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Mandolin Man (eBook, ePUB)

The Bluegrass Life of Roland White

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A No Depression Most Memorable Music Book of 2022Roland White s long career has taken him from membership in Bill Monroe s Blue Grass Boys and Lester Flatt s Nashville Grass to success with his own Roland White Band. A master of the mandolin and acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, White has mentored a host of bluegrass musicians and inspired countless others.Bob Black draws on extensive interviews with White and his peers and friends to provide the first in-depth biography of the pioneering bluegrass figure. Born into a musical family, White found early success with the Kentucky Colonels during the 1960s folk revival. The many stops and collaborations that marked White's subsequent musical journey trace the history of modern bluegrass. But Black also delves into the seldom-told tale of White's life as a working musician, one who endured professional and music industry ups-and-downs to become a legendary artist and beloved teacher. An entertaining merger of memories and music history, Mandolin Man tells the overdue story of a bluegrass icon and his times.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Illinois Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780252053320
• Artikelnr.: 72474361

Autorenporträt

Bob Black played banjo in Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys and recorded with Monroe on the Weary Traveler album. Black later played with Buck White and the Down Home Folks and has performed with Ricky Skaggs, Ralph Stanley, Rhonda Vincent, Marty Stuart, and many others. He is the author of Come Hither to Go Yonder: Playing Bluegrass with Bill Monroe.