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02680aam a2200337 i 4500 001 837F814667FB11EE94078C7E4CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231011010036 007 ta 008 230722s2023 tnu 000 0 eng d 020 $a 0785292063 020 $a 9780785292067 035 $a (OCoLC)1393170992 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $c UKMGB $e rda $d StDuBDS $d SILO 050 4 $a F444.N29 082 04 $a 305.896076855 $2 23 100 1 $a Blackman, Paula, $e author. 245 10 $a Night train to Nashville : $b the greatest untold story of Music City / $c Paula Blackman. 264 1 $a Nashville : $b Harper Horizon, $c 2023. 300 $a xxvi, 303 pages ; $c 23 cm. 520 8 $a Set against the backdrop of Jim Crow, 'Night Train to Nashville' takes readers behind the curtain of one of music's greatest untold stories during the era of segregation and Civil Rights. $b Set against the backdrop of Jim Crow, Night Train to Nashville takes readers behind the curtain of one of music's greatest untold stories during the era of segregation and Civil Rights.In another time and place, E. Gab Blackman and William Sousa "Sou" Bridgeforth might have been as close as brothers, but in 1950s Nashville they remained separated by the color of their skin. Gab, a visionary yet opportunistic radio executive, saw something no one else did: a vast and untapped market with the R&B scene exploding in Black clubs across the city. He defied his industry, culture, government, and even his own family to broadcast Black music to a national audience.Sou, the popular kingpin of Black Nashville and a grandson of slaves, led this movement into the second half of the twentieth century as his New Era Club on the Black side of town exploded in the aftermath of this new radio airplay. As the popularity of Black R&B grew, integrated parties and underground concerts spread throughout the city, and this new scene faced a dangerous inflection point: Could a segregated society ever find true unity?Taking place during one of the most tumultuous times in US history, Night Train to Nashville explores how one city, divided into two completely different and unequal communities, demonstrated the power of music to change the world. 600 10 $a Blackman, E. Gab. 600 10 $a Bridgeforth, William Sousa. 650 0 $a Rhythm and blues music $x History and criticism. 651 0 $a Nashville (Tenn.) $x History $x History $y 20th century. 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9780785292074 941 $a 3 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20240509012741.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240125011806.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20231102011059.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=837F814667FB11EE94078C7E4CECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search