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Read [David W. Johnson Book] # Lonesome Melodies: The Lives and Music of the Stanley Brothers (American Made Music Series) Online * PDF eBook or Kindle ePUB free. Lonesome Melodies: The Lives and Music of the Stanley Brothers (American Made Music Series) "Very interesting" according to Diane K Hardin. My husbands family had followed them for years snd he's read many books about them. He throughly enjoyed this book and some things he never had known before. Ricky Skaggs said A Great Historical Read!. I've been a fan of the Stanley Brothers since I heard them the first time, probably around 1958, I was four years old. I got to do some with shows them in the early 60's and went on to join Ralph's band in 1970. In all the time traveling and talking
| Title | : | Lonesome Melodies: The Lives and Music of the Stanley Brothers (American Made Music Series) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.58 (761 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1628460571 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 299 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-07 |
| Language | : | English |
"Very interesting" according to Diane K Hardin. My husbands family had followed them for years snd he's read many books about them. He throughly enjoyed this book and some things he never had known before. Ricky Skaggs said A Great Historical Read!. I've been a fan of the Stanley Brothers since I heard them the first time, probably around 1958, I was four years old. I got to do some with shows them in the early 60's and went on to join Ralph's band in 1970. In all the time traveling and talking about the old days of the Stanley Brothers, I never knew the struggles and hardships the brothers had. David Johnson has written the BEST history book of this incredibly important band th. Two brothers and their special kind of music David W. Johnson's "Lonesome Melodies" turns out to be about a lot more than the Stanley Brothers. This exhaustively researched book cuts a wide swath through the world of bluegrass, old-time country and spiritual music from the mid 19Two brothers and their special kind of music Newsduck David W. Johnson's "Lonesome Melodies" turns out to be about a lot more than the Stanley Brothers. This exhaustively researched book cuts a wide swath through the world of bluegrass, old-time country and spiritual music from the mid 1940s to the mid 1960s., touching upon so many of the artists who played or were affected by this uniquely American music, from the Carter Family to Johnny Cash to Elvis himself. But the primary focus, of. 0s to the mid 1960s., touching upon so many of the artists who played or were affected by this uniquely American music, from the Carter Family to Johnny Cash to Elvis himself. But the primary focus, of
Ralph’s testimony about his career, Man of Constant Sorrow (2009), is a great autobiography but understandably a personal document. Johnson’s account of the brothers’ 20-year shared career, terminated by Carter’s 1966 death, is a scholarly but unstuffy complement to Ralph’s testimony. The venues they used (radio, records, touring, and, finally, dedicated bluegrass festivals), the revolving cast of other musicians who constituted their band, the Clinch Mountain Boys, and the songs selected for shows and records—Johnson delves deeply into these to evoke the extraordinarily hectic, meagerly paying professional lives they led while marrying, making families, moving house, and pursuing the rest of a normal e
Carter and Ralph Stanleythe Stanley Brothersare comparable to Bill Monroe and Flatt & Scruggs as important members of the earliest generation of bluegrass musicians. In the intervening years, the brothers performed thousands of in-person and radio shows, recorded hundreds of songs and tunes for half a dozen record labels, and tried to keep pace with changing times while remaining true to the spirit of old-time country music. In order to re-create this post–World War II journey through the changing landscape of American music, the author interviewed Ralph Stanley, the family of Carter Stanley, former members of the Clinch Mountain Boys, and dozens of musicians and friends who knew the Stanley Brothers as musicians and men. Johnson documents that Carter (1925–1966) and Ralph (b 1927) were equally important contributors to the tradition of old-time country music. In this first biography of the brothers, author David W. Lonesome Melodies begins and ends in the mountains of southwestern Virginia. In December 1966, pallbearers walked up Smith Ridge to bring Carter to his final resting place. Together from 1946 to 1966, the Stanley Brothers began their careers performing in the schoolhouses of southwestern Virginia and expanded their popularity to the concert halls of Europe. Notable old-time country and blue
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