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Don't give your heart to a rambler : my life with Jimmy Martin, the king of bluegrass / Barbara Martin Stephens ; foreword by Murphy Hicks Henry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stephens, Barbara Martin, author.
- Series:
- Music in American life.
- Music in American Life
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stephens, Barbara Martin.
- Martin, Jimmy.
- Concert agents--United States--Biography.
- Concert agents.
- Bluegrass musicians--United States--Biography.
- Bluegrass musicians.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (pages cm.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana, Chicago, Springfield, [Illinois] : University of Illinois Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- As charismatic and gifted as he was volatile, Jimmy Martin recorded dozens of bluegrass classics and co-invented the high lonesome sound.Barbara Martin Stephens became involved with the King of Bluegrass at age seventeen.Don't Give your Heart to a Rambler tells the story of their often tumultuous life together.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Something About Me
- 1. Meeting Jimmy Martin
- 2. Moving On
- 3. Having Babies
- 4. Back and Forth
- 5. Up and Down
- 6. Booking Jimmy Martin
- 7. Funerals
- 8. Living with Jimmy Martin
- 9. Showers and Surprises
- 10. Goodbye
- 11. Life after Jimmy Martin
- 12. All my Children
- 13. Life in Florida and the Kids Return
- 14. Letting Go of Jimmy Martin
- 15. Through it all, No Regrets
- 16. Jimmy Martin's Family
- Epilogue
- Index
- About the Author
- Photographs.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-252-09979-6
- OCLC:
- 972200797
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