A review by testpattern
Country: The Twisted Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll by Nick Tosches

4.0

Tosches' obsession with the dark places that human being can go can feel a bit tawdry at times, but when he hits it, it really works. [book: Country: The Twisted Roots of Rock and Roll] is my favorite of his works of music criticism. He brings to bear the fierce flame of his awe-inspiring (and autodidactic) erudition to great effect in this text, tracing the roots of Country and Western song back to English medieval ballads and beyond, along the way chronicling some of the forgotten progenitors of the sad shit-factory that is contemporary Nashville. And he thought post born-again Johnny Cash was bad.