Western Edge: The Roots and Reverberations of Los Angeles Country-Rock by Country Music Hall of Fame and MuseumMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
The story here is interesting, from the start of California country rock, courtesy Linda Ronstadt and others. Focuses on a few key people and venues, and concludes with post-punk country. Lots on the Byrds, Eagles, and some other less known bands. The pictures are all large in this large book, but I thought there was a surprising preponderance of Nudie suit pictures. I would guess from the quantity of these pictures that the Country Music Hall of Fame, the source of this book, devotes a lot of space to these suits. This is probably more interesting to a clothing designer. The book made me a bit less interested in visiting the museum, which I'm positive wasn't the intent. A short read with nice pictures, and will give you some new bands or musicians to listen to if you didn't grow up in the California country rock music scene.
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