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Polkabilly : how the Goose Island Ramblers redefined American folk music / James P. Leary.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leary, James P., 1950-
- Series:
- American musicspheres.
- American musicspheres
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Goose Island Ramblers.
- Polkabilly music--History and criticism.
- Polkabilly music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A freewheeling blend of continental European folk music and the songs, tunes, and dances of Anglo and Celtic immigrants, polkabilly has enthralled American musicians and dancers since the mid-19th century. From West Virginia coal camps and east Texas farms to the Canadian prairies and America's Upper Midwest, scores of groups have wed squeezeboxes with string bands, hoe downs with hambos, and sentimental Southern balladry with comic ""up north"" broken-English comedy, to create a new and uniquely American sound. The Goose Island Ramblers played as a house band for a local tavern in Madison, Wi
- Contents:
- Polkabilly : old time music in the Upper Midwest
- "Uncle Windy" Whitford
- "Smokey George" Gilbertsen
- Bruce Bollerud : The Hollandale wldcat
- Glen and Ann's
- Cannons and cannonballs.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes discography: p. 195-200.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-237) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-028640-7
- 1-280-83499-4
- 0-19-534971-7
- 1-4294-9112-4
- OCLC:
- 689057803
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb09315 hdl
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