Earl Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown : The Making of an American Classic /

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"Less than three minutes long and involving no lyrics, "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" is a banjo-led song that changed the face of American music. Composed and recorded by Earl Scruggs in 1949, the song went on to transform and modernize folk culture of the early 20th century, its effects...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goldsmith, Thomas, 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Scruggs, Earl.
Scruggs, Earl. > Foggy mountain breakdown.
Bluegrass musicians.
Banjoists.
MUSIC > General.
Musiciens de bluegrass > États-Unis > Biographies.
Banjoïstes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Bluegrass musicians > United States > Biography.
Banjoists > United States > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Out to Follow Scruggs's Path
  • "I grew up around a banjo"
  • The Piedmont's Rich Musical Soil
  • Early Professional Days
  • Joining Bill Monroe
  • Working as a Blue Grass Boy
  • Flatt and Scruggs Build a Career
  • Recording "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"
  • "Like a Jackhammer"
  • How the Tune Works
  • The Number-One Banjo Player
  • The Beverly Hillbillies Welcomes the Banjo
  • Riding with Bonnie and Clyde
  • Scruggs Without Flatt : A Period of Transition
  • Scruggs's Banjo Gains a Cult Following
  • Reaping the Harvest.

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