{"product_id":"foggy-mountain-troubadour-penny-parsons-9780252081590","title":"Foggy Mountain Troubadour: The Life and Music of Curly Seckler","description":"With his trademark mandolin style and unequaled tenor harmonies, Curly Seckler has carved out a seventy-seven-year career in bluegrass and country music. His foundational work in Flatt and Scruggs's Foggy Mountain Boys secured him a place in bluegrass history, while his role in The Nashville Grass made him an essential part of the music's triumphant 1970s revival. \u003cp\u003eWritten in close collaboration with Mr. Seckler and those who know him, \u003ci\u003eFoggy Mountain Troubadour\u003c\/i\u003e is the first full-length biography of an American original. Penny Parsons follows a journey from North Carolina schoolhouses to the Grand Ole Opry stage and the Bluegrass Hall of Fame, from boarding houses to radio studios and traveling five to a car on two-lane roads to make the next show. Throughout, she captures the warm humor, hard choices, and vivid details of a brilliant artist's life as he criss-crosses a nation and a century making music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Penny Parsons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252081595\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252081590\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMusic journalist \u003cb\u003ePenny Parsons\u003c\/b\u003e was Curly Seckler's manager and is a regular contributor to bluegrass publications.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penny Parsons","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043512905983,"sku":"9780252081590","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_76a60cfe-fef7-452e-ab62-122750895628.jpg?v=1684967577","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/foggy-mountain-troubadour-penny-parsons-9780252081590","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}