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? The music today known as "e;classic country"e; originated in the South in the 1920s. Influenced by blues and folk music, instrumentation was typically guitar, fiddle, …
North Carolina fiddler and banjo player Jim Scancarelli's extensive career as a string band musician began in the early 1960s. A founding member of the Kilocycle Kowboys, one of …
With opinions and personal testimonies from the artists themselves, this book takes a detailed look at the huge impact that Mexican music and culture has had--and continues to …
This book highlights 50 of the most important entertainers in contemporary country music, providing a brief biography of each artist with special emphasis on experiences that …
Tommy Thompson arrived in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in 1963, smitten by folk and traditional Appalachian music. In 1972, he teamed with Bill Hicks and Jim Watson to form the …
Three men's lives, told through the story of one song. Jerry Jeff Walker, the singer and writer behind the classic hit "e;Mr. Bojangles,"e; never would have expected that …
G.B. Grayson and Henry Whitter were two of the most influential artists in the early days of country music. Songs they popularized--"e;Tom Dooley,"e; "e;Little …
With an influx of Appalachian migrants who came looking for work in the 1940s and 1950s, Baltimore found itself populated by some extraordinary mountain musicians and was for a …
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 …
When the story of banjo superstar Earl Scruggs is told, the rich musical environment that produced him is often ignored. During his lifetime Scruggs spun a creation myth around his …