Like cords around my heart
Subtitle: a Sacred harp memoir
By: Buell Cobb
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Denver, Colorado
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9781478704621
Subjects: Sacred harp; English Hymns; History and criticism; Shape-note singing; Biography
Description: "In the mid-1960s, Buell Cobb discovered and then immersed himself in one of America's oldest and warmest community activities, the "driving, high-decibel, soul-in-the-throat" a cappella singing phenomenon known as Sacred harp. Like cords around my heart is a sharply observed account of many high points along the wandering personal journey that followed. If Sacred harp once seemed a dying tradition in the Deep South, it now is experiencing a growth spurt across the entire U.S. and many other parts of the globe. This entertaining memoir, by a writer with a distinctive narrative voice, includes affectionate portraits of some of the key figures from the last half-century in this vibrant, now resurgent tradition."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-383) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: To start with; title: Granny Cobb, and the first inklings; title: A sustained bolt of lightning : the Sacred harp recordings; title: The ring of repugnance; title: Transitions; title: Taking Sacred harp on stage; title: Miss Ruth; title: Dewey Williams; title: Roy Avery; title: Lawrence and Lula Underwood; title: Japheth Jackson and family; title: Buford McGraw; title: In search of the lost tribe of Sacred harp; title: George M., remembering and remembered; title: Ed Thomas and Willie Mae; title: Aunt Jewel; title: Lonnie Rogers; title: An endearing prickliness; title: Stories from the Civil War; title: Cullman and the courthouse singings; title: Amanda; title: Singing days at Antioch; title: Tat Bailey; title: " ... and all and everything ... "; title: The Auburn quartet.