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Title: October 9, 1974 Collection Type: Newspapers Collection Name: Nevada County Nugget Published: October 9, 1974 Copyright: In the public domain or published before 1925 Physical Format: Newspaper # of Pages: 8 Download PDF: User Login Required Download OCR Text: User Login Required

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Original Held At: Doris Foley Library Location: 211 North Pine Street, Nevada City, CA 95959

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eI. Se, Ser1. 12 the communities of Nevada City, Grass Vulley. ced DogeTown FT VOLU ME 49 %: : ‘alk. Glenbrook, Little hark. Cheseker. Mooney Flat: Siceeionad, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready. ( Spandh lle, North San Jaun, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill. Washington, Blue Tent. LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge. Union Hill. Peardale. Summit City, W all erties age tise ; oe Sage pi rt Gi Hill. Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat. Grizslx Mill, Gold Flat, Soggerille, Gold ar. Lowell IL, Haurbun Hill, Scotch Hill, Nesth Columbia Columbia Hill, Reandy Flat Sebastopol, Quaker Hill Willow bulley, Newtown. Indian Flat, Bridgeport. Birchville. Moore’s Flat, Orleans re. ees Colagabis. Calnenbie lilt, Kedeny PMs Romemepel. sities, 214). Flat, Remington Hill; Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. . Wednesday, Oct. 9,1974 _ What price country music? — By PHYLLIS L. SMITH An emerging . “‘phenomenon”’ of our times is one of the biggest of out of a total of 6,932. this the big businesses in the United year...and that, additionally, at States, It hasn’treached its peak least 1,457 other stations yet, but it is gaining an ‘inschedule at least three hours of ternational popularity that country music every single day almost threatens to outstrip its of the year!....meaning that no national “image”, ~~ less than 50 per cent of the radio stations in the United States It has acquired small bands of play “some.country music” on a enthusiastic followers even daily basis. And television has behind the Iron Curtain; a8 well also begun to wake up to the as the larger groups of devotees possibilities in this particular in England, , Poland, area. All one needs to do is scan Japan and other foreign nations. the daily pregraching for It is described by Jot. Sate es a ee ccs coor Colley, assistant professor music is having on the boob English Literature in University, in This felon sc “Country music ing Experts insist that country ‘soul’ music of white, ‘music hath charms that exceed and working-class people as it those of jazz, soul, rock-and-roll reminds them of quieter, more. or classical for the average times; and it describes listener today. Executives it...an epic adventure, full of dangers, and tragedies and triumphs’. What were earlier known as ‘hillbilly companied by banjos and fiddies, have evolved into really sophisticated accounts © of modern life and rural memories...most often to the accompaniement of large orchestras. sound...which is creating a mammoth audience with a bornin appeal to broadcasters and advertisers...especially noticeable of late in the larger metropolitan market places...a really surprising kind of development, to say the very least. “One statistic tells the larger story more graphically than a thousand words might...it is known that more than two billion dollars was spent in 1973 for records and tapes; and, that _ of this amount, more than 20 per cent went for ‘country music” exclusively ! Perhaps th: © ost impressive . figures avaiicble on the laments’, ac-: popularity. of the “Nashville sound” is that radio stations playing. only country music known, , as mushroomed from 81 out of 4.443 Music” and it ig, stations in 1961 to 1,020 stations today and gone tomorrow; rather they almost belligerantly insist that it is a product of a slow and evolutionary growth tourists jam that city every year and most of them take time out ; to visit the Grand Old Opry in its fabulous new. auditorium in “Opryland, U.S.A.” a gigantic park located on the east side of town. -“Jhat is the heartland of country ‘music and to its visitors it is. known as. ‘Music City, ~ USA.” EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH on Church Street in Gruss Valley was Episcopal Church erected inthe state of California. Current pastor is Francis O'Reilly who lives in the historic rectory with his wife Mary. 10 Cents A Copy the first VO OLNSHVYYOVS NOILISS STVOTITOTUSd vIBS6 tS LUVHEIT ALVLS $u-9t-¢