Industrial strength bluegrass : Southwestern Ohio's musical legacy / edited by Fred Bartenstein and Curtis W. Ellison ; foreword by Neil V. Rosenberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bartenstein, Fred, 1950- editor.

Ellison, Curtis W., editor.

JSTOR (Online Service)

Series:

Music in American life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bluegrass music--Ohio--History and criticism.

Bluegrass music.

Ohio.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 220 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In the twentieth century, Appalachian migrants seeking economic opportunities relocated to southwestern Ohio, bringing their music with them. Between 1947 and 1989, they created an internationally renowned capital for the thriving bluegrass music genre, centered on the industrial region of Cincinnati, Dayton, Hamilton, Middletown, and Springfield. Fred Bartenstein and Curtis W. Ellison edit a collection of eyewitness narratives and in-depth analyses that explore southwestern Ohio's bluegrass musicians, radio broadcasters, recording studios, record labels, and performance venues, along with the music's contributions to religious activities, community development, and public education. As the bluegrass scene grew, southwestern Ohio's distinctive sounds reached new fans and influenced those everywhere who continue to play, produce, and love roots music. Revelatory and multifaceted, Industrial Strength Bluegrass shares the inspiring story of a bluegrass hotbed and the people who created it. Contributors: Fred Bartenstein, Curtis W. Ellison, Jon Hartley Fox, Rick Good, Lily Isaacs, Ben Krakauer, Mac McDivitt, Nathan McGee, Daniel Mullins, Joe Mullins, Larry Nager, Phillip J. Obermiller, Bobby Osborne, and Neil V. Rosenberg.

Contents:

A Southwestern Ohio Bluegrass Timeline

Appalachian Migration : Setting the Musical Stage in Southwestern Ohio / Phillip J. Obermiller

Bobby Osborne Remembers How It Was / Bobby Osborne and Joe Mullins

All the Way to the Fence : Bluegrass Broadcasting in the Miami Valley / Daniel Mullins

Taking the Music Home : Bluegrass Recording Studios, Record Labels, and Record Stores / Mac McDivitt

Sing Me Back Home : Early Bluegrass Venues in Southwestern Ohio / Larry Nager

Using My Bible for a Roadmap : Sacred Bluegrass Music in the Miami Valley / Fred Bartenstein

Green to Bluegrass : Reflections on an Unlikely Musical Career / Lily Isaacs

Buckeyes in the Briar Patch : Southwestern Ohio Bluegrass in the 1970s / Jon Hartley Fox

The Living Arts Center's East Dayton Roots / Rick Good

Bluegrass Music and Urban Appalachian Identity in Cincinnati / Nathan McGee

Distinctive Qualities of Southwestern Ohio Bluegrass / Ben Krakauer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 29, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Industrial strength bluegrass

ISBN:

9780252052538

0252052536

Publisher Number:

99986310860

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.