Music from the True Vine: Mike Seeger's Life & Musical Journey

by Bill C. Malone

Book Overview

A musician, documentarian, scholar, and one of the founding members of the influential folk revival group the New Lost City Ramblers, Mike Seeger (1933-2009) spent more than fifty years collecting, performing, and commemorating the culture and folk music of white and black southerners, which he called "music from the true vine." In this fascinating biography, Bill Malone explores the life and musical contributions of folk artist Seeger, son of musicologists...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807835102
• ISBN13: 9780807835104
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"