Folk Music in Overdrive : A Primer on Traditional Country and Bluegrass Artists

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tribe, Ivan M.

Series:

Charles K. Wolfe music series.

The Charles K. Wolfe music series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Country musicians.

Bluegrass musicians.

Bluegrass musicians--United States--Biography.

Country musicians--United States--Biography.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Biography

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 pages): illustrations ;

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2018]

Summary:

"Folk Music in Overdrive is a reader of music scholar Ivan Tribe's more significant published articles, revised and updated from their original publication in magazines such as Bluegrass Unlimited, Precious Memories: Journal of Gospel Music, Old Time Music, and Goldenseal: West Virginia Traditional Life, as well as two never-before published essays. Tribe delivers essays on well-known solo artists such as Charlie Monroe and Mac Odell; country music duos like husband and wife team Joe and Stacy Isaacs or the brotherly duos of The Bailes, Callahan, and Goins brothers; famous and lesser-known sidemen such as fiddlers Tater Tate and Natchee the Indian, or dobro player Speedy Krise; and musical groups such as the enigmatic Coon Creek Girls. This collection represents an important contribution to music studies and spans bluegrass as a genre from its beginnings to the present. Originally built around interviews with these figures and their close associates, these thirty-nine revised articles yield new information from a variety of sources, much from Bear Family boxed sets as well as counsel, advice, and knowledge shared by other music scholars. Tribe's profiles cover musicians and bands that were bluegrass pickers and singers themselves, as well as some musicians who are often characterized as traditional country musicians. Some led bands for all or part of their careers, while others ranked as noted sidemen or band members. Others composed songs that have become popular, indeed often standard, fare in the bluegrass field. As part of the Charles K. Wolfe Music Series, formed in honor of the late music scholar, Folk Music in Overdrive succinctly advances traditional music scholarship and Wolfe's own love of early country and bluegrass." --Amazon.com.

Contents:

Part One. Leaders, Solo Singers, and Composers: Hylo Brown ; Roy Hall ; J. D. Jarvis ; Mac Martin ; Charlie Monroe ; Clyde Moody

Lee Moore ; Mac Odell (Odell McLeod) ; Jimmie Skinner ; Buddy Starcher ; Carl Story ; Lillie Mae Whitaker

Part Two: Sidemen: Billy Baker ; Claude Boone ; Buddy Griffin ; George "Speedy" Krise ; Curley Lambert ; Joe Meadows ; Natchee the Indian (Lester Storer) ; Red Rector ; Clarence "Tater" Tate ; Chubby Wise

Part Three. Husband-Wife Duets: James and Martha Carson ; Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper ; Joe and Stacy Isaacs ; Bonnie Lou and Buster Moore ; Molly O'Day and Lynn Davis ; Doc and Chickie Williams

Part Four. Brother Duets: The Bailes Brothers ; The Callahan Brothers ; The Goins Brothers ; Mel and Stan Hankinson, The Kentucky Twins ; The Lilly Brothers ; J. E. and Wade Mainer

Part Five. Families and Groups: The Briarhoppers ; The Coon Creek Girls ;Betty Fisher and David Deese ; The Lewis Family ; The Masters Family.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781621903987

1621903982

OCLC:

1015269777