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'''Bill C. Malone''' (born August 25, 1934) is an American musician, author and [[historian]] specializing in [[country music]] and other forms of traditional American music. He is the author of the 1968 book ''Country Music, U.S.A.'', the first definitive academic history of country music.<ref>[http://www.thisistexasmusic.com/reviews/countrymusicusa.html Book review of ''Country Music, U.S.A.''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223130023/http://www.thisistexasmusic.com/reviews/countrymusicusa.html |date=December 23, 2008 }} at ''This is Texas Music'' website, January 3, 2005. Retrieved 2011-09-18.<br />
</ref> The third revised edition appeared in 2010. Malone is [[Professor Emeritus]] of History at [[Tulane University]] and now resides in [[Madison, Wisconsin]].<ref>Moe, Doug. [http://host.madison.com/news/article_453ae7f7-8548-537b-a8f3-84c6a9eb31cc.html "For Malone, A Series of Noteworthy Events"], at ''madison.com''. April 27, 2008. Retrieved 2011-09-18.</ref><br />
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==Biography ==<br />
Malone was born on a cotton-growing tenant farm 20 miles west of [[Tyler, Texas]] in 1934 and grew up with music as "a constant companion".<ref name="sosp"/> After studying at community college, he enrolled in the University of Texas in 1956 and became a well-known singer in the [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] area, due in part to his encyclopedic repertoire of "hillbilly" songs he learned growing up.<ref name="sosp"/> He performed at [[Threadgill's]] beer joint in Austin and completed his Master's degree.<ref name="sosp"/> He was pleased when his faculty advisor suggested he write his doctoral dissertation on something he loved: "hillbilly", i.e., country, music.<ref name="sosp"/> His 1965 dissertation was published in 1968 as ''Country Music, U.S.A.''<ref name="sosp">Malone, Bill C. [http://southernspaces.org/2006/country-music-scholar "Country Music Scholar", video interview with Malone] ''Southern Spaces'', January 20, 2006. Accessed 2011-09-18.</ref><br />
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Malone hosts a weekly radio show, ''Back to the Country'', on [[WORT|WORT–FM]] community radio in Madison, and performs country music with his wife, Bobbie Malone, playing mandolin and guitar.<br />
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==Honours ==<br />
Malone was awarded a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] in 1984 to assist his research in U.S. history.<ref>[http://www.gf.org/fellows/results?query=&lower_bound=1984&upper_bound=1984&competition=ALL&fellowship_category=ALL&x=24&y=13 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Fellowship Awards 1984] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628225728/http://www.gf.org/fellows/results?query=&lower_bound=1984&upper_bound=1984&competition=ALL&fellowship_category=ALL&x=24&y=13 |date=2011-06-28 }} searchable list. Accessed 2011-09-18.</ref> In 2008, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the [[Society for American Music]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=CR63ED_FH_AC "About the author"] at googlebooks, ''CM,USA''. Retrieved 2011-09-18.</ref><br />
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== Selected publications ==<br />
*''An early history of Austin, Texas, 1839-1861'' (1958) [[University of Texas]], pp.&nbsp;272, [https://books.google.com/books?id=bPottwAACAAJ googlebooks]<br />
*''Country Music, U.S.A.'' (1968; revised edition 1984; 2nd revised, annotated edition 2002; 3rd revised, annotated edition 2010 with Jocelyn R. Neal) [[University of Texas Press]], pp.&nbsp;664, {{ISBN|978-0292723290}}<br />
*''Southern Music/American Music'' (co-author with David Stricklin) (1979; 2nd, illustrated, revised edition 2003) [[University Press of Kentucky]], pp.&nbsp;236, {{ISBN|0-8131-9055-X}}<br />
*''Singing Cowboys and Musical Mountaineers: Southern Culture and the Roots of Country Music'' (1993) [[University of Georgia Press]], pp.&nbsp;168, {{ISBN|0-8203-2551-1}}<br />
*{{cite book | year = 2001 | title = Don't Get Above Your Raisin': Country Music and the Southern Working Class | author = Bill C. Malone | author-link = Bill C. Malone | publisher = [[University of Illinois Press]] | isbn = 0-252-02678-0}}<br />
*''Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens'' (co-author with [[Hazel Dickens]]) (2008) University of Illinois Press, pp.&nbsp;102, {{ISBN|0-252-07549-8}}<br />
*''Music from the True Vine: [[Mike Seeger]]'s Life and Musical Journey'' (2011) [[UNC Press Books]], pp.&nbsp;240, {{ISBN|0-8078-3510-2}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{Facebook}}<br />
*[http://southernspaces.org/2006/country-music-scholar "Country Music Scholar", October 2005 video interview with Malone] in ''Southern Spaces'', published by Emory University Libraries, January 20, 2006. Accessed 2011-09-18.<br />
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