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

• Autore: Gary B. Reid
• Pubblicazione: Urbana, Illinois : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Disciplina: 781.6420922
• Soggetto topico: Bluegrass musicians - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Biographie; Verzeichnis.; Biography
• Classificazione: 9,2
• Persona (resp. second.): RosenbergNeil V.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The music of the Stanley Brothers
• ISBN: 0-252-09672-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811404003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Music in American life.