Joseph M. Thompson
In this episode of Upstart Crow, host Jennifer Disano interviews Dr. Joseph M. Thompson, historian at Mississippi State University and author of the book Cold War Country: How Nashville's Music Row and the Pentagon Created the Sound of American Patriotism. Thompson dives into the intricate ties between Nashville's country music industry and the U.S. military, revealing how Music Row collaborated with the Pentagon to shape a patriotic American sound that reached soldiers and civilians alike.
Thompson first explains the true start of country music in the 1920's. Then beginning in the 1940's and…
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