Early Southern Guitar Styles
(Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2007), 1 hour 17 mins
Details
- Field of Interest
- World Music
- Description
- The guitar fostered great creativity in the South as it evolved from a small gut-string instrument in polite parlors to the big, loud, steel-string guitar now found in our homes and onstage. Mike sings and plays a variety of the styles that were played in the rural South from about 1850 to 1930 on 25 different types of guitars. Featured are: banjo-like styles, rags, blues, parlor and parlor-based styles, slide guitar styles, and many song accompaniment styles. The booklet includes a fresh look at the history of the guitar and its travel South, notes on songs and styles, and photographs of all the instruments used. 28 tracks, 36-page booklet, 74 minutes
- Content Type
- Music recording
- Duration
- 1 hour 17 mins
- Format
- Audio
- Sub Genre
- Country/Rural Blues, Old Time
- Label
- Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
- Release Date
- 2007
- Subject
- World Music, American Music, Music & Performing Arts, American Studies, United States and Canada, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá, United States
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá