Searching for Jimmy Strother : a tale of music, murder, and memory / Gregg D. Kimball.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kimball, Gregg D., author.

Contributor:

JSTOR (Online Service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Strothers, Jimmie.

Folk singers--United States--Biography.

Folk singers.

Banjoists--United States--Biography.

Banjoists.

Blind musicians--United States--Biography.

Blind musicians.

African American musicians--Biography.

African American musicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 287 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : Rivanna Books, University of Virginia Press, 2025.

Contents:

Introduction

The World of Culpeper. Family ; String Music ; Spiritual Songs ; Land and Labor ; The Wharf

Baltimore. Sparrows Point ; The Biddle Alley District ; Rock Steady, Children ; The Medicine Show ; The Street ; The Politics of Race and Disability

Virginia Bound. Blanche Greene ; Murder on Barbour Alley ; The Virginia State Prison Farm ; Recording the Folk ; The Pardon

Legacies. Do Lord, Remember Me ; The Folk Process ; Songs of Protest ; The Songster Tradition ; Mount Auburn

Appendix A. James Lee Strother and Relatives : Government Documents

Appendix B. The Songs.

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 21, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Kimball, Gregg D. Searching for Jimmy Strother

ISBN:

9780813952321

0813952328

Publisher Number:

40032611071

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.