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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2012
- Book Title
- Bluegrass Bluesman: A Memoir (Music in American Life)
- ISBN
- 9780252078644
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
ISBN-10
0252078640
ISBN-13
9780252078644
eBay Product ID (ePID)
126874672
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Bluegrass Bluesman : a Memoir
Subject
Composers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Country & Bluegrass, Individual Composer & Musician
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Music, Biography & Autobiography
Series
Music in American Life Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
9.9 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2012-011210
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Mesmerizing . . . especially for lovers of bluegrass."-- Booklist "Fred Bartenstein has done a beautiful job in covering the career of one of the great figures in bluegrass. . . . A hard book to put down."-- County Sales Newsletter, "Graves's name won't ring a bell for many outside musicians' circles, but Burkett "Uncle Josh" Graves helped take bluegrass from southern Appalachia to college campuses and beyond, to the world-music status it enjoys today. . . . Bluegrass Bluesman is unfiltered, off-the-cuff oral history."-- The Wall Street Journal, "Graves's name won't ring a bell for many outside musicians' circles, but Burkett "Uncle Josh" Graves helped take bluegrass from southern Appalachia to college campuses and beyond, to the world-music status it enjoys today. . . . Bluegrass Bluesman is unfiltered, off-the-cuff oral history."-- The Wall Street Journal "An excellent autobiography of a highly creative musician. Graves was a first-rate storyteller with a discerning sense of what was important in his many memorable experiences." --John Wright, author of Traveling the High Way Home: Ralph Stanley and the World of Traditional Bluegrass Music, "A fascinating look at the musical culture of the South. . . . Thoroughly Southern, spicy, real, and lots of fun."-- Library Journal "Josh Graves inspired hundreds of musicians to pick up the steel bar and slide it over the strings of the Dobro. . . . It's good and fitting that the story of this talented and influential musician is being preserved in his own words." --from Neil Rosenberg's foreword to the book, "Graves's name won't ring a bell for many outside musicians' circles, but Burkett 'Uncle Josh' Graves helped take bluegrass from southern Appalachia to college campuses and beyond, to the world-music status it enjoys today. When he joined Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs in 1955, his fiery, blues-inspired playing on the Dobro resonator slide guitar gave the Foggy Mountain Boys a signature sound that set the band apart from the herd. The Foggy Mountain Boys played fast and hard-driving and as loud as acoustic music can get. Their dynamic stage shows, featuring acrobatic turns at a lone mic for breakneck solos, remain the stuff of legend." Wall Street Journal, October 2012"An excellent autobiography of a highly creative musician. Graves was a first-rate storyteller with a discerning sense of what was important in his many memorable experiences." -John Wright, author of Traveling the High Way Home: Ralph Stanley and the World of Traditional Bluegrass Music"Josh Graves inspired hundreds of musicians to pick up the steel bar and slide it over the strings of the Dobro. . . . It's good and fitting that the story of this talented and influential musician is being preserved in his own words." -from Neil Rosenberg's foreword to the book, "Fred Bartenstein has done a beautiful job in covering the career of one of the great figures in bluegrass. . . . A hard book to put down." -- County Sales Newsletter, Certificate of Merit for Excellence for Best Research in Recorded Country Music, Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) Awards, 2013. Fred Bartenstein (editor), Bluegrass/Media Person of the Year, International Bluegrass Music Awards (IBMA), 2013. "Mesmerizing . . . especially for lovers of bluegrass."-- Booklist "One comes away from this interesting read with a keen understanding of a man who influenced country music, dobro playing in particular, in a way few have. Recommended."-- Choice, "A fascinating look at the musical culture of the South. . . . Thoroughly Southern, spicy, real, and lots of fun." -- Library Journal "The legendary musician provides interesting insight into the ways of his long-time boss, Earl Scruggs." -- MountainTimes.com, "Mesmerizing . . . especially for lovers of bluegrass."-- Booklist "An excellent autobiography of a highly creative musician. Graves was a first-rate storyteller with a discerning sense of what was important in his many memorable experiences." --John Wright, author ofTraveling the High Way Home: Ralph Stanley and the World of Traditional Bluegrass Music, "Mesmerizing . . . especially for lovers of bluegrass."-- Booklist "One comes away from this interesting read with a keen understanding of a man who influenced country music, dobro playing in particular, in a way few have. Recommended."-- Choice, "Mesmerizing . . . especially for lovers of bluegrass."-- Booklist "One comes away from this interesting read with a keen understanding of a man who influenced country music, dobro playing in particular, in a way few have. Recommended."-- Choice, ''Graves's name won't ring a bell for many outside musicians' circles, but Burkett 'Uncle Josh' Graves helped take bluegrass from southern Appalachia to college campuses and beyond, to the world-music status it enjoys today. When he joined Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs in 1955, his fiery, blues-inspired playing on the Dobro resonator slide guitar gave the Foggy Mountain Boys a signature sound that set the band apart from the herd. The Foggy Mountain Boys played fast and hard-driving and as loud as acoustic music can get. Their dynamic stage shows, featuring acrobatic turns at a lone mic for breakneck solos, remain the stuff of legend.'' - Wall Street Journal, October 2012 ''An excellent autobiography of a highly creative musician. Graves was a first-rate storyteller with a discerning sense of what was important in his many memorable experiences.'' - John Wright, author of Traveling the High Way Home: Ralph Stanley and the World of Traditional Bluegrass Music ''Josh Graves inspired hundreds of musicians to pick up the steel bar and slide it over the strings of the Dobro... It's good and fitting that the story of this talented and influential musician is being preserved in his own words.'' - from Neil Rosenberg's foreword to the book ''Josh Graves, previously of Flatt & Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Boys has an autobiography posthumously published by University of Illinois Press. Bluegrass Bluesman: A Memoir is edited by Fred Bartenstein and includes lively anecdotes that describe Grave's upbringing in East Tennessee, his involvement in the emergence of bluegrass and later work with Alison Krauss, Kenny Baker, Marty Stuart, Jerry Douglas and many others.'' - R2 (Rock-n-Reel) Magazine, November 2012 ''The book's strong narrative is drawn from several days of interviews conducted with Graves in 1994 by Barry Willis but only put together for this book by the editor a couple of years after Josh's death in 2006. It is a beautifully constructed text, never losing the flavour of the musician's verbal recollections yet assembling a wealth of factual details, musical and personal philosophical insights.'' - Rock'n'Reel, 1st January 2013 ''Even at its modest length, Bluegrass Bluesman, less a history than field report, makes for solid value if you're drawn towards bluegrass and curious about those who created it. A first-class raconteur with a back-county accent and easy going sense of humour, Graves recreates a lost world and vivid personalities who lived in it.'' - Froots, "Josh Graves inspired hundreds of musicians to pick up the steel bar and slide it over the strings of the Dobro. . . . It's good and fitting that the story of this talented and influential musician is being preserved in his own words." --from Neil Rosenberg's foreword to the book "Because Graves tells his own story in his own voice, readers do truly get a sense for whom Josh Graves was and what he and his dobro contributed to Bluegrass music." -- Winchester Sun, "An excellent autobiography of a highly creative musician. Graves was a first-rate storyteller with a discerning sense of what was important in his many memorable experiences." --John Wright, author ofTraveling the High Way Home: Ralph Stanley and the World of Traditional Bluegrass Music, "Graves's name won't ring a bell for many outside musicians' circles, but Burkett "Uncle Josh" Graves helped take bluegrass from southern Appalachia to college campuses and beyond, to the world-music status it enjoys today. . . . Bluegrass Bluesman is unfiltered, off-the-cuff oral history."-- The Wall Street Journal "In this welcome memoir, Graves proves himself a born storyteller. . . . Rarely is a guitarist's memoir such a rich read."-- Vintage Guitar, "Josh Graves inspired hundreds of musicians to pick up the steel bar and slide it over the strings of the Dobro. . . . It's good and fitting that the story of this talented and influential musician is being preserved in his own words." --from Neil Rosenberg's foreword to the book, " Yet another must-read book from the University of Illinois Press ."-- Bluegrass Unlimited "An excellent autobiography of a highly creative musician. Graves was a first-rate storyteller with a discerning sense of what was important in his many memorable experiences." -- John Wright, author of Traveling the High Way Home: Ralph Stanley and the World of Traditional Bluegrass Music, "A fascinating look at the musical culture of the South. . . . Thoroughly Southern, spicy, real, and lots of fun."-- Library Journal "The legendary musician provides interesting insight into the ways of his long-time boss, Earl Scruggs."-- MountainTimes.com, "An excellent autobiography of a highly creative musician. Graves was a first-rate storyteller with a discerning sense of what was important in his many memorable experiences." -John Wright, author of Traveling the High Way Home: Ralph Stanley and the World of Traditional Bluegrass Music "Josh Graves inspired hundreds of musicians to pick up the steel bar and slide it over the strings of the Dobro. . . . It's good and fitting that the story of this talented and influential musician is being preserved in his own words." -from Neil Rosenberg's foreword to the book
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
787.87/1642092 B
Synopsis
A pivotal member of the hugely successful bluegrass band Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys, Dobro pioneer Josh Graves (1927-2006) was a living link between bluegrass music and the blues. In Bluegrass Bluesman, this influential performer shares the story of his lifelong career in music. In lively anecdotes, Graves describes his ......, A pivotal member of the hugely successful bluegrass band Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys, Dobro pioneer Josh Graves (1927-2006) was a living link between bluegrass music and the blues. In Bluegrass Bluesman, this influential performer shares the story of his lifelong career in music. In lively anecdotes, Graves describes his upbringing in East Tennessee and the climate in which bluegrass music emerged during the 1940s. Deeply influenced by the blues, he adapted Earl Scruggs's revolutionary banjo style to the Dobro resonator slide guitar and gave the Foggy Mountain Boys their distinctive sound. Graves' accounts of daily life on the road through the 1950s and 1960s reveal the band's dedication to musical excellence, Scruggs' leadership, and an often grueling life on the road. He also comments on his later career when he played in Lester Flatt's Nashville Grass and the Earl Scruggs Revue and collaborated with the likes of Boz Scaggs, Charlie McCoy, Kenny Baker, Eddie Adcock, Jesse McReynolds, Marty Stuart, Jerry Douglas, Alison Krauss, and his three musical sons. A colorful storyteller, Graves brings to life the world of an American troubadour and the mountain culture that he never left behind. Born in Tellico Plains, Tennessee, Josh Graves (1927-2006) is universally acknowledged as the father of the bluegrass Dobro. In 1997 he was inducted into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame., A pivotal member of the hugely successful bluegrass band Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys, Dobro pioneer Josh Graves (1927-2006) was a living link between bluegrass music and the blues. In Bluegrass Bluesman, this influential performer shares the story of his lifelong career in music.In lively anecdotes, Graves describes his upbringing in East Tennessee and the climate in which bluegrass music emerged during the 1940s. Deeply influenced by the blues, he adapted Earl Scruggs's revolutionary banjo style to the Dobro resonator slide guitar and gave the Foggy Mountain Boys their distinctive sound. Graves' accounts of daily life on the road through the 1950s and 1960s reveal the band's dedication to musical excellence, Scruggs' leadership, and an often grueling life on the road. He also comments on his later career when he played in Lester Flatt's Nashville Grass and the Earl Scruggs Revue and collaborated with the likes of Boz Scaggs, Charlie McCoy, Kenny Baker, Eddie Adcock, Jesse McReynolds, Marty Stuart, Jerry Douglas, Alison Krauss, and his three musical sons. A colorful storyteller, Graves brings to life the world of an American troubadour and the mountain culture that he never left behind.Born in Tellico Plains, Tennessee, Josh Graves (1927-2006) is universally acknowledged as the father of the bluegrass Dobro. In 1997 he was inducted into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame."
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ML418.G73A3 2012
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