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Author: Hazel Dickens ,
Bill C Malone
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Imprint: University of Illinois Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.172kg
ISBN: 9780252075490
ISBN 10: 0252075498
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 02 April 2008
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General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
A fascinating portrayal of how one Appalachian native navigated the American shoals. Dickens's voice illuminates the pristine, original, and enduring folk culture of the region and will stimulate readers to ask larger questions about American polity. Folksong buffs, sophisticated feminists, labor partisans, and American and Appalachian studies scholars will be among the enthusiasts for this phenomenal book. Archie Green, author of Tin Men As a musician, Hazel Dickens has an immediately recognizable voice that perfectly captures the grittiness of the songs she writes. The songs themselves reflect the lives and struggles of the mountain people she grew up with and have acted as a conduit through which the whole country gained a more intimate knowledge of Appalachia. In this effortless, fastmoving narrative, we hear Dickens tellingoin her own voiceohow she is influenced by her life and times. A thoroughly enjoyable read. Ellen Wright, coauthor of Pressing On: The Roni Stoneman Story This new book starts with a brief biography and appreciation by noted authority of traditional country music, Bill C. Malone, and goes on to include the words of some forty of Hazel Dickens' finest compositions, complete with the story behind each one...the book also contains numerous photographs taken through the various stages of Ms. Dickens' impressive career. Jim Marshall, BCMA Bulletin, August/September 2008
A fascinating portrayal of how one Appalachian native navigated the American shoals. Dickens's voice illuminates the pristine, original, and enduring folk culture of the region and will stimulate readers to ask larger questions about American polity. Folksong buffs, sophisticated feminists, labor partisans, and American and Appalachian studies scholars will be among the enthusiasts for this phenomenal book. Archie Green, author of Tin Men As a musician, Hazel Dickens has an immediately recognizable voice that perfectly captures the grittiness of the songs she writes. The songs themselves reflect the lives and struggles of the mountain people she grew up with and have acted as a conduit through which the whole country gained a more intimate knowledge of Appalachia. In this effortless, fastmoving narrative, we hear Dickens telling--in her own voice--how she is influenced by her life and times. A thoroughly enjoyable read. Ellen Wright, coauthor of Pressing On: The Roni Stoneman Story This new book starts with a brief biography and appreciation by noted authority of traditional country music, Bill C. Malone, and goes on to include the words of some forty of Hazel Dickens' finest compositions, complete with the story behind each one...the book also contains numerous photographs taken through the various stages of Ms. Dickens' impressive career. Jim Marshall, BCMA Bulletin, August/September 2008
Dickens comments generously on each song, revealing her strong personality... A fine profile of a roots musician who has been a pioneering woman in bluegrass as well as the foremost American protest singer of the later twentieth century. --Booklist Inspiring... highly readable and ultimately unforgettable. --Bluegrass Now [This] volume does a marvelous job of capturing the essence of Hazel. --Sing Out
Author Information
Hazel Dickens (1925-2011) was a bluegrass and folk music singer and guitarist. She was the first woman to receive the Merit Award from the International Bluegrass Music Association. Bill C. Malone is a professor emeritus of history at Tulane University. His books include Country Music U.S.A. and Don't Get above Your Raisin': Country Music and the Southern Working Class.
