The Wbt Briarhoppers

Author : Tom Warlick
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078648294X
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The WBT Briarhoppers written by Tom Warlick and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1934, WBT radio announcer Charles Crutchfield formed a spur-of-the-moment musical group to satisfy a potential sponsor looking for a "hillbilly" radio program to showcase its products. Known as the WBT Briarhoppers, this group went on to become one of the longest lasting bluegrass/country ensembles in America, staying on the air until 1951 and then continuing to perform. Compiled from firsthand interviews, this work tells the story of the WBT Briarhoppers, analyzing the band's history and its connection to the growth of American radio and radio advertising. Using the Briarhoppers as a common thread, it examines changes in culture and the group's contribution to country and bluegrass music. The work also discusses legendary performers including the Tennessee Ramblers, The Johnson Family, and Bill and Charlie Monroe. A discography is included.

Author : Daniel Coston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692312131
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Briarhoppers: the Circle Rolls On written by Daniel Coston and published by . This book was released on 2014-10-25 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in their 80th year of existence, the Briarhoppers (or as they are currently known, the The WBT Briarhoppers) are now recognized as the longest running string band in the United States. What began at WBT Radio in Charlotte, NC in 1934 continues with a host of new songs and stories. Photographer and writer Daniel Coston opens up his archives to share his images and memories over the last 12 years, and talk about what the Briarhoppers, and their band members have meant to him.

Author : Lewis M. Stern
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476686009
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jim Scancarelli written by Lewis M. Stern and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-01-10 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: North Carolina fiddler and banjo player Jim Scancarelli's extensive career as a string band musician began in the early 1960s. A founding member of the Kilocycle Kowboys, one of Charlotte's longest-lived bluegrass bands, he played banjo with the Mole Hill Highlanders, and in the 1980s formed Sanitary Cafe with fiddler Tommy Malboeuf. Through the 1970s, his annual recordings at the Union Grove Fiddlers Convention captured superlative music and performer interviews. Scancarelli also had a successful career as a freelance magazine artist and collaborated on the syndicated comic strips "Mutt and Jeff" and "Gasoline Alley," eventually taking over authorship of the latter in 1986. This biography traces his creative trajectory in music, art, radio and television, and the cartooning industry.

Author : Kenneth M. Johnson
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781617035005
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Johnson family singers written by Kenneth M. Johnson and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bluegrass Unlimited written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Simon Elmes
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1847946658
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hello Again written by Simon Elmes and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: October 18, 2012 marks the 90th anniversary of the formation of the BBC and the beginning of England's love affair with radio. This fascinating book takes as its starting point those early, tentative programs broadcast from Marconi House on the Strand, and follows the story of radio through the years of economic depression, war and austerity, to the swinging 1960s and up the present. Above all, it celebrates the great, the forgotten, and the notorious figures of radio from the last nine decades and the programs they made: Marion Cran in the 1920s, who pioneered the first gardening program; Lord Haw Haw, whose sinister catchphrase "Germany calling" punctuated broadcasts throughout World War II; the comedy greats of the 1950s--the Goons, Kenneth Horne, and their ilk; Tony Blackburn, Simon Dee, Dave Lee Travis, and other heroes of Radio Caroline; not to mention the John Humphrys, Zoe Balls, and Simon Mayos of today. The result is a wonderful blend of insight, history, and nostalgia that will appeal to radio's many aficionados.

Author : Ivan M. Tribe
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813148863
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mountaineer Jamboree written by Ivan M. Tribe and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2015-01-13 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jamboree! To many country music fans the word conjures up memories of Saturday nights around the family radio listening to live broadcasts from that haven of hillbilly music, West Virginia. From 1926 through the 1950s, as Ivan Tribe shows in his lively history, country music radio programming made the Mountain State a mecca for country singers and instrumentalists from all over America. Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper, Little Jimmy Dickens, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Red Sovine, Blaine Smith, Curly Ray Cline, Grandpa Jones, Cowboy Loye, Rex and Eleanor Parker, Lee Moore, Buddy Starcher, Doc and Chickie Williams, and Molly O'Day were among the many who came to prominence via West Virginia radio. Wheeling's "WWVA jamboree," first broadcast in 1933, attracted a wide audience, especially after 1942, when the station increased its power. The show's success spawned numerous competitors, as new stations all over West Virginia followed WWVA's lead in headlining country music. The state also played an important role in the early recording industry. The Tweedy Brothers, Frank Hutchison, Roy Harvey, Blind Alfred Reed, Frank Welling and John McGhee, Cap and Andy, and the Kessinger Brothers were among West Virginians whose waxings contributed to the state's reputation for fine native musicianship. So too did those who sought out and recorded the Mountaineer folksong heritage. As Nashville's dominance has grown since the 1960s, West Virginia's leadership in country music has lessened. Young performers must now seek fame outside their native state. But, as Ivan Tribe demonstrates, the state's numerous outdoor festivals continue to keep alive the heritage of country music's "mountain mama."

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Old-time Herald written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas Goldsmith
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252051823
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Earl Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown written by Thomas Goldsmith and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recorded in 1949, "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" changed the face of American music. Earl Scruggs's instrumental essentially transformed the folk culture that came before it while helping to energize bluegrass's entry into the mainstream in the 1960s. The song has become a gateway to bluegrass for musicians and fans alike as well as a happily inescapable track in film and television. Thomas Goldsmith explores the origins and influence of "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" against the backdrop of Scruggs's legendary career. Interviews with Scruggs, his wife Louise, disciple Bela Fleck, and sidemen like Curly Seckler, Mac Wiseman, and Jerry Douglas shed light on topics like Scruggs's musical evolution and his working relationship with Bill Monroe. As Goldsmith shows, the captivating sound of "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" helped bring back the banjo from obscurity and distinguished the low-key Scruggs as a principal figure in American acoustic music.Passionate and long overdue, Earl Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown takes readers on an ear-opening journey into two minutes and forty-three seconds of heaven.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book North Carolina Folklore Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: