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Wayne Howard : old-time music, the Hammons family and mountain lore
- Title
- Wayne Howard : old-time music, the Hammons family and mountain lore / Lewis M. Stern.
- Author
- Stern, Lewis M.
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021]
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- Additional Authors
- Hammons (Family : W. Va.)
- Description
- xi, 183 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Summary
- From his birth in Owensboro, Kentucky, in 1947, to his 2020 album featuring the music of Lee Hammons, Wayne Howard has lived an exceptionally creative life. Howard seems to be eternally present at fiddle festivals, on the margins of old-time music gatherings, and ensconced in the circles of creative forces working to preserve and disseminate this archaic southern mountain music. In 1969, he relocated to West Virginia and, after being introduced to the Hammons family by Dwight Diller, Howard befriended the family and recorded Lee, Sherman, Burl, and Maggie Hammons playing music and telling stories. From there, Howard carved out a place for himself as a professional computer programmer, a vintage book collector and seller, and woodworker before turning his attention to writing about the Hammons family, and producing CDs from his reel-to-reel tapes of their stories and music for the Field Recorders' Collective. This biography follows the threads of music and folklore through Howard's life, celebrating his profound knowledge of the songs and songsters that does much to sustain the interest of those who seek out Appalachian tunes, songs, and stories--
- Series Statement
- Contributions to Southern Appalachian studies ; 52
- Uniform Title
- Contributions to southern Appalachian studies ; 52.
- Subject
- Howard, Wayne, 1947-
- Hammons, Burl, 1908-1993
- Hammons, Lee, 1886-1980
- Hammons, Sherman, 1903-1988
- Parker, Maggie Hammons, 1899-1987
- Hammond family
- 1900-1999
- Fiddlers > Appalachian Region > Biography
- Banjoists > Appalachian Region > Biography
- Old-time music > Appalachian Region > History and criticism
- Ethnomusicology > Appalachian Region > History > 20th century
- Banjoists
- Ethnomusicology
- Fiddlers
- Old-time music
- Appalachian Region
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-178) and index.
- Contents
- Family History, Early Life, Education, Aspirations -- Life in West Virginia -- Back to Kentucky, Pursuing Folklore -- Wayne's Creative Trajectory -- Appendix 1. Burl Hammons' Lost, and Found, Fiddle -- Appendix 2. Two Dulcimers Made by Lee Hammons.
- Call Number
- JNE 22-83
- ISBN
- 9781476684260
- 147668426X
- LCCN
- 2021017746
- OCLC
- 1199057107
- Author
- Stern, Lewis M., author.
- Title
- Wayne Howard : old-time music, the Hammons family and mountain lore / Lewis M. Stern.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Contributions to Southern Appalachian studies ; 52Contributions to southern Appalachian studies ; 52.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-178) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Added Author
- Description of (family): Hammons (Family : W. Va.)
- Research Call Number
- JNE 22-83