Hot-Bed of Old-Time Musicians : Traditional

In the Blue Ridge Mountains along the Virginia-North Carolina border, an extraordinarily rich musical heritage survives and flourishes. Even before the legendary Bill Monroe coined the term "bluegrass" in the mid-1950s, the traditional music of this area was coming into its own as a distinctive style. Early performers from the 1920s through the 1950s, many of whom migrated northward during the Great Depression, popularized the music they had grown up hearing, thereby preserving and celebrating the cultural legacy of their home region.

In A Hot-Bed of Musicians, Paula Anderson-Green tells the stories of several of these legendary performers and instrument makers from the Upper New River Valley-Whitetop Mountain region, including Ola Belle Campbell Reed, Albert Hash, and Dave Sturgill. These men and women began to bring the music of Appalachia to a wider audience well before Nashville became the center of country music. Making extensive use of interviews, the book reveals the fascinating experiences and enduring values behind the practice of old-time music. Thi

Paula Hathaway Anderson-Green is an adjunct professor of English at Kennesaw State University and does research in Appalachian studies

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Traditional Music in the New River-Whitetop: Region of Virginia and North Carolina	p. 1
Ola Belle Campbell Reed: Ballad-singing Banjo-picker	p. 10
Famous in Fiddle Making and Playing: Albert Hash of Whitetop Mountain	p. 53
"Uncle" Dave Sturgill, Virgil Sturgill, and All the Music-Making Sturgills	p. 84
Continuity of the Tradition: Wayne Henderson, Gerald Anderson, and the Next Generation of New River Musicians	p. 123
Folklore Terms and Abbreviations	p. 165
Appendix
New River Places and Music Venues	p. 167
New River Area Musicians	p. 169
Chronologies	p. 196
Identification of Repertoires	p. 203
Notes	p. 221
Bibliography	p. 223
Selected Discography	p. 235
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Hot-Bed of Old-Time Musicians : Traditional Music in the Upper New River Valley-Whitetop Region

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