Rural Roots of Bluegrass is a songbook and history book that takes a deep at the roots of bluegrass music: ballads and fiddle tunes of Scots-Irish pioneers black spirituals plantation melodies blues murder ballads sentimental parlor songs from Tin Pan Alley North Carolina banjo styles and gospel songs. This book is richly illustrated with 107 vintage photos and includes history lyrics to 94 songs musical notation chords playing tips and historical sources for each song. Includes profiles on the Bill Clifton Bill Monroe the Blue Sky Boys Bradley Kincaid the Callahan Brothers Carolina Tar Heels the Carter Family Charlie Poole and the North CarolinaRamblers the Coon Creek Girls Earl Scruggs Eck Robertson Ernest V. 'Pop' Stoneman Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith Fiddlin’ John Carson G. B. Grayson & Henry Whitter Jimmie Rodgers Karl and Harty the Lilly Brothers MonroeBrothers the Morris Brothers Riley Puckett Samantha Bumgarner Vernon Dalhart Snuffy Jenkins and Wade & J. E. Mainer. 6' x 9' 180 pages. The perfect companion to the CD 'Rural Roots of Bluegrass.'

Songs, Stories And History. Par WAYNE ERBSEN. Plus récent livre de Wayne Erbsen jette un regard profond sur la musique bluegrass pour découvrir ses vraies racines : ballades des premiers pionniers, écossais-irlandais fiddle tunes, spirituals noirs, mélodies de plantations, blues, meurtre ballades, chansons sentimentales parlor de styles de banjo Tin Pan Alley, en Caroline du Nord et Gospels. Le livre est richement illustré de plus de 100 photos d'époque et comprend les paroles, notation musicale, accords, histoire et jouer des trucs à 94 chansons. Il y a aussi près de 80 pages de l'histoire et des profils décrivant les musiciens dont le Monroe Brothers, Carter Family, Bradley Kincaid, Riley Puckett, Charlie Poole, Wade and J.E. Mainer, Vernon Dalhart, Carolina Tar Heels, G.B. Grayson et Henry Whitter, Fiddline, Arthur Smith, Ernest V. Stoneman, Blue Sky Boys, Fiddline John Carson, Coon Creek Girls, Earl Scruggs, Eck Robertson, Callahan frèresSamantha Bumgarner, Bill Monroe Zeke and Morris Wiley, Jimmie Rodgers et Stringbean. CD facultatif par Wayne Erbsen et Laura Boosinger est availabl... / Niveau : Débutant / Bluegrass - Songbooks / Recueil / Chant