Hector Montemayor-Perez

As part of the university's Common Experience, the university hosted a book signing by a former Texas State professor who's regarded as a leading country music historian. Bobcat update's Hector Montemayor-Perez reports.

The book Country Music U-S-A is widely considered as the definitive academic source on country music. The author, Bill Malone, first published his book in 1965 while serving as a lecturer at what was then Southwest Texas State. The text is now in its fourth edition.
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The book started as a thesis paper at a time when Doctor Malone feared country music was dying as an art form. Rock-and-roll had emerged and dominated the music industry, but, in time, country music would prove it had staying power,.
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More than 50 years later, Country Music U-S-A remains an important source for historians and enthusiasts alike.
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Although Malone's work is considered a textbook, its content can be useful outside of classrooms
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Ken Burns' most recent P-B-S documentary on Country Music featured Doctor Malone as the only academic in the series.
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Malone has a radio show called Back to the Country, which he originates in Madison, Wisconsin, where he lives. For Bobcat Update, I'm Hector Montemayor-Perez.