North Carolina String Music Masters: Old-Time and Bluegrass Legends

by Elizabeth Carlson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609498534
• ISBN13: 9781609498535
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"