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Gone to the country : the New Lost City Ramblers and the folk music revival

Title
Gone to the country : the New Lost City Ramblers and the folk music revival / Ray Allen.
Author
Allen, Ray.
Publication
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2010.

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Description
x, 309 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
"Gone To The Country chronicles the life and music of the New Lost City Ramblers, a trio of city-bred musicians who helped pioneer the resurgence of southern roots music during the folk revival of the late 1950s and 1960s."--Back cover.
Series Statement
Music in American life
Uniform Title
Music in American life.
Subject
  • Seeger, Mike, 1933-2009
  • Cohen, John, 1932-2019
  • New Lost City Ramblers
  • Folk musicians > United States > Biography
  • Folk music > United States > History and criticism
  • Folk music
  • Folk musicians
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Biographies.
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : Reviving tradition in modern America -- The Seeger family discovers the folk -- Yale hoots and Washington Square jams -- The Ramblers take the stage, 1958-1959 -- Seeger, Cohen, and Paley perform the folk, 1959-1961 -- Paley departs and Schwarz arrives, 1961-1962 -- Seeger, Cohen and Schwarz perform the folk, 1962-1964 -- Gone to the country, 1965-1968 -- A second decade, 1969-1979 -- Thinking legacy and moving on -- Passing for traditional and rethinking folk revivalism.
Call Number
JNE 10-341
ISBN
  • 9780252035609
  • 0252035607
  • 9780252077470
  • 0252077474
LCCN
2010015369
OCLC
601331140
Author
Allen, Ray.
Title
Gone to the country : the New Lost City Ramblers and the folk music revival / Ray Allen.
Imprint
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2010.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Music in American life
Music in American life.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JNE 10-341
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