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What Earl Scruggs Heard : String Music along the North Carolina-South Carolina Border.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carlin, Bob.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scruggs, Earl.
- Old-time music--North Carolina--History and criticism.
- Old-time music.
- Old-time music--South Carolina--History and criticism.
- String band music--North Carolina--History and criticism.
- String band music.
- String band music--South Carolina--History and criticism.
- Country musicians--North Carolina.
- Country musicians.
- Country musicians--South Carolina.
- Fiddlers--North Carolina.
- Fiddlers.
- Fiddlers--South Carolina.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (213 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2022.
- Summary:
- ""When the story of banjo superstar Earl Scruggs is told, the rich musical environment that produced him is often ignored. During his lifetime Scruggs spun a creation myth around his playing, convincing many that he was the sole originator of a three-finger, up-picking, banjo style. For the first time, this book tells the full story of the music and musicians of the western Carolinas that influenced Earl Scruggs. Based on more than 15 years of in-depth research, this book includes the story of country music recording pioneers Parker and Woolbright, Fisher Hendley and Martin Melody Boys; rare images of area music makers; and the history and development of fiddlers' conventions and radio barn dances. Together, these stories are woven into the biographies of Earl's mentors to reveal the musical atmosphere in which they developed the "three-finger picking" style that so enchanted a young Earl Scruggs.""-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Preface. Why Earl?
- Pre-History "B.E." (Before Earl)
- The Greatest Musical Tournament in Western North Carolina
- John W. Ross, Charlie Parker and Mack Woolbright : Part One
- Mack Woolbright : Part Two and Three
- What Earl Scruggs Heard
- Crazy Crystals and Aristocratic Pigs : The Fisher Hendley Story
- WBT-Charlotte
- Crazy Water and Crazy Bands
- Aristocratically Yours, Fisher Hendley
- Conclusion. Post-History "A.E." (After Earl).
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Carlin, Bob What Earl Scruggs Heard
- ISBN:
- 9781476644240
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