Making notes : music of the Carolinas / edited by Ann Wicker.

Other author Wicker, Ann, editor.
Format Book
Publication InfoCharlotte, N.C. : Novello Festival Press, 2008.
Descriptionxiii, 225 pages ; 21 cm
Subjects
Music--North Carolina. --History and criticism.
Music--South Carolina. --History and criticism.
Musicians--North Carolina.
Musicians--South Carolina.
Musical groups--North Carolina.
Musical groups--South Carolina.

Contents Section 1. Carolina music connections. The glory road / Woody Mitchell -- God's trombones: the shout band tradition in the United House of Prayer for All People / Tom Hanchett -- Why Marshall Sehorn matters / Jonathan Singer -- Gullah gospel: preserving spirituals of another race, time / Dan Huntley -- A club foot in the door: diary of a mad promoter / John Jeter -- "Chevy van" / Tommy Tomlinson -- Section 2. The entertainers. Duelin' banjos: Arthur Smith and Don Reno / Frye Gaillard -- Etta Baker: one-diming it / Clair DeLune -- Earl Scruggs: the banjoman / Joe DePriest -- DeWitt "Snuffy" Jenkins / Sam Boykin -- Doc Watson: idol conversation / Timothy C. Davis -- John Coltrane: key notes / Richard Garrison -- Thelonious Monk / Sam Stephenson -- Dizzy Gillespie / David Perlmutt -- Billy Taylor: music for the millennium / T. Brooks Separd -- The Carolina bebop kings / Steve Crump -- harlie Daniels / Woody Mitchell -- Ben E. King / Phillip Brown -- Loonis, Alec and the American songbook / Jerry Shinn -- Nina Simone put a spell on us / Charles Blackburn Jr. -- Link Wray / Brendan McKennedy -- Peg Leg Jackson: the last medicine show / Jerry Bledsoe -- Hope Nicholls / Courtney Devores -- Gary Erwin: Charleston's "Shrimp city slim" / Clair DeLune -- Tommy Faile: crackerjack country / Jack Dillard -- Little Eva / Mick Patrick and Malcolm Baumgart -- Dad, Sam Moss and me / Peter Holsapple -- Richard "Big boy" Henry / Janet Hartman -- Gina Stewart: go your own way / Shelia Saints -- Maurice Williams / Ann Wicker -- Hip-hop in the Carolinas / Clyde Smith -- Pink Anderson / Peter Cooper -- Carlisle Floyd / K. Michael Prince -- Randy Travis / Woody Mitchell -- Shirley Caesar: the singing evangelist / Matt Ehlers -- Fred Wesley, Jr.: sideman extraordinaire / Anne Wicker -- Live from the revival, it's James Brown! / John Grooms -- James Taylor / David Perlmutt -- Section 3. The bands. Hootie comes home / Michael Leon Miller -- In the swing / Mark McGrath -- Carolina chocolate drops: the kids are all right / Lynn Farris -- The Accelerators: riding the dream train / Baker Maultsby -- Conquering the world, one gig at a time / Courtney Devores -- The scream / Steve Stoeckel -- Southern culture on the skids / Grant Britt -- The Marshall Tucker Band / Ann Wicker -- How the west won us / Bland Simpson -- Despised by all the right people / Don Dixon -- Section 4. Music experiences. Catching smoke / Kevin Winchester -- The last waltz blues jam / Bob Margolin -- Roger Burt: Sunday serenade / Lori K. Tate -- The chords that bind: traditional music in the south / Si Kahn -- A country music moment / Frye Gaillard -- Drinking, dogs and darlin' Corey / Marjorie Hudson -- Tom Dooley: bound to die / Sharyn McCrumb -- Heavy rebels / Ed Southern -- Hotel Charlotte / Lew Herman -- The man in black has left the building / Fred Mills -- The new old MerleFest shuffle / Rick Cornell -- An orchestra is born / Meg Freeman Whalen -- Mount Airy confidential / Kent Priestley -- Beach music: heart and soles / Rev. Billy C. Wirtz -- The new southern rock / Mark Kemp -- One night at the Gaston / David Childers.
Abstract The book is a sampler of more than 50 essays, articles and recollections about the music and musicians with roots in the Carolinas-and how this musical legacy continues to grow and thrive today.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008002059
ISBN9780615159690 (pbk.)
ISBN0615159699 (pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner NC Stacks ML200.7.C3 M35 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold
Music Music Stacks ML200.7.C3 M35 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold