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While patrolling the NASCAR circuit, his regular beat, journalist Dutton indulges his passion for what is starting to be called Americana music. It sounds betimes like country, rock, and/or folk; one performer, Dutton says, verges on Marvin Gaye and Al Green. You don't hear it on commercial radio, the Grand Ole Opry, or in Nashville beyond the strip celebrated in photographer Bill Rouda's Nashville's Lower Broad (2004). Dutton finds that most of the singer-songwriters he discusses and interviews live in Texas or come from Texas. Only two, Pat Green and Robert Earl Keen Jr., have become country stars. Elder statesman Jerry Jeff Walker blazed the independent's trail to stardom (Dutton actually talks with son Django Walker), and Jack Ingram is big in Texas, Robbie Fulks in Chicago and environs. Dutton has nearly all of them talk about the music business at substellar latitudes, how and why they write and perform, and his own main theme in the book, the gol-durn country-music establishment. They're articulate guys; Dutton's a cranky, congenial fan; and the book's golden. Ray Olson
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"The book''s golden. . . . Players of roots music will love this."-Ray Olson, Booklist (Ray Olson Booklist )

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  • Paperback: 212 pages
  • Publisher: Bison Books (December 1, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0803266618
  • ISBN-13: 978-0803266612
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,149,750 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A worthwhile read., December 18, 2006
I'm not a country music or Americana music fan, or at least I wasn't before I read this book. Dutton's book was recommended to me by a friend, and when I picked it up I couldn't put it down. His writing style makes you feel like you are standing right next to him when he's speaking with some legendary, or soon-to-be legendary singers and songwriters. It's a good time and a great read. Strongly recommend!
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2.0 out of 5 stars OK!, October 11, 2009
So you hate modern Country radio, hate the corporatization of America and music, and think there's a lot of good American music out there that isn't being heard by most people. So do I, so do a lot of your subjects, and so does anyone who's likely to read this book. But that's not basis enough for an interesting book. There are a few artists who I do want to check into because I read this book, but the writing "reveals" precious little except about the author. When a writer writes repeatedly about the difficulty of obtaining interviews with people, you can be pretty sure he doesn't have much to say.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Taking a Road Less Taken , March 23, 2008
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The job of covering NASCAR, which is Monte Dutton's day job, is an all-consuming endeavor if you let it be. Dutton is one of those contrarians who values his independence and insists on carving a life outside racing. True to the Roots is a result of that. Dutton provides a folksy and informative picture of real country music, which he calls Americana Music. He's taken the time, usually during his NASCAR travels, to visit little-known masters of country music in such far-flung and unlikely places as Key West, Berkeley, Ca., Chicago, New York City and Las Vegas, while also hitting the better-known locations, such as Nashville, Austin, and Luckenbach, Tex. In vignettes and profiles that are infused with his own experiences and memories, Dutton gives us a memorable snapshot of a world that is overshadowed by the commercially driven Nashville country music scene. It is a measure of the depth and reach of the book that the most memorable thing in the book for me was not about country music, but about my own profession of writing. In his fascinating profile of the great songwriter James McMurtry, son of writer Larry McMurtry, Dutton quotes the son as saying his dad told him that writing a book is "either going to work or it'll BE work." (emphasis added). This is a great lesson for any writer of books, as Dutton himself knows, having the unmitigated gall to tackle an unrelated book project while consigning the bulk of his life to writing pretty much non-stop about stock car racing.
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