An intimate account of country music, social change, and a vanishing way of life as a Shenandoah town collides with the twenty-first century Winchester, Virginia is an emblematic American town. When John Lingan first traveled there, it was to seek out Jim McCoy: local honky-tonk owner and the DJ who first gave airtime to a brassy-voiced singer known as Patsy Cline, setting An intimate account of country music, social change, and a vanishing way of life as a Shenandoah town collides with t...
| Title | : | Homeplace: A Southern Town, a Country Legend, and the Last Days of a Mountaintop Honky-Tonk |
| Author | : | John Lingan |
| Rating | : | |
| Genres | : | Music |
| ISBN | : | 0544932536 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 pages pages |
Homeplace: A Southern Town, a Country Legend, and the Last Days of a Mountaintop Honky-Tonk Reviews
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I began reading this book after a brief skimming of the book?s description. I expected a lot of country and roots music history, with some small town-loving prose. I got a lot less of the music I was expecting. I got a lot more of the small town story, but it was a story of change, n...
I reviewed this book and interviewed the author for a wonderful feature in Pacific Standard. ...
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3.5 stars. Mostly entertaining read about Winchester, Va., class warfare, Patsy Cline and the last damn honky-tonk in the free world. ...
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Not at all what I expected based upon the book description: "As the U.S. economy and American culture have transformed in recent decades, the ground under centuries-old social codes has shifted, throwing old folkways into chaos. Homeplace teases apart the tangle of class, race, and fa...
Somewhere between 3 and 4 stars; I'm rounding up because it was a lifesaver this week. I needed something relatively gentle. Though it meandered, and had insufficient attention to race, I thought this fond and sorrowful portrait of Winchester, VA was a great read. I could dive right ba...
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Not my type of book. ...
The last honky tonk in the Shenedoah proves the entry point into a collection of essays about the rapid change of rural America, family, authenticity, a lot of other things. Fair warning, I would pay even less attention to my opinion on this one then you are used to normally, since Joh...
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I received a DIGITAL Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. From the publisher --- An intimate account of country music, social change, and a vanishing way of life as a Shenandoah town collides with the twenty-first century Winchester, Vir...- ...
Bittersweet, well researched, I enjoyed every page. For years I wondered why Winchester didn't celebrate Patsy Cline. THIS book led to a greater understanding of the social mores of the area,. ...
My review, for PopMatters: https://www.popmatters.com/homeplace-... ...- ...
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From the first word of Homeplace, a reader can tell that this was a labor of love for John Lingan. At the book?s center is Jim McCoy, an earnest, former traveling want-to-be music star who first introduced the airwaves to Patsy Cline. Jim?s story is the starter pistol that leads Li...- ...
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Bittersweet, well researched, I enjoyed every page. For years I wondered why Winchester didn't celebrate Patsy Cline. THIS book led to a greater understanding of the social mores of the area,. ...- ...
- I received this book as a gift after a recent trip to Winchester and so was eager to dive into it. It was fascinating to read not only about the Winchester I visited but also the one I missed. Beyond Winchester specifically, the book made me ponder those ways in which all small towns a...
