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| Genre/Form: | Discography Discographie |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Bill Monroe; Bill Monroe; Bill Monroe |
| Material Type: | Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Neil V Rosenberg; Charles K Wolfe |
| ISBN: | 0252031210 9780252031212 |
| OCLC Number: | 70046010 |
| Description: | xxv, 347 p. ; 29 cm. |
| Contents: | "Walls of time" : assembling the Bill Monroe discography / Neil V. Rosenberg -- "I live in the past" : a rationale for methodology / Charles K. Wolfe -- "What would you give in exchange for your soul?" : 1936-38 -- "Mule Skinner blues" : 1939-41 -- "True life blues" : 1942-45 -- "Heavy traffic ahead" : 1946-49 -- "Uncle Pen" : 1950-56 -- "Gotta travel on" : 1957-62 -- "Devil's dream" : 1963-72 -- "Jerusalem Ridge" : 1973-80 -- "My last days on earth" : 1981-96. |
| Series Title: | Music in American life. |
| Responsibility: | Neil V. Rosenberg and Charles K. Wolfe. |
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Abstract:
A study of Bill Monroe's contributions to American and world music. Spanning over 1,000 separate performances, this work presents a chronological list of Bill Monroe's commercially released sound and visual recordings.
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"Rosenberg and the late Wolfe document every detail of Monroe's work. The chronological listing of all his recordings is staggering, and though the narrative makes easy reading , this impressive, hard-bound 350-page tome will mainly appeal to those wishing to study blue-grass and its heritage under a college-owned microscope."--MOJO Dec 2007 Read more...
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