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100 1 a| Wiggins, Gene.=| ^A200501;

245 10 a| Fiddlin' Georgia crazy :b| Fiddlin' John Carson, his real world, and the world of his songs /c| Gene Wiggins ; with a discography by Norm Cohen.;

300 a| xxi, 302 pages, 18 pages of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm.;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

490 1 a| Music in American life;

500 a| Includes index.;

504 a| Discography: pages 273-284.;

504 a| Bibliography: pages 285-292.;

505 0 a| Part one: John Carson's world. Childhood and "Bachelor's hall" -- The Cotton Mills and a Cotton-Mill view of the Frank case -- The fiddlers' contests, 1913-20 -- Early road, radio, and records -- From the "Whippoorwill" contest into the depression -- From cabbagetown to capitol -- Part two: The world of his songs. Carson's repertoire -- "Oh, boys, she's a daisy": more or less tender love songs -- "She mashed my nose all over my face": the battle of the sexes -- "Corn licker and barbecue": bibulous and frolicsome songs -- "My aged form is bending, and I cannot hardly go": John's gerontology -- "His back was bending low": the farmer -- "The chain gang is not like home": songs of incarceration -- "No coozy little bed": pitiful children -- "I want to make heaven my home": the Gospel according to John -- Fiddlin' John Carson discography.;

520 a| This is the definitive study of the dominant figure in early country music and will appeal to folklorists and musicologists. It contains new information about Wiggins, as well as facts about the working-class South, the early country-recording business, and the years at the end of the nineteenth-century when folk music was giving way to what would become hillbilly music. One also learns much about Georgia woolhat politics and culture in those years and about the birth, evolution, and imagery of early hillbilly music.;

600 10 a| Carson, Fiddlin' John,d| 1868-1949.=| ^A157292;

650 0 a| Country musiciansz| United Statesv| Biography.=| ^A430884;

700 1 a| Cohen, Norm,d| 1936-=| ^A754819;

830 0 a| Music in American life.=| ^A223005;

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Fiddlin' Georgia crazy : Fiddlin' John Carson, his real world, and the world of his songs / Gene Wiggins ; with a discography by Norm Cohen.

Author/creator	Wiggins, Gene
Other author	Cohen, Norm, 1936-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©1987.
Description	xxi, 302 pages, 18 pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects	Carson, Fiddlin' John, 1868-1949. Country musicians--United States. --Biography.

Series	Music in American life Music in American life. ^A223005
Contents	Part one: John Carson's world. Childhood and "Bachelor's hall" -- The Cotton Mills and a Cotton-Mill view of the Frank case -- The fiddlers' contests, 1913-20 -- Early road, radio, and records -- From the "Whippoorwill" contest into the depression -- From cabbagetown to capitol -- Part two: The world of his songs. Carson's repertoire -- "Oh, boys, she's a daisy": more or less tender love songs -- "She mashed my nose all over my face": the battle of the sexes -- "Corn licker and barbecue": bibulous and frolicsome songs -- "My aged form is bending, and I cannot hardly go": John's gerontology -- "His back was bending low": the farmer -- "The chain gang is not like home": songs of incarceration -- "No coozy little bed": pitiful children -- "I want to make heaven my home": the Gospel according to John -- Fiddlin' John Carson discography.
Abstract	This is the definitive study of the dominant figure in early country music and will appeal to folklorists and musicologists. It contains new information about Wiggins, as well as facts about the working-class South, the early country-recording business, and the years at the end of the nineteenth-century when folk music was giving way to what would become hillbilly music. One also learns much about Georgia woolhat politics and culture in those years and about the birth, evolution, and imagery of early hillbilly music.
General note	Includes index.
Bibliography note	Discography: pages 273-284.
Bibliography note	Bibliography: pages 285-292.
LCCN	85016510
ISBN	0252012461

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