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I got a song : a history of the Newport Folk Festival / Rick Massimo.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML38.N4 N374 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Massimo, Richard, 1964-
- Series:
- Music:interview
- Music: interview
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Newport Folk Festival--History.
- Newport Folk Festival.
- Folk music festivals--Rhode Island--Newport--History.
- Folk music festivals.
- History.
- Rhode Island--Newport.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 244 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- The first-ever book exclusively devoted to the history of the Newport Folk Festival, I Got a Song documents the trajectory of an American musical institution that began more than a half-century ago and continues to influence our understanding of folk music today. Rick Massimo's research is complemented by extensive interviews with the people who were there and who made it all happen: the festival's producers, some of its biggest stars, and fans who huddled in the fields to witness moments-like Bob Dylan's famous electric performance in 1965-that live on in music history. As folk has evolved over the decades, absorbing influences from rock, traditional music, and the singer-songwriters of the '60s and '70s, the Newport Folk Festival has once again become a gathering point for young performers and admirers. I Got a Song tells the stories, small and large, of several generations of American folk music enthusiasts. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 People Think This Stuff Just Happens 1
- 2 The American Public Is Like Sleeping Beauty 8
- 3 Utopia 31
- 4 Texas Was the Worst 41
- 5 A Real Folk Festival 55
- 6 Keep Me Company and Hold My Hand (A Prelude) 66
- 7 A Limited Amount of Time 69
- 8 It Is Beginning to Bog Down 92
- 9 It Was a Sweet Town When I First Came Here 115
- 10 He Was Amazed and I Was Amazed 125
- 11 She Was My Girl 155
- 12 In the Woods They Got Electronic Instruments 162
- 13 Let Them Know That You Know Where You Are 175
- 14 #DontLookBack 197.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Massimo, Richard, 1964- I got a song.
- ISBN:
- 9780819577023
- 0819577022
- 9780819577030
- 0819577030
- OCLC:
- 957077786
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