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'''Bill C. Malone''' (born August 25, 1934) is an American [[historian]] specializing in [[country music]] and other forms of traditional American music. He is the author of the 1968 book ''Country Music, U.S.A.'', the first definitive academic history of country music.<ref>[http://www.thisistexasmusic.com/reviews/countrymusicusa.html Book review of ''Country Music, U.S.A.''] at ''This is Texas Music'' website, January 3, 2005. Retrieved 2011-09-18.
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</ref> Malone is [[Professor Emeritus]] of History at [[Tulane University]] and now resides in [[Madison, Wisconsin]].<ref>Moe, Doug. [http://host.madison.com/news/article_453ae7f7-8548-537b-a8f3-84c6a9eb31cc.html "For Malone, A Series of Noteworthy Events"], at ''madison.com''. April 27, 2008. Retrieved 2011-09-18.</ref>
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'''Bill C. Malone''' (born August 25, 1934) is an American musician, author and [[historian]] specializing in [[country music]] and other forms of traditional American music. He is the author of the 1968 book ''Country Music, U.S.A.'', the first definitive academic history of country music.<ref>[http://www.thisistexasmusic.com/reviews/countrymusicusa.html Book review of ''Country Music, U.S.A.''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223130023/http://www.thisistexasmusic.com/reviews/countrymusicusa.html |date=December 23, 2008 }} at ''This is Texas Music'' website, January 3, 2005. Retrieved 2011-09-18.
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</ref> The third revised edition appeared in 2010 (see below). Malone is [[Professor Emeritus]] of History at [[Tulane University]] and now resides in [[Madison, Wisconsin]].<ref>Moe, Doug. [http://host.madison.com/news/article_453ae7f7-8548-537b-a8f3-84c6a9eb31cc.html "For Malone, A Series of Noteworthy Events"], at ''madison.com''. April 27, 2008. Retrieved 2011-09-18.</ref>


==Biography ==
Malone was born on a cotton-growing tenant farm 20 miles west of [[Tyler, Texas]] in 1934 and grew up with music as "a constant companion".<ref name="sosp"/> After studying at community college, he enrolled in the University of Texas in 1956 and became a well-known singer in the [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] area, due in part to his encyclopedic repertoire of "hillbilly" songs he learned growing up.<ref name="sosp"/> He performed at [[Threadgill's]] beer joint in Austin and completed his Master's degree<ref name="sosp"/>. He was pleased when his faculty advisor suggested he write his doctoral dissertation on something he loved: "hillbilly", i.e., country, music.<ref name="sosp"/> His 1965 dissertation was published in 1968 as ''Country Music, U.S.A.''<ref name="sosp">Malone, Bill C. [http://southernspaces.org/2006/country-music-scholar "Country Music Scholar", video interview with Malone] ''Southern Spaces'', January 20, 2006. Accessed 2011-09-18.</ref>
Malone was born on a cotton-growing tenant farm 20 miles west of [[Tyler, Texas]] in 1934 and grew up with music as "a constant companion".<ref name="sosp"/> After studying at community college, he enrolled in the University of Texas in 1956 and became a well-known singer in the [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] area, due in part to his encyclopedic repertoire of "hillbilly" songs he learned growing up.<ref name="sosp"/> He performed at [[Threadgill's]] beer joint in Austin and completed his Master's degree.<ref name="sosp"/> He was pleased when his faculty advisor suggested he write his doctoral dissertation on something he loved: "hillbilly", i.e., country, music.<ref name="sosp"/> His 1965 dissertation was published in 1968 as ''Country Music, U.S.A.''<ref name="sosp">Malone, Bill C. [http://southernspaces.org/2006/country-music-scholar "Country Music Scholar", video interview with Malone] ''Southern Spaces'', January 20, 2006. Accessed 2011-09-18.</ref>


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Malone hosts a weekly radio show, ''Back to the Country'', on [[WORT|WORT–FM]] community radio in Madison, and performs country music with his wife, Bobbie Malone, playing mandolin and guitar.
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Malone was awarded a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] in 1984 to assist his research in U.S. history.<ref>[http://www.gf.org/fellows/results?query=&lower_bound=1984&upper_bound=1984&competition=ALL&fellowship_category=ALL&x=24&y=13 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Fellowship Awards 1984] searchable list. Accessed 2011-09-18.</ref> In 2008, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the [[Society for American Music]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=CR63ED_FH_AC&dq=inauthor:%22Bill+C.+Malone%22&source=gbs_navlinks_s "About the author"] at googlebooks, ''CM,USA''. Retrieved 2011-09-18.</ref>

==Honours ==
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Malone was awarded a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] in 1984 to assist his research in U.S. history.<ref>[http://www.gf.org/fellows/results?query=&lower_bound=1984&upper_bound=1984&competition=ALL&fellowship_category=ALL&x=24&y=13 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Fellowship Awards 1984] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628225728/http://www.gf.org/fellows/results?query=&lower_bound=1984&upper_bound=1984&competition=ALL&fellowship_category=ALL&x=24&y=13 |date=2011-06-28 }} searchable list. Accessed 2011-09-18.</ref> In 2008, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the [[Society for American Music]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=CR63ED_FH_AC "About the author"] at googlebooks, ''CM,USA''. Retrieved 2011-09-18.</ref>


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Malone hosts a weekly radio show, "Back to the Country", on [[WORT|WORT–FM]] community radio in Madison, and performs country music with his wife, Bobbie Malone, playing mandolin and guitar.<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bill-C-Malone/239745532725337?sk=info Bill C. Malone's facebook page] Accessed 2011-09-18.</ref>
== Selected publications ==
== Selected publications ==
*''An early history of Austin, Texas, 1839-1861'' (1958) University of Texas, pp.272, [http://books.google.com/books?id=bPottwAACAAJ googlebooks]
*''An early history of Austin, Texas, 1839-1861'' (1958) [[University of Texas]], pp.&nbsp;272, [https://books.google.com/books?id=bPottwAACAAJ googlebooks]
*''Country Music, U.S.A.'' (1968; revised edition 1984; 2nd revised, annotated edition 2002) University of Texas Press, pp.628, ISBN 0-292-75262-8
*''Country Music, U.S.A.'' (1968; revised edition 1984; 2nd revised, annotated edition 2002; 3rd revised, annotated edition 2010 with Jocelyn R. Neal) [[University of Texas Press]], pp.&nbsp;664, {{ISBN|978-0292723290}}
*''Southern Music/American Music'' (co-author with David Stricklin) (1979; 2nd, illustrated, revised edition 2003) University Press of Kentucky, pp.236, ISBN 0-8131-9055-X
*''Southern Music/American Music'' (co-author with David Stricklin) (1979; 2nd, illustrated, revised edition 2003) [[University Press of Kentucky]], pp.&nbsp;236, {{ISBN|0-8131-9055-X}}
*''Singing Cowboys and Musical Mountaineers: Southern Culture and the Roots of Country Music'' (1993) University of Georgia Press, pp.168, ISBN 0-8203-2551-1
*''Singing Cowboys and Musical Mountaineers: Southern Culture and the Roots of Country Music'' (1993) [[University of Georgia Press]], pp.&nbsp;168, {{ISBN|0-8203-2551-1}}
*''Don't Get Above Your Raisin': Country Music and the Southern Working Class'' (2002) University of Illinois Press, pp.392, ISBN 0-252-02678-0
*{{cite book | year = 2001 | title = Don't Get Above Your Raisin': Country Music and the Southern Working Class | author = Bill C. Malone | author-link = Bill C. Malone | publisher = [[University of Illinois Press]] | isbn = 0-252-02678-0}}
*''Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens'' (co-author with [[Hazel Dickens]]) (2008) University of Illinois Press, pp.102, ISBN 0-252-07549-8
*''Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens'' (co-author with [[Hazel Dickens]]) (2008) University of Illinois Press, pp.&nbsp;102, {{ISBN|0-252-07549-8}}
*''Music from the True Vine: Mike Seeger's Life and Musical Journey'' (2011) UNC Press Books, pp.240, ISBN 0-8078-3510-2
*''Music from the True Vine: [[Mike Seeger]]'s Life and Musical Journey'' (2011) [[UNC Press Books]], pp.&nbsp;240, {{ISBN|0-8078-3510-2}}


== References ==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{Facebook}}
*[http://southernspaces.org/2006/country-music-scholar "Country Music Scholar", October 2005 video interview with Malone] in ''Southern Spaces'', published by Emory University Libraries, January 20, 2006. Accessed 2011-09-18.
*[http://southernspaces.org/2006/country-music-scholar "Country Music Scholar", October 2005 video interview with Malone] in ''Southern Spaces'', published by Emory University Libraries, January 20, 2006. Accessed 2011-09-18.


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Bill C. Malone (born August 25, 1934) is an American musician, author and historian specializing in country music and other forms of traditional American music. He is the author of the 1968 book Country Music, U.S.A., the first definitive academic history of country music.[1] The third revised edition appeared in 2010 (see below). Malone is Professor Emeritus of History at Tulane University and now resides in Madison, Wisconsin.[2]

Biography

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Malone was born on a cotton-growing tenant farm 20 miles west of Tyler, Texas in 1934 and grew up with music as "a constant companion".[3] After studying at community college, he enrolled in the University of Texas in 1956 and became a well-known singer in the Austin area, due in part to his encyclopedic repertoire of "hillbilly" songs he learned growing up.[3] He performed at Threadgill's beer joint in Austin and completed his Master's degree.[3] He was pleased when his faculty advisor suggested he write his doctoral dissertation on something he loved: "hillbilly", i.e., country, music.[3] His 1965 dissertation was published in 1968 as Country Music, U.S.A.[3]

Malone hosts a weekly radio show, Back to the Country, on WORT–FM community radio in Madison, and performs country music with his wife, Bobbie Malone, playing mandolin and guitar.

Honours

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Malone was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1984 to assist his research in U.S. history.[4] In 2008, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for American Music.[5]

Selected publications

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  • An early history of Austin, Texas, 1839-1861 (1958) University of Texas, pp. 272, googlebooks
  • Country Music, U.S.A. (1968; revised edition 1984; 2nd revised, annotated edition 2002; 3rd revised, annotated edition 2010 with Jocelyn R. Neal) University of Texas Press, pp. 664, ISBN 978-0292723290
  • Southern Music/American Music (co-author with David Stricklin) (1979; 2nd, illustrated, revised edition 2003) University Press of Kentucky, pp. 236, ISBN 0-8131-9055-X
  • Singing Cowboys and Musical Mountaineers: Southern Culture and the Roots of Country Music (1993) University of Georgia Press, pp. 168, ISBN 0-8203-2551-1
  • Bill C. Malone (2001). Don't Get Above Your Raisin': Country Music and the Southern Working Class. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-02678-0.
  • Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens (co-author with Hazel Dickens) (2008) University of Illinois Press, pp. 102, ISBN 0-252-07549-8
  • Music from the True Vine: Mike Seeger's Life and Musical Journey (2011) UNC Press Books, pp. 240, ISBN 0-8078-3510-2

References

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  1. ^ Book review of Country Music, U.S.A. Archived December 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine at This is Texas Music website, January 3, 2005. Retrieved 2011-09-18.
  2. ^ Moe, Doug. "For Malone, A Series of Noteworthy Events", at madison.com. April 27, 2008. Retrieved 2011-09-18.
  3. ^ a b c d e Malone, Bill C. "Country Music Scholar", video interview with Malone Southern Spaces, January 20, 2006. Accessed 2011-09-18.
  4. ^ John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Fellowship Awards 1984 Archived 2011-06-28 at the Wayback Machine searchable list. Accessed 2011-09-18.
  5. ^ "About the author" at googlebooks, CM,USA. Retrieved 2011-09-18.
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