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String bands in the North Carolina Piedmont / by Carlin, Bob.(CARDINAL)164013;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-255) and index."This illustrated history focuses exclusively on Piedmont string band music - its place in the history and culture of the area, the music's development within traditional communities of the Piedmont, and many of the best known bands and musicians. Extensively researched, the text draws upon personal interviews with dozens of performers." "Topics include African-Americans and string band music; the societal functions of square dances; the ways in which musicians learned to play and bought their instruments; fiddlers' conventions and their history as community fundraisers; the recording industry and Piedmont musicians who cut recordings; the influence of live radio stations, including WPTF in Raleigh, WGWR in Asheboro, WSJS in Winston-Salem, WBIG in Greensboro and WBT in Charlotte; the first generation of locally-bred country entertainers, including Charlie Monroe's Kentucky Partners, Gurney Thomas and Glenn Thompson; and bluegrass and musical change following World War II."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: String band music; String bands;

Classic old-time music from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings [sound recording]. by Boggs, Dock,1898-1971,performer.(CARDINAL)340845; Ashley, Clarence,1895-1967,performer.(CARDINAL)336233; Bode, Frank,performer.; Jarrell, Tommy,1901-1985,performer.(CARDINAL)172578; Kessinger, Clark,performer.; Carter, Maybelle,1909-1978,performer.(CARDINAL)371588; Carter, Sara,1898-1979,performer.; Watson, Doc,performer.(CARDINAL)162813; Price, Fred,1915-1987,performer.(CARDINAL)340857; McGee, Sam,1894-1975,performer.(CARDINAL)189407; McGee, Kirk,1899-1983,performer.; Holcomb, Roscoe,performer.(CARDINAL)340855; Ward, Wade,performer.(CARDINAL)340853; Johnson, David,1954-performer.; Johnson, Billie Ray,performer.; Johnson, Bill,1911-1996,performer.; Sexton, Lee,performer.(CARDINAL)340834; Seeger, Mike,1933-2009,performer.(CARDINAL)158023; Pegram, George,1911-1974,performer.; Emmy,Cousin,1903-1980,performer.; Summers, John W.,1887-1976,performer.; Thompson, Joe,1918-2012,performer.(CARDINAL)532945; Thompson, Tommy,1937-performer.; Cahan, Andy,performer.; Ornstein, Lisa,performer.; Fishleder, Laura,performer.; Carlton, Gaither,1901-1972,performer.; Tanner, Gordon,1916-1982,performer.; Miller, Smokey Joe,1918-2009,performer.; Patterson, John,1910-1980,performer.; Baker, Etta,1913-2006,performer.; Phillips, Cora,performer.; Iron Mountain String Band,performer.; J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers,performer.; New Lost City Ramblers,performer.(CARDINAL)730803; Old Reliable String Band,performer.; Red Clay Ramblers,performer.(CARDINAL)791685; Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings.(CARDINAL)340862; Spare Change Boys,performer.;
Recorded 1958-1985.
Subjects: Old-time music.; String band music.; Folk music; Folk songs, English; Folk music.; Bluegrass music.;

Strings of life : conversations with old-time musicians from Virginia and North Carolina / by Donleavy, Kevin.(CARDINAL)281213;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction, and so forth ; Counties in this old-time music region -- Where cultures meet : the people, the geography, the instruments, and the music ; Notes -- Surry County, North Carolina ; Some Surry County recordings -- Low Gap, Surry County, North Carolina -- Carroll County and Fancy Gap, Virginia ; a few recordings from Fancy Gap -- Carroll County, Virginia, part 2 ; Select discography for Abe Horton ; Other area music -- Rambling from Lambsburg, fiddling around Scraptown, Virginia ; Some last resting sites -- Patrick County, Virginia ; A Patrick discography -- Forsyth County and Winston-Salem, North Carolina ; A Winston-Salem/Forsyth discography -- Stokes County, Virginia ; Tunes recently played in Stokes County ; Rockingham and Caswell Counties, North Carolina ; Some Rockingham and Caswell music -- Alleghany County, North Carolina ; A select Alleghany discography -- Wilkes County and Elkin, North Carolina ; Bray Family chronicles ; A little world of music : Virginia meets North Carolina and Tennessee ; Addendum on "Billy in the low ground" ; Discography -- Grayson County and Galax Town, Virginia ; Selected sources -- Wythe County, Virginia.
Subjects: Folk musicians; Folk musicians; Old-time music; Old-time music; String band music; String band music; North Caroliniana.;

Carolina Chocolate Drops & Joe Thompson [sound recording]. by Carolina Chocolate Drops (Musical group); Carlin, Bob.(CARDINAL)164013; Flemons, Dom,1982-; Giddens, Rhiannon,1977-(CARDINAL)339130; Robinson, Justin,1982-; Thompson, Joe,1918-; Wilson, Sule Greg.(CARDINAL)365269; Music Maker Relief Foundation.;
Subjects: African Americans; Banjo music.; Fiddle tunes; Folk music; Folk songs, English; String band music;

Dona got a ramblin' mind [sound recording] / by Carolina Chocolate Drops (Musical group),performer.; Flemons, Dom,1982-performer.; Giddens, Rhiannon,1977-performer.(CARDINAL)339130; Robinson, Justin,1982-performer.; Music Maker Relief Foundation.;
Recorded by Jerry Brown in Chapel Hill, NC.Rhiannon Giddens (banjo, fiddle, voice), Justin Robinson (fiddle, voice), Dom Flemons (guitar, banjo, jug, harmonica, snare, voice).
Subjects: African Americans; Banjo music.; Fiddle tunes; Folk music; Folk songs, English; String band music;

Appalachian journey [sound recording] / by Ma, Yo-Yo,1955-instrumentalist.(CARDINAL)340373; Meyer, Edgar(Bassist),performer.(CARDINAL)340371; O'Connor, Mark,performer.; Taylor, James,1948-performer.(CARDINAL)224070; Krauss, Alison,1971-performer.(CARDINAL)354023;
Yo-Yo Ma, violoncello; Edgar Meyer, bass; Mark O'Connor, violin; with James Taylor, guitar (track 3 and 6) and vocals (track 3); and Alison Krauss, violin (track 7) and vocals (track 14).Recorded July 19-21, 1999, at Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts, and Sept. 10, 1999, at Ocean Way Studios, Nashville, Tenn.
Subjects: String ensembles.; Folk music; Fiddle tunes; Bluegrass music; String band music.;

Carolina Chocolate Drops/Luminescent Orchestrii [sound recording] by Carolina Chocolate Drops (Musical group); Luminescent Orchestrii (Musical group);
Produced by Joseph "Bass" DeJarnette with the Carolina Chocolate Drops and Luminescent Orchestrii.Carolina Chocolate Drops and the Luminescent Orchestrii.
Subjects: African Americans; Banjo music.; Fiddle tunes; Folk music; Folk songs, English; String band music;

What Earl Scruggs heard : string music along the North Carolina-South Carolina border / by Carlin, Bob,author.(CARDINAL)164013;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-200) and index.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).""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.""--
Subjects: Scruggs, Earl.; Old-time music; Old-time music; String band music; String band music; Country musicians; Country musicians; Fiddlers; Fiddlers;

Promontory [videorecording] / by Green, Nancy.(CARDINAL)747087; Verdoia, Ken,1952-; KUED (Television station : Salt Lake City, Utah);
Photography, Bill Brussard. Music, Dan Waldis, Deseret String Band, Jeffrey Gold.Mormon settlement and railroad construction meet when the railroads meet at Promontory Point, Utah.DVD.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Historical films.; Latter Day Saints; Railroads;

Old time string band banjo styles / by Weidlich, Joseph.(CARDINAL)433179;
Subjects: Old-time music.; Notated music.; Programmed instructional materials.; Scores.; Banjo; Banjo music.;

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