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Artists of American folk music : the legends of traditional folk, the stars of the sixties, the virtuosi of new acoustic music / edited by Phil Hood.

Title: Artists of American folk music : the legends of traditional folk, the stars of the sixties, the virtuosi of new acoustic music / edited by Phil Hood.
Publication: New York : Quill, c1986.

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Additional Authors

Hood, Phil

Description

159 p. : ill.; 28 cm.

Summary

"Except for original pieces about Bob Dylan and Peter, Paul and Mary, the articles compiled here about folk, bluegrass and new acoustic musicians first appeared in Guitar Player and Frets magazines. Most pieces have been updated; they profile the artists' backgrounds, careers and contributions to their musical forms. (The articles on Odetta, Pete Seeger, Bill Monroe and Richie Havens include interviews with the musicians.) Subjects represent different eras of modern folk music: from the early days (Woody Guthrie and Malvina Reynolds) to the height of popularity 25 years ago (the Kingston Trio, Joan Baez and Arlo Guthrie) to new acoustic artists (David Grisman and Tony Trischka). Also of note: an article about the Lomax family, the archivists who have made extensive recordings of folk music that might otherwise have been lost. Although this book gives the novice a general background, it adds little new information."-- Publishers Weekly.

Alternative Title

Legends of traditional folk, the stars of the sixties, the virtuosi of new acoustic music

Subject

Genre/Form

Biographies
Dictionaries

Note

"A Guitar player and Frets book."

Bibliography (note)

Includes discographies.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Maybelle Carter and the Carter family -- Woody Guthrie -- Lomax family -- Bill Monroe -- Pete Seeger -- Earl Scruggs -- Elizabeth Cotten -- Peggy Seeger -- New Lost City Ramblers -- Odetta -- Kingston Trio -- Joan Baez -- Doc Watson -- Peter, Paul and Mary -- Bob Dylan -- Dave Van Ronk -- Tom Paley -- John Herald -- Bob Yellin -- Mike Seeger -- Happy Traum -- Gordon Lightfoot -- Jean Ritchie -- Richie Havens -- Roger McGuinn -- Tom Paxton -- Stefan Grossman -- Malvina Reynolds -- Arlo Guthrie -- David Grisman.

ISBN

0688059163 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^85063796^

OCLC

13637881
SCSB-11333910

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library