Southern Exposure: The Story of Southern Music in Pictures and Words

Rating:
Summary: Only OK
Review: Expecting great things, I was frankly a little disappoined in this book. There are unpublished photos that are interesting, but the graphic quality of many of the reproductions is only fair. I found more than a few innacuracies regarding the instruments and dates. The text is frankly uninspiring. If you are an amatuer ethnomusicoligist as I am, it is one to keep on the shelf for reference that is true, but as a definitive work it is sorely lacking. I also found it to be surprisingly short. Given the breadth and depth of the subject, the paucity of the text and photos is alarming. So, for me it was OK but not really a top shelf choice.

Rating:
Summary: Worth buying for the photos
Review: I love the photos in this book. Large black and white photos of early bands in the south. Clear picutes of early insturments and band members and their clothing. There was one photo I've seen before--the one of the Cajun couple--but most of the others were fresh photos that I had not seen. There is a text history of Southern Country music--but this book is worth buying for the historical photos alone.

Rating:
Summary: Worth buying for the photos
Review: I love the photos in this book. Large black and white photos of early bands in the south. Clear picutes of early insturments and band members and their clothing. There was one photo I've seen before--the one of the Cajun couple--but most of the others were fresh photos that I had not seen. There is a text history of Southern Country music--but this book is worth buying for the historical photos alone.