Smiling banjo : a half century of love and music at the Philadelphia Folk Festival / Eric L. Ring, Jayne Toohey & John T. Lupton

Author: Ring, Eric L.
Published: Atglen, PA : Schiffer Publishing Ltd., [2018]
Physical Description: 256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Additional Creators: Toohey, Jane and Lupton, John

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Contents

"We're off to Fest!" -- The Folksong Society and the roots of a festival -- "Let's have a folk festival!" -- Gene Shay -- Sights and sounds of the Philadelphia Folk Festival -- The campground compounds -- Volunteers & Committees -- Special stories -- The main acts -- By the decades -- Philadelphia Folk Festival performers, 1962-2017.

Summary

"The Philadelphia Folk Festival is the longest continually running outdoor folk festival in North America. Smiling Banjo is a coffee table book with over 700 amazing photos celebrating five decades of music, volunteers, campers, and festival-goers who have come to love what they call "Fest." Inside are stories from volunteers and musicians.... [including] photos from the very first festival in 1962 up to modern times."--Philadelphia Folksong Society website.

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ISBN

9780764353727
0764353721

Source of Acquisition

Purchased with funds from the Tiley Family Memorial Libraries Endowment in memory of Raymond A. and Betty Jane Lindenmuth Tiley; 2018

Endowment Note

Tiley Family Memorial Libraries Endowment in memory of Raymond A. and Betty Jane Lindenmuth Tiley

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