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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811404003321

Autore

Gary B. Reid

Titolo

The music of the Stanley Brothers / / Gary B. Reid ; foreword by Neil V. Rosenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, Illinois : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-252-09672-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Collana

Music in American Life

Classificazione

9,2

Disciplina

781.6420922

Soggetti

Bluegrass musicians - United States

Biographie

Verzeichnis.

Biography

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Death is only a dream : 1947-1948 -- To us, that would have been the impossible : Columbia Records, 1949-1952 -- Some of our best recordings were the Mercurys : 1953-1958 -- "How mountain girls can love" : the early King/Starday years, 1958-1962 -- "Stone walls and steel bars" : the later King years 1963-1966.

Sommario/riassunto

Carter and Ralph Stanley were key figures in the development of bluegrass music in postwar America. This book studies their life and work. With a foreword by Neil V. Rosenberg, discographies, notes, bibliography, and indices. Black & white photos.

"It is all here: dates and locations; the roster of players on well-known and obscure sessions alike; master/matrix and catalog/release numbers, with reissue information; a full discography sorting out the Stanleys' complex recording history; the stories behind the music, and exquisitely informed biographical notes that place events in the context of the brothers' careers and lives"--Back cover.