Bluegrass bluesman : a memoir

Bluegrass bluesman : a memoir / Josh Graves ; edited by Fred Bartenstein ; forward by Neil Rosenberg.

A pivotal member of the hugely successful bluegrass band Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys, dobro pioneer Josh Graves (1927-2006) was a living link between bluegrass music and the blues. In this book, the influential performer shares the story of his lifelong career in music.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Graves, Josh
Other Authors: Bartenstein, Fred, 1950-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2012]
Series:Music in American life.
Subjects:
Graves, Josh.
Graves, Josh
Guitarists > United States > Biography.
Bluegrass musicians > United States > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC > Musical Instruments > Guitar.
MUSIC > Printed Music > Guitar & Fretted Instruments.
MUSIC > Individual Composer & Musician.
Bluegrass musicians
Guitarists
United States
Biographies
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Table of Contents:
  • 1927-1942, a Tennessee childhood
  • 1942-1955, a musical apprenticeship
  • 1955-1969, Part 1, Foggy Mountain Boy
  • 1955-1969, Part 2, life on the road and the breakup
  • 1969-1994, king of the dobro
  • A man of many talents
  • Reflections on bluegrass old and new
  • A family musical legacy
  • Testimony from Josh Graves's contemporaries and those he influenced.

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