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Born 130 years ago in the heart of Mississippi, Charlie Patton (c. 1891-1934) is considered by many to be a father of the Delta blues, but over the decades, his contributions to blues music have been overshadowed. This completely revised second edition presents the story of Charlie Patton and his legacy.
Compiles and assesses more than one hundred interviews with industry professionals whose roles have been less often examined: producers, publishers, songwriters, management, studio musicians, and more. The book naturally pivots around the country music industry but also discusses Nashville's role in other forms of modern music.
In the past fifty years, the bodhran, or traditional Irish circular frame drum, has undergone a rapid evolution in development. This book presents a definitive history of the bodhran from its early origins to its present-day resurgence in Irish American folk music.
Embarks on a chronological exploration of Guthrie's music in the vein of American radicalism and civil rights. Ron Briley begins this journey with an overview of five key periods in Guthrie's life and, in the chapters that follow, analyses his political ideas through primary and secondary source materials.
From his earliest recordings to his posthumously released albums, the haunting baritone of Waylon Jennings marked him as an extraordinarily individualistic country music artist. This biography recounts Waylon's west Texas upbringing, his introduction to music as a radio announcer at thirteen years old, his tutelage by rock star Buddy Holly, and his eventual stellar yet stormy music career.
The Fellowship Independent Baptist Church was a group of fundamental Christian believers broadly representative of southern Appalachian belief and practice. Jeff Todd Titon worked with this community to determine the nature of language in the practice of their religion. He traces specialized vocabulary and its applications through the acts of being saved, praying, preaching, teaching, and singing.
Perhaps no instrument better represents the music of Appalachia than the fretted dulcimer. But where did the dulcimer, known to exist in no other folk culture in the world, come from? In The Story of the Dulcimer, Ralph Lee Smith traces the dulcimer's beginnings back to European immigration to America in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
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