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
  1. 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.
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  1. New York : Quill, c1986.

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Additional authors
  1. Hood, Phil
Description
  1. 159 p. : ill.; 28 cm.
Summary
  1. "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
  1. Legends of traditional folk, the stars of the sixties, the virtuosi of new acoustic music
Subject
  1. Baez, Joan
  2. Carter, Maybelle, 1909-1978
  3. Cotten, Elizabeth
  4. Dylan, Bob, 1941-
  5. Grisman, David
  6. Grossman, Stefan
  7. Guthrie, Arlo
  8. Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967
  9. Havens, Richie
  10. Herald, John
  11. McGuinn, Roger
  12. Monroe, Bill, 1911-1996
  13. Lightfoot, Gordon
  14. Odetta, 1930-2008
  15. Paley, Tom
  16. Paxton, Tom, 1937-
  17. Reynolds, Malvina
  18. Ritchie, Jean
  19. Scruggs, Earl
  20. Seeger, Mike, 1933-2009
  21. Seeger, Peggy, 1935-
  22. Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
  23. Traum, Happy
  24. Van Ronk, Dave
  25. Watson, Doc
  26. Yellin, Bob
  27. Carter family
  28. Lomax family
  29. Kingston Trio
  30. New Lost City Ramblers
  31. Peter, Paul, and Mary (Musical group)
  32. Folk music > United States > Biography
  33. Folk music > United States > Dictionaries
  34. Folk musicians > United States > Biography
Genre/Form
  1. Biographies
  2. Dictionaries
Contents
  1. 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.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Note
  1. "A Guitar player and Frets book."
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes discographies.
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