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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Bluegrass in Baltimore: The Hard Drivin' Sound and Its Legacy

Bluegrass in Baltimore: The Hard Drivin' Sound and Its Legacy

Newby, Tim

Paperback

Country & FolkGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0786494395
ISBN13: 9780786494392
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Jun 15 2015
Pages: 244
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.80 Depth: 9.40
Language: English

With an influx of Appalachian migrants who came looking for work in the 1940s and 1950s, Baltimore found itself populated by some extraordinary mountain musicians and was for a brief time the center of the bluegrass world. Life in Baltimore for these musicians was not easy. There were missed opportunities, personal demons and always the up-hill battle with prejudice against their hillbilly origins. Based upon interviews with legendary players from the golden age of Baltimore bluegrass, this book provides the first in-depth coverage of this transplanted-roots music and its broader influence, detailing the struggles Appalachian musicians faced in a big city that viewed the music they made as the poorest example of poor man's music.

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