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Earl Scruggs and Foggy mountain breakdown : the making of an American classic /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goldsmith, Thomas, 1952- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019]
Series:Music in American life.
Subjects:
Scruggs, Earl.
Scruggs, Earl. > Foggy mountain breakdown.
Banjoists > United States > Biography.
Bluegrass musicians > United States > Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Out to Follow Scruggs's Path
  • "I grew up around a banjo"
  • The Piedmont's Rich Musical Soil
  • Early Professional Days
  • Joining Bill Monroe
  • Working as a Blue Grass Boy
  • Flatt and Scruggs Build a Career
  • Recording "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"
  • "Like a Jackhammer"
  • How the Tune Works
  • The Number-One Banjo Player
  • The Beverly Hillbillies Welcomes the Banjo
  • Riding with Bonnie and Clyde
  • Scruggs Without Flatt : A Period of Transition
  • Scruggs's Banjo Gains a Cult Following
  • Reaping the Harvest.