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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458841603321

Autore

Spottswood Richard K (Richard Keith)

Titolo

Banjo on the mountain [[electronic resource] ] : Wade Mainer's first hundred years / / Dick Spottswood, with an essay by Stephen Wade

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2010

ISBN

1-282-65440-3

9786612654404

1-60473-499-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 p.)

Collana

American made music series

Altri autori (Persone)

WadeStephen

Disciplina

782.421642092

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Soggetti

Country musicians - United States

Banjoists - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes discography.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; The Wade Mainer Story; Wade Mainer's Banjo Playing; Photos, Letters, and Memories; Broadcast Chronology; Discography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Wade Mainer (b. 1907) is believed to be the longest-lived country entertainer ever. His banjo lessons began in childhood and he played informally into his adult years, when he joined his brother, fiddler J. E. Mainer (1898-1971), in Mainer's Mountaineers. Music became their ticket out of the cotton mills in 1934. At the time, country styles were swiftly evolving from community-based performance into mass-market broadcast via radio, records, and the silver screen. Mainer's Mountaineers attracted radio sponsors and touring opportunities, allowing the brothers to become full-time musicians. Event