| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 235 pages) : illustrations |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies Supplement
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| Contents |
Cover Page; MUSIC FROM THE TRUE VINE; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Seeger Heritage; 2 Folk Music and Politics; 3 Discovering Bluegrass; 4 The New Lost City Ramblers; 5 Music from the True Vine; 6 Lexington and Alexia; 7 The Mike Seeger Legacy; Notes; Note on Sources; Selected Works by Mike Seeger; Index |
| Summary |
Malone's biographical work covers the life and musical contributions of folk artist Mike Seeger, the brother of folk singer Pete Seeger. One of the founding members of influential folk group the New Lost City Ramblers, Mike Seeger spent more than fifty years preserving, performing, and commemorating the culture and folk music of white and black Southerners, which he called "music from the true vine." Malone argues that Seeger, while not as well known as his brother, may be more important in his work to identify and give a voice to the people from whom the Folk Revival borrowed its songs. Malon |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references, discography and index |
| Subject |
Seeger, Mike, 1933-2009.
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| SUBJECT |
Seeger, Mike, 1933-2009
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Seeger, Mike, 1933-2009 fast |
| Subject |
Folk musicians -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
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MUSIC -- Printed Music -- General.
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Folk & Traditional.
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Folk musicians
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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collective biographies.
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011015090 |
| ISBN |
0807869406 |
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9780807869406 |
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9781469602653 |
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1469602652 |
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