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"The roots of American music are deeply grounded in North Carolina s music history. North Carolina musicians pioneered and mastered the genres of old-time and bluegrass music. Doc Watson played mountain fiddle tunes on guitar. He emerged as the father of flatpicking and forever changed the role of the guitar in American music. Charlie Poole created techniques that eventually defined bluegrass, and folks around the state heard his banjo on some of the most important old-time recordings. Rising star Rhiannon Giddens keeps the music alive today through new interpretations of classic old-time and bluegrass songs. Elizabeth Carlson profiles these and other masters of string music in this fascinating record of North Carolina s musical past, present and future."""

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Winston-Salem author Carlson pays tribute to our state s old-time and bluegrass music, the musicians who pioneered it, and those who continue to keep it alive. Carlson focuses on Charlie Poole, Tommy Jarrell, Joe Thompson, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, David Holt, and Rhiannon Giddens, musicians who embody the deep creativity and cultural encounters important to the evolution of the state s music traditions. To us, they re storytellers. But Carlson s in-depth coverage also tells us their stories, ballads in their own right that are worth preserving, too. -- Our State In her book, North Carolina String Music Masters: Old-Time and Bluegrass Legends, Elizabeth Carlson shares the histories of seven innovative musicians who overcame hardship while making music. For the book, she narrowed her musical focus to old-time and bluegrass, and she highlighted: Charlie Poole, Tommy Jarrell, Joe Thompson, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, David Holt, and Rhiannon Giddens. She sought to make the book readable and also historically and chronologically accurate. For each chapter, she interviewed an expert on the musician, which she complemented with extensive research. -- Journal Now

Winston-Salem author Carlson pays tribute to our state s old-time and bluegrass music, the musicians who pioneered it, and those who continue to keep it alive. Carlson focuses on Charlie Poole, Tommy Jarrell, Joe Thompson, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, David Holt, and Rhiannon Giddens, musicians who embody the deep creativity and cultural encounters important to the evolution of the state s music traditions. To us, they re storytellers. But Carlson s in-depth coverage also tells us their stories, ballads in their own right that are worth preserving, too. -- Our State In her book, North Carolina String Music Masters: Old-Time and Bluegrass Legends, Elizabeth Carlson shares the histories of seven innovative musicians who overcame hardship while making music. For the book, she narrowed her musical focus to old-time and bluegrass, and she highlighted: Charlie Poole, Tommy Jarrell, Joe Thompson, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, David Holt, and Rhiannon Giddens. She sought to make the book readable and also historically and chronologically accurate. For each chapter, she interviewed an expert on the musician, which she complemented with extensive research. -- Journal Now

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