Bill Clifton : America's bluegrass ambassador to the world /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Malone, Bill C., author.
Imprint:Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2016]
Description:xii, 156 pages illustrations 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Music in American life
Music in American life.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10889226
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ISBN:9780252040535
0252040538
9780252082009
0252082001
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other form:Online version: Malone, Bill C. Bill Clifton. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2016] 9780252098970
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Summary:The most atypical of bluegrass artists, Bill Clifton has enjoyed a long career as a recording artist, performer, and champion of old-time music. Bill C. Malone pens the story of Clifton's eclectic life and influential career. <p>Born into a prominent Maryland family, Clifton connected with old-time music as a boy. Clifton made records around earning a Master's degree, fifteen years in the British folk scene, and stints in the Peace Corps and Marines. Yet that was just the beginning. Closely allied with the Carter Family, Woody Guthrie, Mike Seeger, and others, Clifton altered our very perceptions of the music--organizing one of the first outdoor bluegrass festivals, publishing a book of folk and gospel standards that became a cornerstone of the folk revival, and introducing both traditional and progressive bluegrass around the world. As Malone shows, Clifton clothed the music of working-class people in the vestments of romance, celebrating the log cabin as a refuge from modernism that rang with the timeless music of Appalachia.</p> <p>An entertaining account by an eminent music historian, Bill Clifton clarifies the myths and illuminates the paradoxes of an amazing musical life.</p>
Physical Description:xii, 156 pages illustrations 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780252040535
0252040538
9780252082009
0252082001