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In this rare session with one of the giants of bluegrass and old-time music, Ralph Stanley demonstrates the banjo styles and musical brilliance for which he is famous. Starting with traditional clawhammer tunes (Shout little Lulie, Little Birdie, Cripple Creek and Cuttin' the cornbread), he teaches a variety of ways to pick up and frail the banjo. Moving into his renowned three-finger bluegrass picking, he breaks down favorites Little Maggie, Dickenson...
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Grammy Award winning performer David Holt has spent his life learning and performing traditional American music. It has taken him from the most remote coves of southern Appalachia to the bright lights of TV studios, and the Grand Ole Opry stage. In this show, David introduces viewers to modern masters of traditional music in the southern mountains of North Carolina and remembers the legends who taught him.
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"Many words have been dedicated to biographies and histories of early country music and its creators, but surprisingly little attention has been given to the actual songs at the heart of these narratives. In this groundbreaking book, music historian Tony Russell turns the spotlight on a vast archive of recordings from the 1920s and 1930s and uncovers the hidden stories of how they were recorded, the interventions of record companies that shaped them,...
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"Born into poverty in Mississippi at the close of the nineteenth century, Charley Patton and Jimmie Rodgers established themselves among the most influential musicians of their era. In Tune tells the story of the parallel careers of these two pioneering recording artists--one black, one white--who moved beyond their humble origins to change the face of American music. At a time when segregation formed impassable lines of demarcation in most areas...
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Scope and content: Scattered issues of Take One newspaper, published in Nashville, Tenn. Holdings begin with vol. 1 issue 5 (Dec. 1977/Jan. 1978) when it was published on a monthly basis, to vol. 3 no. 13 (Aug. 13, 1979), by which time it had become a weekly.
The range of topics covered in each issue generally include: personality profiles and interviews; coverage of local television and radio stations; short fiction and essays; issues and topics...