I Hear a Voice Calling: A Bluegrass Memoir
Gene Lowinger
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Description for I Hear a Voice Calling: A Bluegrass Memoir
Paperback. During the final years of Bill Monroe's life, bluegrass fiddler Gene Lowinger took a series of on- and off-stage photographs of Monroe on the road. This book presents these photos as well as other photos documenting Lowinger's involvement with the bluegrass scene beginning in the early 1960s. Num Pages: 160 pages, 75 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGL; AVH; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 252.
During the final years of Bill Monroe's life, bluegrass fiddler Gene Lowinger took a series of on- and off-stage photographs of Monroe on the road--preparing for shows, performing, interacting with fans and audiences--and in informal settings with family, friends, and fellow musicians. This book presents these photos of Monroe's last years as well as other photos documenting Lowinger's involvement with the bluegrass scene beginning in the early 1960s. As a fiddler for Monroe, Lowinger was given unique access to Monroe's private life, and his photographs capture poignant scenes, from energetic performances to moments of quiet repose.
During the final years of Bill Monroe's life, bluegrass fiddler Gene Lowinger took a series of on- and off-stage photographs of Monroe on the road--preparing for shows, performing, interacting with fans and audiences--and in informal settings with family, friends, and fellow musicians. This book presents these photos of Monroe's last years as well as other photos documenting Lowinger's involvement with the bluegrass scene beginning in the early 1960s. As a fiddler for Monroe, Lowinger was given unique access to Monroe's private life, and his photographs capture poignant scenes, from energetic performances to moments of quiet repose.
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Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
252 g
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252076633
SKU
V9780252076633
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About Gene Lowinger
Gene Lowinger is a freelance photojournalist based in New York and New Jersey. The first "Northern" fiddler to join the ranks of the Blue Grass Boys, Lowinger is also the author of Bluegrass Fiddle, one of the first books to accurately capture the bluegrass fiddle style in standard musical notation.
Reviews for I Hear a Voice Calling: A Bluegrass Memoir
"One cannot overrate the important of either the photographs or the memoir in terms of [Bill] Monroe, who is one of the most important American vernacular musicians of the last century. Highly recommended."
Choice "A welcome addition to the growing list of bluegrass memoirs."
Bluegrass Unlimited "The sense of an era that has passed, of a time now far distant when giants ... Read more
Choice "A welcome addition to the growing list of bluegrass memoirs."
Bluegrass Unlimited "The sense of an era that has passed, of a time now far distant when giants ... Read more