Crowe on the banjo : the music life of J.D. Crowe / Marty Godbey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Godbey, Marty.

Series:

Music in American life.

Music in American life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crowe, J. D.

Banjoists--Biography.

Banjoists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this first biography of legendary banjoist J. D. Crowe, Marty Godbey charts the life and career of one of bluegrass's most important innovators. Born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, Crowe picked up the banjo when he was thirteen years old, inspired by a Flatt & Scruggs performance at the Kentucky Barn Dance. Godbey relates the long, distinguished career that followed, as Crowe performed and recorded both solo and as part of such varied ensembles as Jimmy Martin's Sunny Mountain Boys, the all-acoustic Kentucky Mountain Boys, and the revolutionary New South, who created an adventurously eclectic brand of bluegrass by merging rock and country music influences with traditional forms. _x000B_With a selective discography and drawing from more than twenty interviews with Crowe and dozens more with the players who know him best, Crowe on the Banjo: The Music Life of J. D. Crowe is the definitive music biography of a true bluegrass original.

Contents:

I never heard a sound like that

I just wanted to pick

The road to Detroit : we rehearsed

Louisiana to Wheeling and home again

Why don't you come down to Martin's?

The Red Slipper Lounge

Rounder 0044 and the convergence of 1975

The new South : bluegrass, country, and more

Burn out, time out, and second wind

The new new South

Coda. Tone, touch, timing, and taste.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references, discography and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-283-25116-7

9786613251169

0-252-09353-4

OCLC:

759907747