Description
Product ID: | 9780252086403 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Series: | Music in American Life |
Title: | Mandolin Man |
Subtitle: | The Bluegrass Life of Roland White |
Authors: | Author: Bob Black |
Page Count: | 280 |
Subjects: | Music, Music, Traditional and folk music, Popular music, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment, Folk & traditional music, Country & Western music, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, Biography: arts & entertainment |
Description: | Select Guide Rating A No Depression Most Memorable Music Book of 2022 Roland 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. A No Depression Most Memorable Music Book of 2022 Roland 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. |
Imprint Name: | University of Illinois Press |
Publisher Name: | University of Illinois Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2022-06-28 |