Описание: G.B. Grayson and Henry Whitter were two of the most influential artists in the early days of country music. Featuring never before published photographs and using interviews from friends and relatives, as well as contemporary scholarship, this book is the first to fully explore their lives and songs. It also examines the Southern Appalachian world that shaped their music.
Автор: Stern Lewis M. Название: Dwight Diller: West Virginia Mountain Musician ISBN: 1476664765 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476664767 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 5821.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Dwight Hamilton Diller is a musician from West Virginia devoted to traditional Appalachian fiddle and banjo music, and a seminary-trained minister steeped in local Christian traditions. For the past 40 years, he has worked to preserve archaic fiddle and banjo tunes. This book tells of Diller`s life and music, his personal challenges and his decades of teaching an elusive musical form.
Автор: Bill C Malone, Hazel Dickens Название: Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens ISBN: 0252075498 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780252075490 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 2401.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Hazel Dickens was an Appalachian singer and songwriter known for her superb musicianship, feminist country songs, union anthems, and blue-collar laments. Growing up in a West Virginia coal mining community, she drew on the mountain music and repertoire of her family and neighbors when establishing her own vibrant and powerful vocal style that is a trademark in old-time, bluegrass, and traditional country circles. Working Girl Blues presents forty original songs that Hazel Dickens wrote about coal mining, labor issues, personal relationships, and her life and family in Appalachia. Conveying sensitivity, determination, and feistiness, Dickens comments on each song, explaining how she came to write them and what they meant and continue to mean to her. Bill C. Malone's introduction traces Dickens's life, musical career, and development as a songwriter, In addition, Working Girl Blues features forty-one illustrations and a detailed discography of Dickens's commercial recordings.
Описание: Tommy Thompson was a banjo player, writer, actor, teacher and thinker. Using interviews and writings from Thompson and his loved ones, the author presents to us a life that revolved around music and creativity. Included are appendices on Thompson`s banjos, a discography and notes on his collaborative lyric writing.
Автор: Malone Bill C. Название: Sing Me Back Home: Southern Roots and Country Music ISBN: 0806155868 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780806155869 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4131.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: For over fifty years, Bill Malone has researched and written about the history of country music. Today he is celebrated as the foremost authority on this distinctly American genre. This new collection brings together his significant article-length work from a variety of sources, including essays, book chapters, and record liner notes.
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