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Mining the firsthand insights of those whose stories help shape the sound, Americana Music provides a history of how Americana originated, how it reached a broader audience in the '60s and '70s with the merging of rock and country, and how it evolved its overwhelmingly populist appeal as it entered the new millennium.

Texas singer-songwriter Hayes Carll declared, ""Ray would be at the top of the list if I were gonna read about somebody's life."" In The Messenger: The Songwriting Legacy of Ray Wylie Hubbard, author, journalist, and music producer Brian Atkinson demonstrates why Carll and so many others hold Ray Wylie Hubbard in such high regard.