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The music of the Stanley Brothers [electronic resource] / Gary B. Reid ; foreword by Neil V. Rosenberg

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Reid, Gary B. active 2014
Published
Urbana ; Chicago ; Springfield : University of Illinois Press, [2015]
Physical Description
xvii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Additional Creators
Rosenberg, Neil V.
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Contents
Death is only a dream : 1947-1948 -- To us, that would have been the impossible : Columbia Records, 1949-1952 -- Some of our best recordings were the Mercurys : 1953-1958 -- "How mountain girls can love" : the early King/Starday years, 1958-1962 -- "Stone walls and steel bars" : the later King years 1963-1966.
Summary
"It is all here: dates and locations; the roster of players on well-known and obscure sessions alike; master/matrix and catalog/release numbers, with reissue information; a full discography sorting out the Stanleys' complex recording history; the stories behind the music, and exquisitely informed biographical notes that place events in the context of the brothers' careers and lives"--Back cover.
Carter and Ralph Stanley were key figures in the development of bluegrass music in postwar America. This book studies their life and work. With a foreword by Neil V. Rosenberg, discographies, notes, bibliography, and indices. Black & white photos.
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9780252080333 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0252080335 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780252096723 (e-book)
025209672X (e-book)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-257), discographies, and index.
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