I wonder as I wander : the life of John Jacob Niles / Ron Pen ; foreword by Rick Kogan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pen, Ronald.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Singers--Kentucky--Biography.

Singers.

Composers--Kentucky--Biography.

Composers.

Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980.

Niles, John Jacob.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (442 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Ky : University Press of Kentucky, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Louisville native John Jacob Niles (1892--1980) is considered to be one of our nation's most influential musicians. As a composer and balladeer, Niles drew inspiration from the deep well of traditional Appalachian and African American folk songs. At the age of sixteen Niles wrote one of his most enduring tunes, ""Go 'Way from My Window,"" basing it on a song fragment from a black farm worker. This iconic song has been performed by folk artists ever since and may even have inspired the opening line of Bob Dylan's ""It Ain't Me Babe.""In I Wonder as I Wander: The Life of John Jacob Nil

Contents:

Overture : sunrise in Clark County

The families gather at the river

The move to rural Jefferson County

Independence and adventure

Jack Niles goes off to war

Life after the war

Creating a life in the Big Apple

Kerby and Niles present folk music on the concert stage

Doris Ulmann

Transitions and new beginnings

Life in Lexington

Settled in Kentucky

Dean of American balladeers

Consolidation of a life in music

Do not go gentle

Coda.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8131-3981-3

0-8131-3556-7

1-282-93715-4

9786612937156

0-8131-2598-7

OCLC:

697174373