Overview
With an influx of Appalachian migrants who came looking for work in the 1940s and 1950s, Baltimore found itself populated by some extraordinary mountain musicians and was for a brief time the center of the bluegrass world. Life in Baltimore for these musicians was not easy. There were missed opportunities, personal demons and always the up-hill battle with prejudice against their hillbilly origins. Based upon interviews with legendary players from the golden age of Baltimore bluegrass, this book provides the first in-depth coverage of this transplanted-roots music and its broader influence, detailing the struggles Appalachian musicians faced in a big city that viewed the music they made as the "poorest example of poor man's music."
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780786494392
- ISBN-10: 0786494395
- Publisher: McFarland & Company
- Publish Date: June 2015
- Dimensions: 9.4 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.7 pounds
- Page Count: 244
- Reading Level: Ages 18-UP
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