Highways and Heartaches

**WINNER OF THE 2024 ASSOCIATION FOR RECORDED SOUND COLLECTIONS  (ARSC) AWARD FOR BEST HISTORICAL RESEARCH IN RECORDED COUNTRY, FOLK, WORLD, OR ROOTS MUSIC** In this enlightening and entertaining book, experience the evolution of country music, from the rural routes of 1970s Appalachia   to the 1980s country music boom that paved the way for modern Americana. In a dim clearing off a county road in Kentucky sits a sagging outdoor stage buried in moss and dead leaves.  It used to be