We talk with Michael Hicks, author of "The Mormon Tabernacle Choir: A Biography," which tells the epic story of how an all-volunteer group founded by persecuted religious outcasts grew into a multimedia powerhouse synonymous with the mainstream and with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints itself.
Michael Hicks is an emeritus professor of music at Brigham Young University and the author of "Mormonism and Music: A History" and "Sixties Rock: Garage, Psychedelic, and Other Satisfactions," among others.