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Marty Godbey - Crowe on the Banjo: The Music Life of J.D. Crowe - 9780252078255 - V9780252078255
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Crowe on the Banjo: The Music Life of J.D. Crowe

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Description for Crowe on the Banjo: The Music Life of J.D. Crowe Paperback. A musical biography of one of bluegrass's true pioneers Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AVGL; AVH; AVRL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
In this first biography of legendary banjoist J. D. Crowe, Marty Godbey charts the life and career of one of bluegrass's most important innovators. Born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, Crowe picked up the banjo when he was thirteen years old, inspired by a Flatt & Scruggs performance at the Kentucky Barn Dance. Godbey relates the long, distinguished career that followed, as Crowe performed and recorded both solo and as part of such varied ensembles as Jimmy Martin's Sunny Mountain Boys, the all-acoustic Kentucky Mountain Boys, and the revolutionary New South, who created an adventurously eclectic brand of bluegrass by ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Music in American Life
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252078255
SKU
V9780252078255
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About Marty Godbey
A prolific writer and photographer, the late Marty Godbey published extensively on history, architecture, food, travel and bluegrass music. She lived in Lexington, Kentucky, where she watched J. D. Crowe play locally for more than 40 years.

Reviews for Crowe on the Banjo: The Music Life of J.D. Crowe
Received the Best Historical Research in Country, Folk or Ethnic Music Award from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC), 2012. Received the Print Media Person of the Year Award from the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA), 2012. "This book is superbly written and once you start, you just can't put it down."
Cybergrass "Publication of this book is ... Read more

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