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Author Beckworth, Josh, 1983- author.

Title Always been a rambler : G.B. Grayson and Henry Whitter, country music pioneers of southern Appalachia / Josh Beckworth
Published Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, 2018

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Contents Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface; Biography and History; A Dark Road Is a Hard Road to Travel: Brief Biographies of Grayson and Whitter; Straddling the Appalachian Divide: Fries and Laurel Bloomery; Henry Whitter and the Creation of Country Music; The Long Shadow of G.B. Grayson; I Wish I Was Single Again: Marriage and Divorce in the Grayson and Whitter Families; Grayson, Whitter and the Hill Billies: Manufacturers of Music; James W.M. Grayson, Tom Dula and the Appalachian Civil War; The Courthouse Massacre; On the Trail of Nancy Blevins; The Music; Overview; The Dance Tunes
The Murder BalladsFolksongs of the British Isles; The Victorian Songs; The Temperance Songs; The Railroad Songs; The Tin Pan Alley Songs; The Comedy Songs; American Folk Songs; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary "G.B. Grayson and Henry Whitter were artists in early country music. Although the duo sold thousands of records during the 1920s, the details of their lives remain unknown. Featuring never before published photographs and interviews, this book chronicles the romantic intrigues and tragic deaths that marked their lives and explores the Southern Appalachian culture that shaped their music"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Grayson, G. B. (Gilliam Banmon), 1887-1930.
Whitter, Henry, 1892-1941.
SUBJECT Grayson, G. B. (Gilliam Banmon), 1887-1930 fast
Whitter, Henry, 1892-1941 fast
Subject Grayson and Whitter.
Country musicians -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Biography
Old-time music -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- History and criticism
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory.
Country musicians
Old-time music
Southern Appalachian Region
Genre/Form Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781476631868
1476631867