The Legends Of Bluegrass Music

Author : Mike Cunningham
Publisher : Mike Cunningham
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-27
Category : Music
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Legends of Bluegrass Music by Mike Cunningham Pdf

In the heart of the American South, amid rolling hills and lush landscapes, a genre of music was born that would enchant generations and shape the very essence of the nation's musical heritage. "The Legends of Bluegrass Music" is a journey through the lives and contributions of the most influential figures in this soul-stirring genre. At the heart of the Bluegrass universe stands a figure synonymous with the genre itself—the "Father of Bluegrass," Bill Monroe. From his roots in Kentucky to the revolutionary creation of the Bluegrass Boys, his trailblazing path defined not only the sound but the spirit of this distinctive music. Within these pages, encounter the inimitable duo of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. Their enduring partnership enchanted audiences far and wide, inspiring us to explore the profound connection between tradition and innovation. The architects of Bluegrass, like The Stanley Brothers, Ralph and Carter, left an indelible mark with heartfelt harmonies and soul-stirring lyrics, while pioneers Reno and Smiley and The Osborne Brothers broadened the genre's scope. But the Legends of Bluegrass extend beyond its early days. A new wave of artists emerged, including Alison Krauss and Keith Whitely, each carrying the torch and adding their unique flair. From joyous fiddle tunes to heartrending ballads, Bluegrass weaves a tapestry of emotions, vividly portraying the human experience. Join us on this musical odyssey through time, where we delve into the lives and accomplishments of the Legends of Bluegrass Music. Their stories remind us of the power of music to unite, uplift, and transcend barriers. As we journey through the pages of this book, we are moved by the incredible talent and indomitable spirit of these legendary artists who shaped Bluegrass into an everlasting, cherished art form.

Author : Dennis Goodwin
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-25
Category : Music
ISBN : 1494267241

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Fate, Flukes & Fame in Country and Bluegrass Music Legends by Dennis Goodwin Pdf

Country and Bluegrass Music, with their pure and simple joys and sorrows, have forged a common bond among Texas cowboys, New York accountants and Oklahoma house-wives. This bond has not only connected the fans, but also bound together history's glittering array of Country and Bluegrass entertainers. One of the links connecting this patchwork assortment of music legends is a restless dream-hungry spirit. They lived on odd jobs and daydreams as they waited for fate to switch on their spotlight. Ironically, when that light finally beamed, it was often ignited by a spark that no one could have predicted. Merle Haggard, for instance, found his light through a prison vent during solitary confinement in San Quentin. Earl Scruggs' mastery of the banjo was enhanced by a childhood argument. With Roy Acuff, the beam of stardom would only glow after a near-tragic misfortune ruined his dream of a professional baseball career. Jimmy Martin's entrance onto the bluegrass stage came after he was fired for singing on the job. Loretta Lynn's world was illuminated by a friend's high-stakes deal. Carter Stanley's guitar techniques sprang from a "singing mailman." And Patsy Cline's spotlight was switched on by a song she didn't even want to sing. The stories of these fortunate twists of fate are often as intriguing as the Country and Bluegrass legends they produced. This book will let you join the solid gold legends of Country and Bluegrass music as they travel down the elusive path of fate, flukes and fame.

Author : Dennis Goodwin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1484111966

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Fate, Flukes and Fame in Bluegrass Music Legends by Dennis Goodwin Pdf

The parking lot of a bluegrass festival tells it all. You'll find mud-caked farm trucks, freshly washed SUVs and college-stickered sports cars...all parked side by side. For a few hours, the barriers that usually separate the stock brokers from the grocery clerks and the housewives from the college professors have somehow dissolved.Floating over and weaving in amongst the audience, are the voices and music of another time. Those voices and that music reminds them that although life was different back then, it was filled with the same heartaches, joys and dreams that visit us all. Those voices often originated in ancient Scotland and Ireland and soared across the ocean to echo through the Appalachian mountains. Then, as the fiddle cries and the tenor reaches for the sky, those ancient voices once again resonate through another generation.The stories behind the music are sometimes as colorful as the high-lonesome songs themselves. They are often flavored with the irony of the odd twists and turns of fortune. Earl Scruggs' mastery of the banjo, for example, was enhanced by a childhood argument. Jimmy Martin's entrance onto the bluegrass stage came after he was fired for singing on the job. Alison Krauss, a master of the bluegrass fiddle, actually wanted to play the piano. And Carter Stanley's guitar techniques sprang from a neighborhood "singing mailman."When you open the cover of the concise little booklet, you the bluegrass music legends-to-be as they travel down the elusive path of fate, flukes and fame.

Author : Phil Hood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : IND:30000067227094

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Artists of American Folk Music by Phil Hood Pdf

"Except for original pieces about Bob Dylan and Peter, Paul and Mary, the articles compiled here about folk, bluegrass and new acoustic musicians first appeared in Guitar Player and Frets magazines. Most pieces have been updated; they profile the artists' backgrounds, careers and contributions to their musical forms. (The articles on Odetta, Pete Seeger, Bill Monroe and Richie Havens include interviews with the musicians.) Subjects represent different eras of modern folk music: from the early days (Woody Guthrie and Malvina Reynolds) to the height of popularity 25 years ago (the Kingston Trio, Joan Baez and Arlo Guthrie) to new acoustic artists (David Grisman and Tony Trischka). Also of note: an article about the Lomax family, the archivists who have made extensive recordings of folk music that might otherwise have been lost. Although this book gives the novice a general background, it adds little new information."-- Publishers Weekly.

Author : Elizabeth A. Carlson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781625846877

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North Carolina String Music Masters by Elizabeth A. Carlson Pdf

North Carolina musicians pioneered and mastered the genres of old-time and bluegrass music. The roots of American music are deeply grounded in North Carolina's music history. Doc Watson played mountain fiddle tunes on guitar. He emerged as the father of flatpicking and forever changed the role of the guitar in American music. Charlie Poole created techniques that eventually defined bluegrass, and folks around the state heard his banjo on some of the most important old-time recordings. Rising star Rhiannon Giddens keeps the music alive today through new interpretations of classic old-time and bluegrass songs. Elizabeth Carlson profiles these and other masters of string music in this fascinating record of North Carolina's musical past, present and future.

Author : Stephanie P. Ledgin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2004-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313052057

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Homegrown Music by Stephanie P. Ledgin Pdf

With retail sales of the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack exceeding 6.5 million copies since its 2000 release, bluegrass music has re-entered the spotlight as a major American style, spawning huge successes with subsequent albums. Author Stephanie P. Ledgin has captured the rich history of this music in Homegrown Music, a lively, informative book that is perfect for newcomers and devoted fans, musicians, and non-musicians. Though recognized and embraced internationally, bluegrass is one of only two musical genres native to America and, like jazz, it boasts a colorful and lively history, one that is captured here in all its detail complete with candid interviews with such legends as Earl Scruggs, Ralph Stanley, and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Covering such aspects of bluegrass as instrumentation, songs, the festival experience, and parking lot picking, Homegrown Music also offers candid interviews with many celebrated bluegrass figures. An extensive up-to-the-minute resource guide of print, audio-visual, and Internet materials rounds out the volume. Enthusiasts of all ages will find much to discover and much to enjoy.

Author : Dennis Goodwin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1522798072

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Fate, Flukes and Fame in Bluegrass Music by Dennis Goodwin Pdf

Bluegrass music legends, like the rugged back-country farmers they often sang about, knew the value of tedious hard work and perseverance. Instead of crop-killing droughts and devastating dustbowls, they often faced years of playing their songs to rowdy drunks in smoke-filled dives. Year by year, they patiently tended their bluegrass "field of dreams" with loving hands and blistered fingers. As they practiced their instruments and perfected their high-lonesome harmonies, even the city slickers among them seem to rhythmically drift back to an earlier time. They settled into an age when news of the world didn't flash by on non-stop news channels. It was tossed on the porch by a young man on a bicycle, to peruse with morning coffee and a pipe-full of Prince Albert. Although that slower pace could be comforting, it sometimes felt like time was standing still. Now and then, though, life could suddenly pick up speed, and their musical fields would flower and turn to solid gold. Jimmy Martin's crop flourished, for example, when he was fired from his job for singing too much. Carter and Ralph Stanley's golden harvest sprang from a singing mailman. And young Earl Scruggs' musical seeds began to spout after a childhood argument. Join the legends of bluegrass as they follow the furrows of fate, flukes and fame.

Author : Barb Rosenstock
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781635924473

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Blue Grass Boy by Barb Rosenstock Pdf

Learn about the creation of the unique American music called bluegrass through the story of Bill Monroe. Bill Monroe loved many things: playing music, his big family, and his home in the bluegrass state of Kentucky. Even though his eyes were crossed and didn't work right, Bill's ears worked hard, picking out all sorts of sounds around his treasured home: rushing streams, wailing winds, and sundown jamborees with his family. Through heartache and hard times, Bill held on to these sounds that reminded him of home. Award-winning author Barb Rosenstock and illustrator Edwin Fotheringham beautifully capture the ups and downs of Bill Monroe's musical journey, and how his deep Kentucky roots helped him create a unique form of American music--bluegrass. Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash and Jerry Garcia all credit Bill Monroe with influencing their music.

Author : JOE CARR
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-24
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781619114333

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Play Like a Legend: Doc Watson by JOE CARR Pdf

Play Like a Legend: Doc Watson features transcriptions of his great guitar flatpicking recordings from the early 1960s until the 1990s. In addition, detailed explanations of special techniques such as Carter Plus soloing, using three notepatterns (3NPs) and numerous crosspicking patterns are included. Exercises are designed to isolate specific licks and patterns, making them easier to learn. Moveable phrases and licks are identified so that players can introduce Doc's unique sound into their own playing. Accompanying downloadable audio is included online.

Author : Michael Kinsella
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781604739848

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Legend-Tripping Online by Michael Kinsella Pdf

On the Internet, seekers investigate anonymous manifestos that focus on the findings of brilliant scientists said to have discovered pathways into alternate realities. Gathering on web forums, researchers not only share their observations, but also report having anomalous experiences, which they believe come from their online involvement with these veiled documents. Seeming logic combines with wild twists of lost Moorish science and pseudo-string theory. Enthusiasts insist any obstacle to revelation is a sure sign of great and wide-reaching efforts by consensus powers wishing to suppress all the liberating truths in the Incunabula Papers (included here in complete form). In Legend-Tripping Online, Michael Kinsella explores these and other extraordinary pursuits. This is the first book dedicated to legend-tripping, ritual quests in which people strive to explore and find manifest the very events described by supernatural legends. Through collective performances, legend-trippers harness the interpretive frameworks these stories provide and often claim incredible, out-of-this-world experiences that in turn perpetuate supernatural legends. Legends and legend-tripping are assuming tremendous prominence in a world confronting new speeds of diversification, connection, and increasing cognitive load. As guardians of tradition as well as agents of change, legends and the ordeals they inspire contextualize ancient and emergent ideas, behaviors, and technologies that challenge familiar realities. This book analyzes supernatural legends and the ways in which the sharing spirit of the internet collectivizes, codifies, and makes folklore of fantastic speculation.

Author : Christopher R. Fee,Jeffrey B. Webb
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1842 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798216046547

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American Myths, Legends, and Tall Tales [3 volumes] by Christopher R. Fee,Jeffrey B. Webb Pdf

A fascinating survey of the entire history of tall tales, folklore, and mythology in the United States from earliest times to the present, including stories and myths from the modern era that have become an essential part of contemporary popular culture. Folklore has been a part of American culture for as long as humans have inhabited North America, and increasingly formed an intrinsic part of American culture as diverse peoples from Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania arrived. In modern times, folklore and tall tales experienced a rejuvenation with the emergence of urban legends and the growing popularity of science fiction and conspiracy theories, with mass media such as comic books, television, and films contributing to the retelling of old myths. This multi-volume encyclopedia will teach readers the central myths and legends that have formed American culture since its earliest years of settlement. Its entries provide a fascinating glimpse into the collective American imagination over the past 400 years through the stories that have shaped it. Organized alphabetically, the coverage includes Native American creation myths, "tall tales" like George Washington chopping down his father's cherry tree and the adventures of "King of the Wild Frontier" Davy Crockett, through to today's "urban myths." Each entry explains the myth or legend and its importance and provides detailed information about the people and events involved. Each entry also includes a short bibliography that will direct students or interested general readers toward other sources for further investigation. Special attention is paid to African American folklore, Asian American folklore, and the folklore of other traditions that are often overlooked or marginalized in other studies of the topic.

Author : Fred Bartenstein,Curtis W. Ellison
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-25
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780252052538

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Industrial Strength Bluegrass by Fred Bartenstein,Curtis W. Ellison Pdf

In the twentieth century, Appalachian migrants seeking economic opportunities relocated to southwestern Ohio, bringing their music with them. Between 1947 and 1989, they created an internationally renowned capital for the thriving bluegrass music genre, centered on the industrial region of Cincinnati, Dayton, Hamilton, Middletown, and Springfield. Fred Bartenstein and Curtis W. Ellison edit a collection of eyewitness narratives and in-depth analyses that explore southwestern Ohio’s bluegrass musicians, radio broadcasters, recording studios, record labels, and performance venues, along with the music’s contributions to religious activities, community development, and public education. As the bluegrass scene grew, southwestern Ohio's distinctive sounds reached new fans and influenced those everywhere who continue to play, produce, and love roots music. Revelatory and multifaceted, Industrial Strength Bluegrass shares the inspiring story of a bluegrass hotbed and the people who created it. Contributors: Fred Bartenstein, Curtis W. Ellison, Jon Hartley Fox, Rick Good, Lily Isaacs, Ben Krakauer, Mac McDivitt, Nathan McGee, Daniel Mullins, Joe Mullins, Larry Nager, Phillip J. Obermiller, Bobby Osborne, and Neil V. Rosenberg.

Author : Barry Robert Willis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2001-09
Category : Bluegrass music
ISBN : 0786636238

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America's Music by Barry Robert Willis Pdf

Author : Charles K. Wolfe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2002-05-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781135957346

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Classic Country by Charles K. Wolfe Pdf

Now for the first time, country music authority Charles K. Wolfe gathers together his profiles of 50 legends of country music, including Bill Monroe, Lefty Frizzell, and Kitty Wells.

Author : Thomas Goldsmith
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Music
ISBN : 0252029143

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The Bluegrass Reader by Thomas Goldsmith Pdf

A chronological guide to bluegrass music that describes and traces the development of the musical genre.