Crowe on the banjo
Subtitle: the music life of J.D. Crowe
By: Marty Godbey
Series: Music in American life; Music in American life
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780252078255
Subjects: Banjoists; Biography
Description: In this biography of 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. He performed and recorded both solo and as part of such varied ensembles as Jimmy Martin's Sunny Mountain Boys, the Kentucky Mountain Boys, and the New South. This book includes a selective discography and more than twenty interviews with Crowe and dozens more with the players who know him best--From publisher's description.
Notes: Includes, discography (p. [211]-215) bibliographical references (p. [217]-2218), and index.
Table of contents: title: I never heard a sound like that; title: I just wanted to pick; title: The road to Detroit : we rehearsed; title: Louisiana to Wheeling and home again; title: Why don't you come down to Martin's?; title: The Red Slipper Lounge; title: Rounder 0044 and the convergence of 1975; title: The new South : bluegrass, country, and more; title: Burn out, time out, and second wind; title: The new new South; title: Coda. Tone, touch, timing, and taste.