| Description |
1 online resource (145 pages) |
| Series |
American Made Music Ser |
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American Made Music Ser
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| Contents |
Contents; Preface; The Wade Mainer Story; Wade Mainer's Banjo Playing; Photos, Letters, and Memories; Broadcast Chronology; Discography; Index |
| Summary |
Wade Mainer (b. 1907) is believed to be the longest-lived country entertainer ever. His banjo lessons began in childhood and he played informally into his adult years, when he joined his brother, fiddler J.E. Mainer (1898-1971), in Mainer's Mountaineers. Music became their ticket out of the cotton mills in 1934. At the time, country styles were swiftly evolving from community-based performance into mass-market broadcast via radio, records, and the silver screen. Mainer's Mountaineers attracted radio sponsors and touring opportunities, allowing the brothers to become full-time musicians. Event |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Mainer, Wade, 1907-2011
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| SUBJECT |
Mainer, Wade, 1907-2011 fast |
| Subject |
Country musicians -- United States -- Biography
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Banjoists -- United States -- Biography
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Banjoists
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Country musicians
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wade, Stephen
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| ISBN |
9781604734997 |
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160473499X |
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9781604734980 |
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1604734981 |
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