Strings of life : conversations with old-time musicians from Virginia and North Carolina / Kevin Donleavy.
| Author/creator | Donleavy, Kevin |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Blacksburg, VA : Pocahontas Press, ©2004. |
| Description | iv, 347 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction, and so forth. Counties in this old-time music region -- Where cultures meet. The people, the geography, the instruments, and the music -- Surry County, North Carolina. Some Surry County recordings -- Low Gap, Surry County, North Carolina -- Carroll County and Fancy Gap, Virginia. A few recordings from Fancy Gap -- Carroll County, Virginia, part 2. Select discography for Abe Horton ; Other area music -- Rambling from Lambsburg, fiddling around Scraptown, Virginia. Some last resting sites -- Patrick County, Virginia. A Patrick discography -- Forsyth County and Winston-Salem, North Carolina. A Winston-Salem/Forsyth discography -- Stokes County, North Carolina. Tunes recently played in Stokes County -- Rockingham and Caswell Counties, North Carolina. Some Rockingham and Caswell music -- Alleghany County, North Carolina. A select Alleghany discography -- Wilkes County and Elkin, North Carolina. Bray Family chronicles -- A little world of music - Virginia meets North Carolina and Tennessee. Addendum on "Billy in the low ground" ; Discography -- Grayson County and Galax Town, Virginia -- Wythe County, Virginia. |
| Abstract | History of fiddle and banjo music from eleven Virginia and North Carolina counties. |
| Local note | Little-346180--305131051946 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2004304525 |
| ISBN | 0936015497 |
| ISBN | 9780936015491 |
| Stock number | 1235616 QBI |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML385 .D66 2004 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |