Colin Escott
Author · 8 books
Colin Escott is the foremost authority on Sun Records. He first wrote the company’s history in 1975 and has revised and expanded it several times since. He has published several other volumes on the early days of country music, including a biography of Hank Williams and The Grand Ole Opry: The Making of an American Icon. He won a Grammy for his work on Mercury Records’ The Complete Hank Williams, and in 2010 received a Tony nomination for Million Dollar Quartet, a Broadway musical about the legendary one-night jam session of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis.
Books
Roadkill on the Three-Chord Highway
Art and Trash in American Popular Music
2002
The Ghost of Genny Castle
1981
Hank Williams
Snapshots From The Lost Highway
2001
Lost Highway
2003
The Grand Ole Opry
The Making of an American Icon
2006
Good Rockin' Tonight
Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'N' Roll
1991
I Saw the Light
The Story of Hank Williams
1672
Tattooed on Their Tongues
A Journey Through the Backrooms of American Music
1996
