Brian F. Wright is Assistant Professor of Music History at the University of North Texas, where he teaches courses on popular music. He holds a Ph.D. in Historical Musicology from Case Western Reserve University and is a former research assistant at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archive.
Dr. Wright specializes in the history of American popular music. His current research focuses primarily on the early history of the electric bass in jazz, rock, rhythm & blues, and country music. This is the subject of his new book, The Bastard Instrument: A Cultural History of the Electric Bass, which was published by the University of Michigan Press as part of their Tracking Pop series.
He can be reached at brian.wright@unt.edu
