Bluegrass Breakdown

by Cantwell, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780252010545
• ISBN10: 025201054X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1984-07-01
• Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr

Summary

Bluegrass music is an original characterization, simply called a 'representation, ' of traditional Appalachian music in its social form.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Paperback Edition
Preface to the 1984 Edition
Prologue: A New Grand Ole Opry: Bill Monroe at Capitol Center	p. 5
In the Hills of Old Kentucky: The Social Background	p. 19
Hillbilly Music: The Commercial Background	p. 41
Folk Music in Overdrive: The Musical Moment	p. 60
Banjo: African Rhythms and the Bluegrass Beat	p. 91
Ancient Tones: The Roots of Southern Song	p. 115
Upstairs, Downstairs, out in the Kitchen: The Tradition	p. 143
Workin' Music: Bluegrass and Jazz	p. 157
Old Time Music: Parlor Books, the Phonograph, and Folk Revivalism	p. 176
The High, Lonesome Sound: Ritual, Icon, and Image	p. 200
Bilin' Down Creation: The Landscape of Bluegrass	p. 226
Tambo and Bones: Blackface Minstrelsy, the Opry, and Bill Monroe	p. 249
Notes	p. 275
Bibliography	p. 295
Index	p. 303
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