Music from the true vine: Mike Seeger's life & musical journey
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Main Author: Malone, Bill C. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press c2011
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references, discography and index
Cover Page; MUSIC FROM THE TRUE VINE; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Seeger Heritage; 2 Folk Music and Politics; 3 Discovering Bluegrass; 4 The New Lost City Ramblers; 5 Music from the True Vine; 6 Lexington and Alexia; 7 The Mike Seeger Legacy; Notes; Note on Sources; Selected Works by Mike Seeger; Index
Malone's biographical work covers the life and musical contributions of folk artist Mike Seeger, the brother of folk singer Pete Seeger. One of the founding members of influential folk group the New Lost City Ramblers, Mike Seeger spent more than fifty years preserving, performing, and commemorating the culture and folk music of white and black Southerners, which he called "music from the true vine." Malone argues that Seeger, while not as well known as his brother, may be more important in his work to identify and give a voice to the people from whom the Folk Revival borrowed its songs. Malon
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 235 p.)
ISBN:0807869406
1469602652
9780807869406
9781469602653

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