Making Music: The Banjo in a Southern Appalachian County
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Availability:In StockContributor:William C. AllsbrookSeries:American Made MusicPublish date:2023-06-23Pages:268
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of MississippiISBN-13:9781496845818ISBN-10:1496845811UPC:9781496845818Book Category:Music, HistoryBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, Musical Instruments, United StatesBook Topic:Country & Bluegrass, Strings, State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.8708Product ID:SCGP5529CY
The banjo has been emblematic of the Southern Appalachian Mountains since the late twentieth century. Making Music: The Banjo in a Southern Appalachian County takes a close look at the instrument and banjo players in Haywood County, North Carolina. Author William C. Allsbrook Jr., MD, presents the oral histories of thirty-two banjo players, all but two of whom were born in Haywood County. These...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of MississippiISBN-13:9781496845818ISBN-10:1496845811UPC:9781496845818Book Category:Music, HistoryBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, Musical Instruments, United StatesBook Topic:Country & Bluegrass, Strings, State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.8708Product ID:SCGP5529CY
William C. Allsbrook Jr., MD, is professor emeritus of pathology and surgery (urology) at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University. A few years after retiring to Haywood County, he began taking banjo lessons and, upon recognizing the remarkably large number of banjo players in the county, decided to explore this phenomenon
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