Foggy Mountain troubadour : the life and music of Curly Seckler / Penny Parsons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parsons, Penny, author.

Series:

Music in American life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Seckler, Curly, 1919-2017.

Seckler, Curly.

Bluegrass musicians--United States--Biography.

Bluegrass musicians.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xv, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2016]

Summary:

With his trademark mandolin style and unequaled tenor harmonies, Curly Seckler has carved out a career in bluegrass and country music that spanned parts of nine decades. Written in close collaboration with Mr. Seckler and those who know him, Foggy Mountain Troubadour 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 crisscrosses a nation and a century making music. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Down in Caroline: 1919-1939 1

Chapter 2 The Adventures of Smilin' Bill: 1939-1944 16

Chapter 3 Don't This Road Look Rough and Rocky: 1945-1949 43

Chapter 4 Creating the Foggy Mountain Sound: 1949-1952 71

Chapter 5 Climbing the Ladder with Flatt and Scruggs: 1952-1954 102

Chapter 6 Goodness Gracious, It's Good: 1955-1962 121

Chapter 7 Traveling Down This Lonesome Road: 1962-1972 143

Chapter 8 The Nashville Grass: 1973-1994 157

Chapter 9 The Old Man Has (Not) Retired: 1995-2014 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Parsons, Penny, author. Foggy Mountain troubadour.

ISBN:

9780252040108

0252040104

9780252081590

0252081595

OCLC:

926062513