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* Read * The WBT Briarhoppers: Eight Decades of a Bluegrass Band Made for Radio by Tom Warlick, Lucy Warlick ↠ eBook or Kindle ePUB. The WBT Briarhoppers: Eight Decades of a Bluegrass Band Made for Radio Compiled from firsthand interviews, this work tells the story of the WBT Briarhoppers, analyzing the band's history and its connection to the growth of American radio and radio advertising. Known as the WBT Briarhoppers, this group went on to become one of the longest lasting bluegrass/country ensembles in America, staying on the air until 1951 and then continuing to perform. A discography is included.. The work also discusses legendary performers including the Tennessee Ramblers, The Johnson Fa
| Title | : | The WBT Briarhoppers: Eight Decades of a Bluegrass Band Made for Radio |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.47 (518 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 078643144X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 215 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-19 |
| Language | : | English |
Environmental engineer Tom Warlick is a banjoist and founder of Bluegrass Thursday Nights and the Clover Barn Dance in Clover, South Carolina. They live in Clover. . Lucy Warlick is an artist, potter and poet who was a finalist in the James Hearst National Poetry Awards
J. R. Ellis said History of WBT Briarhopprers. Wonderful history of the WBT Briarhoppers that many North Carolinians remember on "the" radio station in Charlotte. Guess what? They are still performing at music festivals and other venues. A first hand history of this talented, well known group. Well written documentary of historical, influential band. Glad Tom Warlick preserved the group's story.
Compiled from firsthand interviews, this work tells the story of the WBT Briarhoppers, analyzing the band's history and its connection to the growth of American radio and radio advertising. Known as the WBT Briarhoppers, this group went on to become one of the longest lasting bluegrass/country ensembles in America, staying on the air until 1951 and then continuing to perform. A discography is included.. The work also discusses legendary performers including the Tennessee Ramblers, The Johnson Family, and Bill and Charlie Monroe. Using the Briarhoppers as a common thread, it examines changes in culture and the group's contribution to country and bluegrass music. In 1934, WBT radio announcer Charles Crutchfield formed a spur-of-the-moment musical group to satisfy a potential sponsor looking for a "hillbilly" radio program to showcase its products
The WBT Briarhoppers have influenced lovers of old time mountain music for over 60 years. They are an institution. --David Holt, Grammy Award-Winning Musician and StorytellerDuring eight decades running from the Golden Age of Radio to Folk Heritage honors at the North Carolina's governor's mansion, the WBT Briarhoppers was everybody's favorite radio band. Don't touch that dialHit's Briarhopper Time! --Dr. Tom Hanchett, Historian for the Levine Museum of the New South, Charlotte, North Carolina
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