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What Earl Scruggs heard : string music along the North Carolina-South Carolina border

Title: What Earl Scruggs heard : string music along the North Carolina-South Carolina border / Bob Carlin.
Author: Carlin, Bob
Publication: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2022]

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Description

vii, 204 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

""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 playing, convincing many that he was the sole originator of a three-finger, up-picking, banjo style. For the first time, this book tells the full story of the music and musicians of the western Carolinas that influenced Earl Scruggs. Based on more than 15 years of in-depth research, this book includes the story of country music recording pioneers Parker and Woolbright, Fisher Hendley and Martin Melody Boys; rare images of area music makers; and the history and development of fiddlers' conventions and radio barn dances. Together, these stories are woven into the biographies of Earl's mentors to reveal the musical atmosphere in which they developed the "three-finger picking" style that so enchanted a young Earl Scruggs.""--

Subject

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-200), discography (pages 165-169) and index.

Contents

Preface. Why Earl? -- Pre-History "B.E." (Before Earl) -- The Greatest Musical Tournament in Western North Carolina -- John W. Ross, Charlie Parker and Mack Woolbright : Part One -- Mack Woolbright : Part Two and Three -- What Earl Scruggs Heard -- Crazy Crystals and Aristocratic Pigs : The Fisher Hendley Story -- WBT-Charlotte -- Crazy Water and Crazy Bands -- Aristocratically Yours, Fisher Hendley -- Conclusion. Post-History "A.E." (After Earl).

Call Number

JME 22-213

ISBN

9781476686677
147668667X

LCCN

2022008725

OCLC

1302334866

Author

Carlin, Bob, author.

Title

What Earl Scruggs heard : string music along the North Carolina-South Carolina border / Bob Carlin.

Publisher

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2022]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-200), discography (pages 165-169) and index.

Research Call Number

JME 22-213

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