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Homer Rodeheaver and the rise of the gospel music industry /

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Homer Rodeheaver merged evangelical hymns and African American spirituals with popular music to create a potent gospel style. Kevin Mungons and Douglas Yeo examine his enormous influence on gospel music against the backdrop of Christian music history and Rodeheaver's impact as a cultural and bu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mungons, Kevin, 1963- (Author), Yeo, Douglas (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2021].
Series:Music in American life.
Subjects:
Rodeheaver, Homer A. > (Homer Alvan), > 1880-1955.
Evangelists > United States > Biography.
Gospel music > History and criticism.
Music publishers > United States > Biography.
Musicians > United States > Biography.
Trombonists > United States > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Southern roots and early years
  • Gospel songs and urban revivalism
  • Commercial gospel music
  • New technology to promote an old story
  • The mission of Rainbow Records
  • Spirituals and minstrelsy
  • Jim Crow revivalism meets the Klan
  • Preserving and exporting the gospel songs
  • Falling out of step at the close of an era
  • Epilogue : "It's up to you, Rody, to free them."