Oral history interview with Joe Talbot; 1974 April 30; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green; 1974 Apr. 30.

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Oral history interview with Joe Talbot; 1974 April 30; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green; 1974 Apr. 30.

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Music industry executive Joe Talbot talks about the country music industry. Discussion includes pressing records for the major independent labels; comments on the custom pressing business; managing the Nashville office of SESAC; differences between SESAC and BMI and ASCAP; factors contributing to Nashville's development as a recording center, including the role of the Grand Ole Opry; the profitability of country music; comments on the musical direction of country music; the growing popularity of country music; and the changing business atmosphere in Nashville.

1 sound cassette (59 minutes)

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7772430

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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Talbot, Joe.

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Steel guitar player and music industry executive. Born March 25, 1927. Died March 24, 2000. Full name: Joseph Hale Talbot III. Steel guitarist for Hank Snow, 1950-1954. In the 1960s became part owner of two pressing plants, Precision Record Pressing, Inc., and United Record Pressing, Inc. In 1965 he established Harbot Music (with Ted Harris). Managed the Nashville office of SESAC, 1967-1971. In the mid-1980s organized (with daughter Jana) the Talbot Music Group. Served as board chairman for the ...

Talbot, Joe.

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Steel guitar player and music industry executive. Born March 25, 1927. Died March 24, 2000. Full name: Joseph Hale Talbot III. Steel guitarist for Hank Snow, 1950-1954. In the 1960s became part owner of two pressing plants, Precision Record Pressing, Inc., and United Record Pressing, Inc. In 1965 he established Harbot Music (with Ted Harris). Managed the Nashville office of SESAC, 1967-1971. In the mid-1980s organized (with daughter Jana) the Talbot Music Group. Served as board chairman for the ...

Green, Douglas B.

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Country music performer. Born March 20, 1946. Best-known as Ranger Doug from Riders in the Sky, a cowboy revival act he co-founded in 1977. Performed as a member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys during the late 1960s. Recording credits include a solo album, Songs of the Sage, released on the Warner Western label in 1997. From the description of Oral history interview with Douglas B. Green; 1993 November 23; interview with John W. Rumble. 1993 Nov. 23. (Country Music Foundation, Libra...