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Rural roots of bluegrass : songs, stories & history / Wayne Erbsen.

Erbsen, Wayne. (Author).

Summary:

"Erbsen's book takes a deep look at bluegrass to discover its true roots. Included are the words and music to ninety-four songs, vintage photos, historical introductions and profiles of scores of musicians at the very core of bluegrass. The book contains tips on singing and playing, and includes accounts of the author's personal encounters with many of these legendary musicians."-Amazon

Record details

  • ISBN: 1883206405
  • ISBN: 9781883206406
  • Physical Description: 180 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Asheville, N.C. : Native Ground Music, 2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Romancing the Rural Homestead 9 -- Roots of Bluegrass Music 12 -- Tin Pan Alley 19 -- Roots of Gospel Music 20 -- Monroe Brothers 24 -- National Barn Dance 26 -- Those Magic Crystals 27 -- Charlie & Bill in the "Studio" 28 -- Bill Monroe and The Blue Grass Boys 29 -- Bill Monroe on the Opry 33 -- 2 Cents Worth of Music Theory 34 -- Transposing 35 -- Using a Capo to Transpose 36 -- Wheel of Transposition 37 -- Singing with the Guitar 38 -- Singing with the Mandolin 39 -- Singing with the Banjo 40 -- Backing up Songs with the Fiddle 41 -- Singing Harmony 42 -- Before You Start Singing 43 -- A Beautiful Life 44 -- All the Good Times Are Past and Gone 45 -- Amazing Grace 46 -- Angel Band 47 -- Are You Tired of Me, Darling? 48 -- Lilly Brothers 49 -- Banjo Pickin' Girl 50 -- Banks of the Ohio 51 -- Blue Ridge Mountain Blues 52 -- Riley Puckett 53 -- Bury Me Beneath the Willow 54 -- Carter Family 55 -- Careless Love 57 -- Bradley Kincaid 58 -- Columbus Stockade Blues 60 -- Cotton-Eyed Joe 61 -- Cripple Creek 62 -- Cumberland Gap 63 -- Darling Cory 64 -- Dig a Hole in the Meadow 65 -- Don't Go Out Tonight, My Darling 66 -- Don't Let Your Deal Go Down 67 -- Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers 68 -- Don't This Road Look Rough and Rocky 70 -- Down in the Willow Garden 71 -- Wade & J.E. Mainer 72 -- Wade Mainer and the Morris Brothers 74 -- Dream of the Miner's Child 76 -- Vernon Dalhart 77 -- Drifting Too Far From the Shore 78 -- East Virginia 79 -- Footmarks in the Snow 80 -- Girl I Loved in Sunny Tennessee, The 82 -- Give Me the Roses Now 83 -- Carolina Tar Heels 84 -- Going to Georgia 85 -- Handsome Molly 86 -- G.B. Grayson & Henry Whitter 87 -- He Will Set Your Fields on Fire 88 -- I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home 89 -- I'll Be All Smiles Tonight 90 -- I'll Remember You in My Prayers 91 -- In the Pines 92 -- Fiddlin' Arthur Smith 93 -- Jealous Lover 95 -- Jesse James 96 -- Jimmie Brown the Paper Boy 97 -- John Hardy 98 -- Johnson Boys 99 -- Just Over in the Gloryland 100 -- Karl & Harty 101 -- Katie Cline 102 -- Ernest V. "Pop" Stoneman 103 -- Katie Dear 104 -- Knoxville Girl 105 -- Leaning on the Everlasting Arms 106 -- Leather Britches 107 -- Life's Railway to Heaven 108 -- Blue Sky Boys 109 -- Little Bessie 111 -- Fiddlin' John Carson 112 -- Little Log Cabin in the Lane 113 -- Little Maggie 114 -- Little Rosewood Casket 115 -- Little Whitewashed Chimney 116 -- Bill Clifton 117 -- Lonesome Road Blues 118 -- Snuffy Jenkins 119 -- Long Journey Home 121 -- Lord, I'm Coming Home 122 -- Man of Constant Sorrow 123 -- Maple on the Hill 124 -- Mary of the Wild Moor 125 -- Midnight on the Stormy Deep 126 -- My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains 127 -- My Old Cottage Home 128 -- New River Train 129 -- Nine Pound Hammer 130 -- Oh Those Tombs 132 -- Old Joe Clark 133 -- Poor Ellen Smith 134 -- Precious Memories 135 -- Coon Creek Girls 136 -- Pretty Polly 137 -- Put My Little Shoes Away 138 -- Rabbit in the Log 139 -- Red Rocking Chair 140 -- Red Wing 141 -- Reuben's Train 142 -- Earl Scruggs 143 -- Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms 145 -- Roll on Buddy 146 -- Roving Gambler 148 -- Eck Robertson 149 -- Sally Goodin 150 -- Seeing Nelly Home 151 -- Shady Grove 152 -- Shake Hands with Mother Again 153 -- Short Life of Trouble 154 -- Sweet Sunny South 155 -- Callahan Brothers 156 -- They're at Rest Together 158 -- Turkey in the Straw 159 -- Unclouded Day, The 160 -- Wabash Cannonball 161 -- Wait Till the Clouds Roll By 162 -- Walk in Jerusalem Just like John 163 -- What Would You Give in Exchange? 164 -- When the Bees Are in the Hive 165 -- When You and I Were Young, Maggie 166 -- Where the Soul of Man Never Dies 167 -- White House Blues 168 -- Whoa Mule 170 -- Samantha Bumgarner & Eva Davis 171 -- Wild Bill Jones 172 -- Wildwood Flower 174.
Subject:
Bluegrass music > History and criticism.
Bluegrass musicians > Portraits.
Genre:
Portraits.

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  • 8 of 8 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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