Hub City Music Makers: One Southern Town's Popular Music Legacy [Paperback]

Peter Cooper (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1997

Spartanburg, SC's long-running and extraordinary contribution to popular music is detailed in this book. Featured are such musicians as Pink Anderson, the Marshall Tucker Band, Walter Hyatt, Hank Garland, David Ball, Ira Tucker, Marshall Chapman, the Sparkletones and many more.

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There are a number of cities--Nashville, Austin, New York, Los Angeles and Detroit--to which top singers and players are drawn, and Spartanburg's most exemplarary musicians have often found it necessary to migrate to one of these music industry centers in order to forge a career, expand an audience or make a record. Spartanburg is different: musicians aren't drawn to this place, they are made in this place.

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From the Foreword: Cooper tells his story with sensitivity and grace, searching for the qualities of character and heart that made the music come alive. It is one of the strengths of Hub City Music Makers that Cooper writes about the people as well as their songs, and there is often a sadness at the heart of these stories--an off-stage poignance keeping pace with the talent.

Product Details

• Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: Holocene Publishing; 1 edition (July 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963873199
• ISBN-13: 978-0963873194
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,347,702 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Discover music where you might not expect to find it, October 10, 2010

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Alf Landon - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hub City Music Makers: One Southern Town's Popular Music Legacy (Paperback)

Nashville, Austin, Spartanburg? After reading this book, that sentence might not look so strange. It is truly amazing how many great musicians this small city has produced. The writing is lively and informed. The chapter on Walter Hyatt is worth the price of the book alone.

4.0 out of 5 stars Long Overdue look, June 26, 2001

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Andre M. "brnn64" (Mt. Pleasant, SC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hub City Music Makers: One Southern Town's Popular Music Legacy (Paperback)

Okay, I'm a bit prejudiced since I was born in Spartanburg, SC myself, but this book does shed light on a small city that produced a lot of great music. The in-depth look on Pink Anderson, the bluesman Pink Floyd and Johnny Cash have cited as an influence, was well handled along twith the story of his son Alvin (who I know quite well). So put on your B-B- b-lack slacks and enjoy this look at an overlooked center of jazz, gospel, rock, and r&b music.