A pianist, arranger, and composer, William Pursell is a mainstay of the Nashville music scene. He has played jazz in Nashville's Printer's Alley with Chet Atkins and Harold Bradley, recorded with Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline, performed with the Nashville Symphony, and composed and arranged popular and classical music.
Pursell's career, winding like a crooked river between classical and popular genres, encompasses a striking diversity of musical experiences. A series of key choices sent him down different paths, whether it was reenrolling with the Air Force for a second tour of duty, leaving the prestigious Eastman School of Music to tour with an R&B band, or refusing to sign with the Beatles' agent Sid Bernstein. The story of his life as a working musician is unlike any other--he is not a country musician nor a popular musician nor a classical musician but, instead, an artist who refused to be limited by traditional categories. Crooked River City is driven by a series of recollections and personal anecdotes Terry Wait Klefstad assembled over a three-year period of interviews with Pursell. His story is one not only of talent, but of dedication and hard work, and of the ins and outs of a working musician in America. This biography fills a crucial gap in Nashville music history for both scholars and music fans.
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TitleCrooked River City: The Musical Life of Nashville's William Pursell
AuthorTerry Wait Klefstad
BindingPaperback
Pages248
Volumes1
LanguageENG
PublisherUniversity Press of Mississippi
Date2018-08-16
IllustratedYes
FeaturesBibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
ISBN9781496818645 / 1496818644
Weight0.81 lbs (0.37 kg)
Dimensions9 x 6 x 0.56 in(22.86 x 15.24 x 1.42 cm)
Themes
Topical: Country/Cowboy
Library of Congress subjectsComposers - United States, Musicians - United States
Library of Congress Catalog Number2018012514
Dewey Decimal CodeB
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Terry Wait Klefstad is associate professor of music at Belmont University. She has written on the music of Bla Bartk and Dmitri Shostakovich. A pianist by training, she specializes in music history of the twentieth century.
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Paperback / softback. New. A pianist, arranger, and composer, William Pursell is a mainstay of the Nashville music scene. Crooked River City is driven by a series of recollections and anecdotes Terry Wait Klefstad assembled over three years of interviews with Pursell. This biography fills a crucial gap in Nashville music history for both scholars and music fans.
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