Virginia S Blues Country And Gospel Records 1902 1943

Author : Kip Lornell
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-14
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780813194189

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Virginia's Blues, Country, and Gospel Records, 1902-1943 by Kip Lornell Pdf

During the years before World War II, hundreds of traditional musicians were sought out by commercial record companies, brought to New York or into local—often makeshift—studios, to cut recordings that would be marketed as "race" and "hillbilly" music. Virginia was home to scores of these performers, several of whom were to become internationally known. Among them were the Carter Family, the Golden Gate Quartet, Charlie Poole, and the Stoneman Family, whose music has touched millions of listeners far beyond the confines of the Old Dominion. It is this historically important body of recordings from this unique period that forms the focus of Kip Lornell's study. In it he combines biographical sketches and bibliographies of the artists and groups with comprehensive discographies of each, covering not only the original 78-rpm issues but also American and foreign long-play releases. The entries incorporate new primary research and contemporary interviews with veterans of early recording sessions. Numerous vintage photographs are also included, some reproduced here for the first time.

Author : Bob L. Eagle,Eric S. LeBlanc
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9798216054931

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Blues by Bob L. Eagle,Eric S. LeBlanc Pdf

Examining the blues genre by region, and describing the differences unique to each, make this a must-have for music scholars and lay readers alike. A melding of many types of music such as ragtime, spiritual, jug band, and other influences came together in what we now call the blues. Blues: A Regional Experience is the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference book of blues performers yet published, correcting many errors in the existing literature. Arranged mainly by ecoregions of the United States, this volume traces the history of blues from one region to another, identifying the unique sounds and performers of that area. Each section begins with a brief introduction, including a discussion of the region's culture and its influence on blues music. Chapters take an in-depth look at blues styles from the following regions: Virginia and the tidewater area, Carolinas and the Piedmont area, the Appalachians and Alabama, the Mississippi Delta, Greater Texas, the Lower Midwest, the Midwest, the Northeast, and California and the West. Biographical sketches of musicians such as B.B. King and T-Bone Walker include parental data and up-to-date biographical information, including full names, pseudonyms, and burial place, when available. The work includes a chapter devoted to the Vaudeville era, presenting much information never before published. A chronology, selected artists' CD discography, and bibliography round out this title for students and music fans.

Author : Robert M. W. Dixon
Publisher : Essex : Storyville Publications
Page : 912 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Music
ISBN : UCAL:B4337869

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Blues & Gospel Records, 1902-1943 by Robert M. W. Dixon Pdf

Since its first edition in 1964, this book has been dubbed "the bible" for collectors of pre-war African American music. It provides an exhaustive listing of all recordings made up to the end of 1943 in a distinctively African American style, excluding those customarily classed as jazz (which are the subject of separate discographies). The book covers recordings made for the commercial market (whether issued at the time or not) and also recordings made for the Library of Congress Archive of Folk Song and similar bodies--about 20,000 titles in all, by more than 3,000 artists. For each recording session, full details are given of: artist credit, accompaniment, place and date of recording, titles, issuing company and catalogue numbers, matrix numbers, alternative takes. There are also short accounts of the major "race labels" that recorded blues and gospel material, and a complete list of field trips to the south by travelling recording units. Howard Rye has joined the original compilers for this thoroughly revised, enlarged, and reset fourth edition. The scope has been widened by the addition of about 150 new artists in addition to newly discovered recordings by other artists. The compilation now includes recordings by groups such as the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the Pace Jubilee Singers, and the Tuskegee Institute Singers, who, although they employed African American materials and musical devices, were designed to appeal to a predominantly white audience. Early cylinder recordings of gospel music from the 1890s are included for the first time. Previous editions of this work are applauded for their completeness, accuracy, and reliability. This has now been enhanced by the addition of new information from record labels and from record company files, and by listening to a wide selection of titles, and detailed cross checking.

Author : Edward Komara,Peter Lee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1274 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004-07-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781135958312

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The Blues Encyclopedia by Edward Komara,Peter Lee Pdf

The Blues Encyclopedia is the first full-length authoritative Encyclopedia on the Blues as a musical form. While other books have collected biographies of blues performers, none have taken a scholarly approach. A to Z in format, this Encyclopedia covers not only the performers, but also musical styles, regions, record labels and cultural aspects of the blues, including race and gender issues. Special attention is paid to discographies and bibliographies.

Author : Patrick Huber
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10-20
Category : Music
ISBN : 0807886785

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Linthead Stomp by Patrick Huber Pdf

Contrary to popular belief, the roots of American country music do not lie solely on southern farms or in mountain hollows. Rather, much of this music recorded before World War II emerged from the bustling cities and towns of the Piedmont South. No group contributed more to the commercialization of early country music than southern factory workers. In Linthead Stomp, Patrick Huber explores the origins and development of this music in the Piedmont's mill villages. Huber offers vivid portraits of a colorful cast of Piedmont millhand musicians, including Fiddlin' John Carson, Charlie Poole, Dave McCarn, and the Dixon Brothers, and considers the impact that urban living, industrial work, and mass culture had on their lives and music. Drawing on a broad range of sources, including rare 78-rpm recordings and unpublished interviews, Huber reveals how the country music recorded between 1922 and 1942 was just as modern as the jazz music of the same era. Linthead Stomp celebrates the Piedmont millhand fiddlers, guitarists, and banjo pickers who combined the collective memories of the rural countryside with the upheavals of urban-industrial life to create a distinctive American music that spoke to the changing realities of the twentieth-century South.

Author : Marie Tyler-McGraw
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 0807844764

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At the Falls by Marie Tyler-McGraw Pdf

A study of nearly four hundred years in the history of Richmond, Virginia, ranges from the first encounters between English colonists and Powhatan to the inauguration of Douglas Wilder, America's first elected African-American governor

Author : Daniel W. Patterson,Charles G. Zug (III.)
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 082231021X

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Arts in Earnest by Daniel W. Patterson,Charles G. Zug (III.) Pdf

Arts in Earnest explores the unique folklife of North Carolina from ruddy ducks to pranks in the mill. Traversing from Murphy to Manteo, these fifteen essays demonstrate the importance of North Carolina’s continually changing folklife. From decoy carving along the coast, to the music of tobacco chants and the blues of the Piedmont, to the Jack tales of the mountains, Arts in Earnest reflects the story of a people negotiating their rapidly changing social and economic environment. Personal interviews are an important element in the book. Laura Lee, an elderly black woman from Chatham County, describes the quilts she made from funeral flower ribbons; witnesses and friends each remember varying details of the Duke University football player who single-handedly vanquished a gang of would-be muggers; Clyde Jones leads a safari through his backyard, which is filled with animals made of wood and cement that represent nontraditional folk art; the songs and sermon of a Primitive Baptist service flow together as one—“it tills you up all over”; Durham bluesman Willie Trice, one of a handful of Durham musicians who recorded in the 1930s and early 1940s, remembers when the active tobacco warehouses offered ready audiences—“They’d tip us a heap of change to play some music”; and Goldsboro tobacco auctioneer H. L. “Speed” Riggs chants 460 words per minute, five to six times faster than a normal conversational rate.

Author : John GODRICH,Robert M W. DIXON
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:760092696

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Blues and gospel records 1902-1942 by John GODRICH,Robert M W. DIXON Pdf

Author : Kevin J. Hayes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107057777

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A History of Virginia Literature by Kevin J. Hayes Pdf

This History explores the development of literary culture in Virginia from the founding of Jamestown to the twenty-first century.

Author : Rick Kennedy
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780253007476

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Jelly Roll, Bix, and Hoagy by Rick Kennedy Pdf

In a piano factory tucked away in Richmond, Indiana, Gennett Records produced thousands of records featuring obscure musicians from hotel orchestras and backwoods fiddlers to the future icons of jazz, blues, country music, and rock 'n' roll. From 1916 to 1934, the company debuted such future stars as Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Bix Beiderbecke, and Hoagy Carmichael, while also capturing classic performances by Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charley Patton, Uncle Dave Macon, and Gene Autry. While Gennett Records was overshadowed by competitors such as Victor and Columbia, few record companies documented the birth of America's grassroots music as thoroughly as this small-town label. In this newly revised and expanded edition of Jelly Roll, Bix, and Hoagy, Rick Kennedy shares anecdotes from musicians, employees, and family members to trace the colorful history of one of America's most innovative record companies.

Author : Phil Wiggins,Frank Matheis
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-28
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781496826954

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Sweet Bitter Blues by Phil Wiggins,Frank Matheis Pdf

Sweet Bitter Blues: Washington, DC’s Homemade Blues depicts the life and times of harmonica player Phil Wiggins and the unique, vibrant music scene around him, as described by music journalist Frank Matheis. Featuring Wiggins’s story, but including information on many musicians, the volume presents an incomparable documentary of the African American blues scene in Washington, DC, from 1975 to the present. At its core, the DC-area acoustic “down home” blues scene was and is rooted in the African American community. A dedicated group of musicians saw it as their mission to carry on their respective Piedmont musical traditions: Mother Scott, Flora Molton, Chief Ellis, Archie Edwards, John Jackson, John Cephas, and foremost Phil Wiggins. Because of their love for the music and willingness to teach, these creators fostered a harmonious environment, mostly centered on Archie Edwards’s famous barbershop where Edwards opened his doors every Saturday afternoon for jam sessions. Sweet Bitter Blues features biographies and supporting essays based on Wiggins’s recollections and supplemented by Matheis’s research, along with a foreword by noted blues scholar Elijah Wald, historic interviews by Dr. Barry Lee Pearson with John Cephas and Archie Edwards, and previously unpublished and rare photographs. This is the story of an acoustic blues scene that was and is a living tradition.

Author : Nancy J. Martin-Perdue,Charles L. Perdue
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 0807845701

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Talk about Trouble by Nancy J. Martin-Perdue,Charles L. Perdue Pdf

Talk about Trouble presents 61 Writers' Project life histories that depict Virginia men and women, both blacks and whites, and offer a cross-section of ages, occupations, experiences, and cultural and class backgrounds. Headnotes set the context for each life history and introduce people and themes that link individual events and experiences.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Blues (Music)
ISBN : UCSC:32106009180388

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Living Blues by Anonim Pdf

Author : Felicia Raphael Marie Barber
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781793635358

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A New Perspective for the Use of Dialect in African American Spirituals by Felicia Raphael Marie Barber Pdf

A New Perspective for the Use of Dialect in African American Spirituals: History, Context, and Linguistics investigates the use of the African American English (AAE) dialect in the musical genre of the spiritual. Perfect for conductors and performers alike, this book traces the history of the dialect, its use in early performance practice, and the sociolinguistic impact of the AAE dialect in the United States. Felicia Barber explores AAE’s development during the African Diaspora and its correlations with Southern States White English (SSWE) and examines the dialect’s perception and how its weaponization has impacted the performance of the genre itself. She provides a synopsis of research on the use of dialect in spirituals from the past century through the analysis of written scores, recordings, and research. She identifies common elements of early performance practice and provides the phonological and grammatical features identified in early practice. This book contains practical guide for application of her findings on ten popular spiritual texts using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). It concludes with insights by leading arrangers on their use of AAE dialect as a part of the genre and practice.

Author : Josh Beckworth
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-21
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781476631868

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Always Been a Rambler by Josh Beckworth Pdf

 GB. Grayson and Henry Whitter were two of the most influential artists in the early days of country music. Songs they popularized—“Tom Dooley,” “Little Maggie,” “Handsome Molly,” and “Nine Pound Hammer”—are still staples of traditional music. Although the duo sold tens of thousands of records during the 1920s, the details of their lives remain largely unknown. Featuring never before published photographs and interviews with friends and relatives, this book chronicles for the first time the romantic intrigues and tragic deaths that marked their lives and explores the Southern Appalachian culture that shaped their music.