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Malone was born on a cotton-growing tenant farm 20 miles west of Tyler, Texas in 1934 and grew up with music as "a constant companion".
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Bill Malone
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He performed at Threadgill"s beer joint in Austin and completed his Master"s degree.
Career
He is the author of the 1968 book Country Music, United States.A., the first definitive academic history of country music Malone is Professor Emeritus of History at Tulane University and now resides in Madison, Wisconsin. After studying at community college, he enrolled in the University of Texas in 1956 and became a well-known singer in the Austin area, due in part to his encyclopedic repertoire of "hillbilly" songs he learned growing up.
He was pleased when his faculty advisor suggested he write his doctoral dissertation on something he loved: "hillbilly", id est (that is), country, music
His 1965 dissertation was published in 1968 as Country Music, United States.A.
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