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| Title | : | Jane Hicks Gentry: A Singer Among Singers |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.89 (579 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0813109361 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-13 |
| Language | : | English |
An Appalahian Ballad Singer writes about Jane Hicks Gentry Amazon Customer Ballad singer Betty Smith lived many years not far from Jane Hicks Gentry's home in Hot Springs, NC. During that time, she collected every scrap of information she could about the remarkable woman named Jane,a singer and storyteller from the famed Beech Mountain Hicks family. According to Betty Smith, Hicks contributed more ballads to the collections we have today than any other. The writing is warm, with the special kind of knowing th. Appalachian History Lesson Interesting I enjoyed the history of the area of North Carolina. I am a descendant of Council Harmon, Jane's grandfather storyteller.
Now Betty Smith, herself a folksinger, brings to life this remarkable artist and her songs and tales.. Smith provides a full biography of this vibrant woman and the tradition into which she was born, presenting seventy of Gentry's songs and fifteen of the "Jack" tales she learned from her grandfather. But despite her importance in Sharp's collection, Gentry has remained only a name on his pages. "Winner of the North Carolina Society of Historians Award Jane Hicks Gentry lived her entire life in the remote, mountainous northwest corner of North Carolina and was descended from old Appalachian families in which singing and storytelling were part of everyday
"Winner of the 1998 Willie Parker Peace History Book Award given by the North Carolina Society of Historians.""It is to our benefit that this inspirational historical figure has been rendered more accessible to the rest of us."American Music"Presents the fascinating story of Gentry's ancestry and life, includes music and words to seventy of her songs, and retells fifteen of her Jack tales. This book is likely to considered an important source for folklorists for generations to come."Appalachian Heritage"The tapestry of Gentry's life story is interwoven with the re
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