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  • We Never Knew Just What It Was ... The Story of the Chad Mitchell Trio by Murphey, Mike
    Mike Murphey

    We Never Knew Just What It Was ... The Story of the Chad Mitchell Trio

    Of all the groups to emerge during the folk era of the 1960's, first the Chad Mitchell Trio and later The Mitchell Trio were unequivocally the best. Their complex harmonies, sense of comedic timing and stage presence were unique to the folk movement. They...
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  • Rural Rhythm: The Story of Old-Time Country Music in 78 Records by Russell, Tony
    Tony Russell

    Rural Rhythm: The Story of Old-Time Country Music in 78 Records

    There are many 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 seventy-eight original...
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  • I'll Be Here in the Morning: The Songwriting Legacy of Townes Van Zandt by Atkinson, Brian T.
    Brian T. Atkinson

    I'll Be Here in the Morning: The Songwriting Legacy of Townes Van Zandt

    The writer of such influential songs as "Pancho and Lefty," "To Live's to Fly," "If I Needed You," and "For the Sake of the Song," Townes Van Zandt exerted an influence on at least two generations of Texas musicians that belies his relatively brief,...
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  • John Denver by Denver, John
    John Denver

    John Denver

    (Guitar Chord Songbook). A little book featuring a big selection of 50 Denver favorites, presented with just the lyrics and chords: all you need to strum and sing away Songs include: Annie's Song * Autograph * Back Home Again * Calypso * Fly Away...
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  • Old Jewish Folk Music: The Collections and Writings of Moshe Beregovski by Slobin, Mark
    Mark Slobin

    Old Jewish Folk Music: The Collections and Writings of Moshe Beregovski

    Here, translated into English for the first time, is a cultur-al record of the folk music of Eastern Europe. This volume consists of some of Ethnomusicologist Moshe Beregovski's responses to Jewish folk music in its living context during the 1930s, including essays on Ukrainian...
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  • Rose & the Briar: Death, Love and Liberty in the American Ballad by Marcus, Greil
    Greil Marcus

    Rose & the Briar: Death, Love and Liberty in the American Ballad

    Praised by Robbie Robertson of The Band as "a classic & a ticket to ride," The Rose & the Briar assembles an astonishing group of writers and artists: Paul Muldoon, Stanley Crouch, R. Crumb, Jon Langford of the Mekons, Sharyn McCrumb, Luc Sante, Joyce...
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  • Tommy Emmanuel's Fingerstyle Guitar Milestones by Emmanuel, Tommy
    Tommy Emmanuel

    Tommy Emmanuel's Fingerstyle Guitar Milestones

    Master Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar Technique - Tommy Emmanuel Style In his new book Fingerstyle Guitar Milestones, he breaks down his acoustic guitar technique and teaches it to you, pick by pick It is perfect for the early intermediate player who wants to develop thumb...
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  • The Shanty Book: Lyrics and Music by Terry, Richard Runciman
    Richard Runciman Terry

    The Shanty Book: Lyrics and Music

    The Shanty BookLyrics and MusicSea ShantiesBy Richard Runciman TerryA sea shanty, chantey, or chanty is a type of work song that was once commonly sung to accompany labor on board large merchant sailing vessels. The term shanty most accurately refers to a specific style...
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  • The Best Dulcimer Method Yet by Gamse, Albert
    Albert Gamse

    The Best Dulcimer Method Yet

    (Ashley Publications). Easy instructions plus 139 selections by Albert Gamse for all 3 and 4 string dulcimers.Author: Albert GamseISBN-10: 082565369XISBN-13: 9780825653698Publisher: Ashley PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/1996Pages: 96Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.63lbsSize: 12.00h x 8.94w x 0.30d
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  • The Dylan Tapes: Friends, Players, and Lovers Talkin' Early Bob Dylan by Scaduto, Anthony
    Anthony Scaduto

    The Dylan Tapes: Friends, Players, and Lovers Talkin' Early Bob Dylan

    The raw material and interviews behind Anthony Scaduto's iconic biography of Bob Dylan draw an intimate and multifaceted portrait of the singer-songwriter who defined his era When Anthony Scaduto's Bob Dylan: An Intimate Biography was first published in 1971, the Nobel Prize-winning songwriter, at...
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  • Who Killed Cock Robin?: British Folk Songs of Crime and Punishment by Sedley, Stephen
    Stephen Sedley

    Who Killed Cock Robin?: British Folk Songs of Crime and Punishment

    Now in paperback, an entertaining and enlightening compendium at the intersection of two great British folk traditions: song and encounters with the law. At the heart of traditional songs rest the concerns of ordinary people. And folk throughout the centuries have found themselves entangled...
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  • I Never Met a Story I Didn't Like: Mostly True Tall Tales by Snider, Todd
    Todd Snider

    I Never Met a Story I Didn't Like: Mostly True Tall Tales

    For years, Todd Snider has been one of the most beloved country-folk singers in the United States, compared to Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, John Prine, and dozens of others. He's become not only a new-century Dylan but a modern-day Will Rogers, an everyman whose...
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  • Wilcopedia: A Comprehensive Guide to the Music of America's Best Band by Cook Johnson, Daniel
    Daniel Cook Johnson

    Wilcopedia: A Comprehensive Guide to the Music of America's Best Band

    Wilcopedia is a comprehensive guide to the music of the preeminent US rock band of the twenty-first century. It offers a thorough appraisal of the entire Wilco canon, with detailed insights into every album and song the band have released, as well as side...
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  • The Irish Songbook: 75 Songs from the Clancy Brothers by The Clancy Brothers
    The Clancy Brothers

    The Irish Songbook: 75 Songs from the Clancy Brothers

    (Music Sales America). 75 songs collected, adapted, written and sung by the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. Piano/vocal plus chords. Illustrated.Author: The Clancy BrothersISBN-10: 0825602378ISBN-13: 9780825602375Publisher: Music SalesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1992Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.41lbsSize: 12.09h x 9.09w x 0.55d
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  • Squeeze This!: A Cultural History of the Accordion in America by Jacobson, Marion
    Marion Jacobson

    Squeeze This!: A Cultural History of the Accordion in America

    No other instrument has witnessed such a dramatic rise to popularity--and precipitous decline--as the accordion. Squeeze This! is the first history of the piano accordion and the first book-length study of the accordion as a uniquely American musical and cultural phenomenon. Ethnomusicologist and accordion...
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  • Sea Shanties: The Lyrics and History of Sailor Songs by Dolby, Karen
    Karen Dolby

    Sea Shanties: The Lyrics and History of Sailor Songs

    Pull up anchor, set sail, and hit the open water with this wonderful collection of sea shanties and their fascinating history. Over four centuries since the first folk song was sung, sea shanties still fascinate and entertain. Composed and performed by sailors on sailing...
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  • The Book of Fingerplays & Action Songs: Revised Edition by Feierabend, John
    John Feierabend

    The Book of Fingerplays & Action Songs: Revised Edition

    From "The Wheels on the Bus" to "Eensy Weensy Spider," these classic songs combine movement and music to create a high-energy, fun experience for children. At the same time, children learn coordination skills and the musical concepts of form and expression. Easy to learn...
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  • Minstrel of the Appalachians: The Story of BASCOM Lamar Lunsford by Jones, Loyal
    Loyal Jones

    Minstrel of the Appalachians: The Story of BASCOM Lamar Lunsford

    It is said that Bascom Lamar Lunsford would "cross hell on a rotten rail to get a folk song" -- his Southern highlands folk-song compilations now constitute one of the largest collections of its kind in the Library of Congress -- but he did...
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  • The Martin Ukulele: The Little Instrument That Helped Create a Guitar Giant by King, John
    John King

    The Martin Ukulele: The Little Instrument That Helped Create a Guitar Giant

    (Book). The Martin Ukulele is a detailed look at the ukuleles built by the C. F. Martin Co. of Nazareth, PA, and at how the instruments' success forever changed the company that made them. Martin's ukulele-making led the small, respected builder of fine guitars...
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  • The Professional Pianist -- Solos for Weddings: 50 Advanced Arrangements by Coates, Dan
    Dan Coates

    The Professional Pianist -- Solos for Weddings: 50 Advanced Arrangements

    This collection has been crafted to provide professional-sounding, easily prepared arrangements for busy pianists. It contains 25 selections appropriate for wedding ceremonies, including favorites such as Pachelbel's Canon in D" and Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" as well as timeless selections by Bach, Handel, Mozart, Schubert,...
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  • Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland (Book/Online Audio) by O'Canainn, Tomas
    Tomas O'Canainn

    Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland (Book/Online Audio)

    (Music Sales America). This book is a major collection of traditional Irish slow airs that captures the essence and beauty of Irish traditional music. Included in the 118 airs that make up this fabulous compilation, are some of the great sean-nos (old style) airs...
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  • Songs of the Civil War by Silber, Irwin
    Irwin Silber

    Songs of the Civil War

    "Admirable . . . destined to become the standard of its period." -- The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the turmoil and tragedy of America's Civil War came an outpouring of song that was clearly no longer European in inspiration, but distinctively American, born...
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  • Favorite Christmas Carols by Cofone, Charles J. F.
    Charles J. F. Cofone

    Favorite Christmas Carols

    Charles J.F. Cofone selected the liveliest and most accurate translations of the lyrics of 34 favorite Christmas carols, including "Away in a Manger, The First Noel" and "O Come, All Ye Faithful". Guitar chord symbols are also provided.Author: Charles J. F. CofoneISBN-10: 0486204456ISBN-13: 9780486204451Publisher:...
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  • Gypsies and Flamenco: The Emergence of the Art of Flamenco in Andalusia, Interface Collection Volume 6 by Leblon, Bernard
    Bernard Leblon

    Gypsies and Flamenco: The Emergence of the Art of Flamenco in Andalusia, Interface Collection Volume 6

    This definitive work on the contribution of the Gypsies to the development of flamenco traces their influences on music from their long migration from India, through Iran, Turkey, Greece, and Hungary, to their persecution in Spain. This new updated edition provides fuller explanations of...
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  • The Cape Breton Fiddle Companion by Doherty, Liz
    Liz Doherty

    The Cape Breton Fiddle Companion

    Celtic music scholar and musician Liz Doherty is no stranger to Cape Breton music - in fact, she has made a study of it. Doherty's exposure to, and research of, the island's music traditions was the germination for this compendium on the Cape Breton...
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  • Revolution in the Air: The Songs of Bob Dylan, 1957-1973 by Heylin, Clinton
    Clinton Heylin

    Revolution in the Air

    By far the most comprehensive book on Bob Dylan's words ever written, including a number of songs that no one has ever heard, this first volume will fundamentally change how his lyrics are interpreted and understood. Arranged in a surprising chronology of when they...
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  • Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark by Saviano, Tamara
    Tamara Saviano

    Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark

    Winner, 2016 the Belmont Book Award, Sponsored by the International Country Music ConferenceFor more than forty years, Guy Clark wrote and recorded unforgettable songs. His lyrics and melodies paint indelible portraits of the people, places, and experiences that shaped him. He has served as...
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  • MusicScapes of Scotland: Vignettes from Prehistory to Pandemic by Pearlman, Edward
    Edward Pearlman

    MusicScapes of Scotland: Vignettes from Prehistory to Pandemic

    Journey through a music and culture that is rich and varied, influential in western folk and classical music, and yet relatively little examined in its own right. Let this book be your tour guide to the nooks and crannies of an amazing musical landscape....
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  • The Folk: Music, Modernity, and the Political Imagination by Cole, Ross
    Ross Cole

    The Folk: Music, Modernity, and the Political Imagination

    Who are "the folk" in folk music? This book traces the musical culture of these elusive figures in Britain and the US during a crucial period of industrialization from 1870 to 1930, and beyond to the contemporary alt-right. Drawing on a broad, interdisciplinary range...
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  • The Book of Beginning Circle Games: Revised Edition by Feierabend, John M.
    John M. Feierabend

    The Book of Beginning Circle Games: Revised Edition

    Circle games are one of the principal joys of childhood, especially when played with a group of friends outdoors. From "The Farmer in the Dell" to "London Bridge," these games encourage social skills, cognitive development, creativity, language development, motor skills, and of course music...
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  • Representing Russia's Orient: From Ethnography to Art Song by Issiyeva, Adalyat
    Adalyat Issiyeva

    Representing Russia's Orient: From Ethnography to Art Song

    What is the place of ethnic minorities in the identity and culture of the majority? What happens when the colonizer appropriates the culture of the colonized? Throughout Russia's nineteenth-century expansion into the Caucasus and Central Asia, Russian intellectuals struggled with these questions that cut...
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  • Folk Songs for Banjo: 40 Traditional American Folk Songs Arranged for Clawhammer Banjo by Hal Leonard Corp
    Hal Leonard Corp

    Folk Songs for Banjo: 40 Traditional American Folk Songs Arranged for Clawhammer Banjo

    (Banjo). 40 traditional American folk songs arranged for clawhammer banjo, including: Amazing Grace * Arkansas Traveler * Beautiful Brown Eyes * The Blue Tail Fly (Jimmy Crack Corn) * Buffalo Gals (Won't You Come Out Tonight?) * (I Wish I Was In) Dixie *...
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  • The Book of Call & Response: Revised Edition by Feierabend, John
    John Feierabend

    The Book of Call & Response: Revised Edition

    Whether sung around a campfire, in a classroom, or on a family road trip, call and response songs, in which a leader sings a phrase and a group sings back a reply, are a wonderful interactive experience for kids Because they are easy to...
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  • Phish's a Live One by Holland, Walter
    Walter Holland

    Phish's a Live One

    Twenty years after its release, Phish's double-CD collection A Live One has something rare and precious going for it: it still doesn't sound like anybody else. Oversized, perverse, requiring an unusual amount of listener background knowledge? Yes to all. Yet the collective improvisations it...
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  • Great Family Songbook: A Treasury of Favorite Show Tunes, Sing Alongs, Popular Songs, Jazz & Blues, Children's Melodies, International Ballad by Fox, Dan
    Dan Fox

    Great Family Songbook: A Treasury of Favorite Show Tunes, Sing Alongs, Popular Songs, Jazz & Blues, Children's Melodies, International Ballad

    A one-of-a-kind collection of more than 100 songs you love to play and sing, including music and chords for piano and guitar and lyrics for singing right along. The Great Family Songbook lays flat with a convenient spiral binding, so everyone can follow along....
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  • Ships, Sea Songs and Shanties - Collected by W. B. Whall, Master Mariner by Whall, W. B.
    W. B. Whall

    Ships, Sea Songs and Shanties - Collected by W. B. Whall, Master Mariner

    First published in 1910, "Ships, Sea Songs and Shanties" is a vintage collection of traditional sailing songs, collected and published in this volume by W. B. Whall. Originally appearing in the "Nautical Magazine and Yachting Monthly", the songs come complete with lyrics and sheet...
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  • First Time Ever: A Memoir by Seeger, Peggy
    Peggy Seeger

    First Time Ever: A Memoir

    A superbly wrought memoir from one of folk music's most respected and influential musicians A Guardian, Sunday Times, Observer, Telegraph and Financial Times Book of the Year The musician Peggy Seeger has lived a life full of art and passion, family and separation, tragedy,...
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  • Romani Routes: Cultural Politics and Balkan Music in Diaspora by Silverman, Carol
    Carol Silverman

    Romani Routes: Cultural Politics and Balkan Music in Diaspora

    Now that the political and economic plight of European Roma and the popularity of their music are objects of international attention, Romani Routes provides a timely and insightful view into Romani communities both in their home countries and in the diaspora. Over the past...
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  • The American Songbag by Sandburg, Carl
    Carl Sandburg

    The American Songbag

    Sandburg was not only a poet but also a noted collector and performer of american folk music. This anthology contains words and music to 290 songs that people have sung in the making of americanca. New Introduction by Garrison Keillor; Prefatory Notes by the...
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  • Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913 by Wolff, Daniel
    Daniel Wolff

    Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913

    A tour de force of storytelling years in the making: a dual biography of two of the greatest songwriters, Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie, that is also a murder mystery and a history of labor relations and socialism, big business and greed in twentieth-century...
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  • Rememberings by O'Connor, Sinéad
    Sin饌d O'Connor

    Rememberings

    From the acclaimed, controversial singer-songwriter Sin饌d O'Connor comes a revelatory memoir of her fraught childhood, musical triumphs, fearless activism, and of the enduring power of song. Blessed with a singular voice and a fiery temperament, Sin饌d O'Connor rose to massive fame in the late...
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  • Music Is the Drug: The Authorised Biography of the Cowboy Junkies by Bowler, Dave
    Dave Bowler

    Music Is the Drug: The Authorised Biography of the Cowboy Junkies

    Cowboy Junkies came to the attention of the world in 1988 when the beguiling sound of The Trinity Session found its way into more than two million homes. Drawing on the work of the 20th century's greatest songwriters in order to find their own...
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  • Pipers: A Guide to the Players and Music of the Highland Bagpipe by Donaldson, William
    William Donaldson

    Pipers: A Guide to the Players and Music of the Highland Bagpipe

    Pipers takes the reader inside the world of the performer community of Scottish piping, introducing the instrument itself and the various different repertories. It also discusses piping techniques as well as information on some of the great piping dynasties and individual pipers. Dr Willie...
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  • The Book of Echo Songs: Revised Edition by Feierabend, John
    John Feierabend

    The Book of Echo Songs: Revised Edition

    Echo songs, in which a leader sings a phrase and the group repeats it, are some of the most fun and easy-to-learn songs for kids These songs will have children taking part in a joyful music-making experience almost instantly, while indulging their natural tendency...
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  • The Secret Music at Tordesillas by Sandor, Marjorie
    Marjorie Sandor

    The Secret Music at Tordesillas

    It is April, 1555, and Juana I of Castile, the Spanish queen known as "la loca," has died after forty-seven years in forced seclusion at Tordesillas. Her last musician, Juan de Granada, refuses to depart with the other servants, forcing two functionaries of the...
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  • The Anglo Concertina Demystified: 11 Lessons for the 30 button Anglo Concertina by Levy, Bertram
    Bertram Levy

    The Anglo Concertina Demystified: 11 Lessons for the 30 button Anglo Concertina

    Originally published by Andy's Front Hall in 1985, Bertram Levy's Anglo concertina tutor was the first to apply a structured learning approach to mastering this unusual acoustic musical instrument first invented in the 1820's. Written with the beginner in mind it includes detailed printed...
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  • Little Book of Klezmer Fiddle Tunes by Bolton, Johanna M.
    Johanna M. Bolton

    Little Book of Klezmer Fiddle Tunes

    Klezmer is a Yiddish word that means music. But you don't have to be Jewish to appreciate klezmer. There is something about these tunes that awakens an almost uncontrollable desire to dance Klezmer does that. The whole point of The Little Books of Fiddle...
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  • Rememberings by O'Connor, Sinéad
    Sin饌d O'Connor

    Rememberings

    From the acclaimed, controversial singer-songwriter Sin饌d O'Connor comes a revelatory memoir of her fraught childhood, musical triumphs, struggles with illness, and of the enduring power of song.Blessed with a singular voice and a fiery temperament, Sin饌d O'Connor rose to massive fame in the late...
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  • What Earl Scruggs Heard: String Music Along the North Carolina-South Carolina Border by Carlin, Bob
    Bob Carlin

    What Earl Scruggs Heard: String Music Along the North Carolina-South Carolina Border

    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...
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  • Fiddle Tunes from Mississippi: Commercial and Informal Recordings, 1920-2018 by Bolick, Harry
    Harry Bolick

    Fiddle Tunes from Mississippi: Commercial and Informal Recordings, 1920-2018

    In 2015 University Press of Mississippi published Mississippi Fiddle Tunes and Songs from the 1930s by Harry Bolick and Stephen T. Austin to critical acclaim and commercial success. Roughly half of Mississippi's rich, old-time fiddle tradition was documented in that volume and Harry Bolick...
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