Roots and crossovers

This is volume 2 of the Australian country music series. It provides case studies of the local development of country music. Individual chapters provide analyses of the early years of Australian country music; the emergence of distinctive Australian performers such as Audrey Auld, Chad Morgan, Sara Storer and John Williamson; the square dancing 'craze' of the 1950s and the localisation of US country songs on Lord Howe Island.