Richard Dyer-Bennet : the last minstrel / Paul O. Jenkins ; foreword by Bonnie Dyer-Bennet ; afterword by Andrew Schulman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jenkins, Paul O.

Series:

American made music series.

American made music series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folk singers--United States--Biography.

Folk singers.

Dyer-Bennet, Richard.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the 1940's and '50's, Richard Dyer-Bennet (1913-1991) was among the best known and most respected folk singers in America. Paul O. Jenkins tells, for the first time, the story of Dyer-Bennet, often referred to as the ""Twentieth-Century Minstrel."" Dyer-Bennet's approach to singing sounded almost foreign to many American listeners. The folk artist followed a musical tradition in danger of dying out. The Swede Sven Scholander was the last European proponent of minstrelsy and served as Dyer-Bennet's inspiration after the young singer traveled to Stockholm to meet him one year before Scholander'

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. Master and Pupil; CHAPTER 2. New York; CHAPTER 3. Early Recordings; CHAPTER 4. Aspen Interlude and Life on the Road; CHAPTER 5. The Blacklist; CHAPTER 6. Dyer-Bennet Records; CHAPTER 7. The Lovely Milleress and Stony Brook; CHAPTER 8. The Odyssey of Richard Dyer-Bennet; CHAPTER 9. The Legacy of Richard Dyer-Bennet; AFTERWORD: Richard Dyer-Bennet as Guitarist; DISCOGRAPHY; REPERTOIRE; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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Includes discography (p. 137-142), bibliographical references (p. 157-171), and index.

ISBN:

1-283-34134-4

9786613341341

1-60473-361-6

OCLC:

763203874