heartily recommend Barry's book to those who want to know not only about other aspects of the business that ring true to this day, but also who the leaders of our industry were at a time when the emphasis was on music and creativity rather than the business of bean-counting forced upon it by consolidation.

Stacy Harris
Editor/Publisher
Stacy's Music Row Report
www.stacyharris.com