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Dan Levenson : old-time banjo and fiddle teacher, performer and storyteller
- Title
- Dan Levenson : old-time banjo and fiddle teacher, performer and storyteller / Lewis M. Stern and David Brooks.
- Author
- Stern, Lewis M.
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2023]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Brooks, David, 1947 January-
- Description
- xii, 225 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- ""This is a biography of Dan Levenson, an old-time banjo and fiddle player from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Between 1987 and 1991, Dan worked for Goose Acres Folk Music Center in Cleveland, Ohio, where he dove deeply into old-time music. In the late 1980s, he formed the Boiled Buzzards; they recorded four albums between 1989 and 1994 and were a consistently active presence at old-time music festivals. During that time, he also played with Bob Frank as one-half of the Hotfoot Duo. In 1995, he teamed up with Kim Murley and recorded New Frontier: Instrumentals from China and America. Levenson undertook his first cross-country trip as a solo performer in 1996. His traveling program, "Meet the Banjo," ran as a workshop with the sponsorship of Deering Banjos from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. Dan recorded three projects in the first five years of the 2000s and began editing the quarterly "Old Time Way" section for Banjo Newsletter in 2005. He continues performing old-time music, teaching fiddle and banjo, writing instructional and repertoire books featuring banjo and fiddle tunes for Mel Bay, and making plans for more old-time music projects."-Provided by publisher"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-220), discography (pages 169-173), and index.
- Contents
- Introduction. Dan's Narrative -- Early Life -- Learning Old-Time Music -- Playing Old-Time Music -- Honing The Tools of Performance -- Teaching Old-Time Music -- Thinking About Old-Time Music -- Conclusion. The Shape of Dan's Life -- Appendix. Discography and Videography.
- Call Number
- JME 23-493
- ISBN
- 9781476683515
- 1476683514
- LCCN
- 2023021145
- 40031819163
- OCLC
- 1356502932
- Author
- Stern, Lewis M., author.
- Title
- Dan Levenson : old-time banjo and fiddle teacher, performer and storyteller / Lewis M. Stern and David Brooks.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2023]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-220), discography (pages 169-173), and index.
- Added Author
- Brooks, David, 1947 January- author.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40031819163
- Research Call Number
- JME 23-493