Bluegrass in Baltimore: The Hard Drivin' Sound and Its Legacy

by Newby, Tim
ISBN: 9780786494392
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Overview

With an influx of Appalachian migrants who came looking for work in the 1940s and 1950s, Baltimore found itself populated by some extraordinary mountain musicians and was for a brief time the center of the bluegrass world. Life in Baltimore for these musicians was not easy. There were missed opportunities, personal demons and always the up-hill battle with prejudice against their hillbilly origins. Based upon interviews with legendary players from the golden age of Baltimore bluegrass, this book provides the first in-depth coverage of this transplanted-roots music and its broader influence, detailing the struggles Appalachian musicians faced in a big city that viewed the music they made as the "poorest example of poor man's music."
  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Newby, Tim
  • ISBN: 9780786494392
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.40 x 0.50
  • Number Of Pages: 244
  • Publication Year: 2015
Language: English