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| Title | : | True Adventures with the King of Bluegrass: Jimmy Martin |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.87 (709 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0826516807 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-06 |
| Language | : | English |
He is the author of The Guide to Classic Recorded Jazz (University of Iowa Press), which won the ASCAP-Deems Taylor award for music writing, and Blues and Trouble (St. He lives in New Orleans and is working on a novel. Tom Piazza's writing on American music has appeared in the Sunday New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, The New Republic, and The Village Voice. . Martin's Press), which won a James Michener award for fiction
On assignment from the Oxford American magazine, fiction writer and music critic Tom Piazza drove from his home in New Orleans to Nashville to interview Martin and found himself pitched headlong into a world he couldn’t have anticipated. Martin’s mercurial personality drew the writer into a series of escalating encounters (with mean dogs, broken-down cars, and near electrocution), culminating in a harrowing and unforgettable expedition, with Martin, to the Grand Ole Opry.Though, or perhaps because, visits to the Opry like the one Piazza recounts were common for Martin, and though he frequently played on its stage and always hoped to become a member, he died before seeing his dream fulfilled. True Adventures with the King of Bluegrass
one of the most engaging, revealing, funny and sad books ever written about a Nashville musician.--The TennesseanTom Piazza unlocks the back door of bluegrass in his three-hundred-and-sixty-degree portrait of Jimmy Martin's tragic genius. Time spent with the King of Bluegrass is not for the lily-livered or the faint of heart.--Marty Stuart, from the Foreword . Step inside--it's a fascinating, scary world, and you'll never be the same again.--Tim O'BrienBaptized in the same fire that gave us Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis, this reigni
Mark J. Fowler said A Snapshot of the King of Bluegrass. Tom Piazza has written a piece which captures with photographic detail several hours spent in the company of the Mad A Snapshot of the King of Bluegrass Tom Piazza has written a piece which captures with photographic detail several hours spent in the company of the Mad 3-chord Genius (as Marty Stuart writes in his forward) and Self-Proclaimed King of Bluegrass, Jimmy Martin. This "book" is essentially a fleshed out magazine article, but it's a good one. Less than 100 pages and written in a style that moves right along while giving you . -chord Genius (as Marty Stuart writes in his forward) and Self-Proclaimed King of Bluegrass, Jimmy Martin. This "book" is essentially a fleshed out magazine article, but it's a good one. Less than 100 pages and written in a style that moves right along while giving you . sequel please!!! What a great little book!Jimmy Martin, arguably the greatest bluegrass singer who ever lived, is one of music's most colorful and fascinating studies. I've seen films about him, and even wrote a song about him ("Jimmy Martin", recorded by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band recently), and listened to many recordings. This book gracefully captures the absurdity of the singer's life, a wry yet sy. Donald P. Ridgway said So-so sketch. This is a pretty thin book in more than one way. The article that takes most of the room here is rambling and somewhat amateurishly-written (and poorly edited: "alright"? "Try and arrange"?) The long sequence backstage at the Opry is interesting and cringe-inducing, but does little really to add any depth to the personality--just a longer look at a tiresome drunk, very sad.Jimmy Martin
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