R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz, & Country
from "Harry N. Abrams, Inc."
Anyone who knows R. Crumb’s work as an illustrator knows of his passion for music. And all those who collect his work prize the Heroes of the Blues, Early Jazz Greats, and Pioneers of Country Music trading card sets he created in the early to- mid-1980s. Now they are packaged together for the first time in book form, along with an exclusive 21-track CD of music selected and compiled by Crumb himself (featuring original recordings by Charley Patton, “Dock” Boggs, “Jelly Roll” Morton, and others). A bio of each musician is provided, along with a full-color original illustration by the cartoonist. A characteristically idiosyncratic tribute by an underground icon to the musical innovators who helped inspire him, R. Crumb’s Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country is a must-have collection for Crumb aficionados, comics fans, and music lovers alike.
Anchored In Love: An Intimate Portrait of June Carter Cash
by John Carter Cash
from Thomas Nelson
Sing Me Back Home: Love, Death, and Country Music
by Dana Jennings
from Faber & Faber
Bluegrass Banjo for the Complete Ignoramus (Book & CD set)
by Wayne Erbsen
from Native Ground Music, Inc.
Most beginning banjo books teach tunes with the rolls already incorporated into the song. With that approach most students find it difficult or impossible to figure out an arrangement on their own without reading the tab. This book uses a different approach. For each of the 23 tunes included, only the melody is tabbed out, no rolls. The student then learns he or she can play all 23 tunes using only the simplest roll--the pinch. They gradually learn to play the melody using any or all of seven different rolls. And after teaching banjo for 41 years, Wayne Erbsen is convinced the melody approach to teaching bluegrass works very well indeed.
Norton Anthology of Western Music: Volume 2: Classic to Twentieth Century
from W. W. Norton
Waylon: An Autobiography
by Waylon Jennings
from Grand Central Publishing
Born In A Small Town
by Heather Johnson
from Omnibus Press
The First Definitive Biography of John Mellencamp! Johnny Cougar... John Cougar Mellencamp... John Mellencamp... the name may have changed but the man has remained a steadfast champion of American roots music and rock n roll for over thirty years. Featuring interviews with everyone from childhood friends to band members, producers and engineers, this is a portrait of the real man who grew up in Indiana and still lives there today a passionate musician and a tireless campaigner for the lifestyle and values of the American family farmer. Here then is the complete John Mellencamp story, tracking his progress as he matured from youthful rocker with a made-up name to major star with a social conscience. It is a journey typified by his 2007 release Freedom Road, an impassioned call to arms to rediscover America s founding traditions of freedom, justice and never-say-die spirit. It s an unlikely story but in the end an inspirational one that reveals a remarkable and unique fusion of heartland values and rock n roll stardom. Fully Illustrated.
Bluegrass Songbook
from Oak Publications
Over 130 songs in several styles from old-time, traditional, and newgrass, top gospel, and novelty tunes. Includes Ballad Of Jed Clampett, Blue Ridge Mountain Blues, Daddy Sang Bass, Bury Me Beneath The Willow, and Knoxville Girl.
Johnny Cash: The Biography
by Michael Streissguth
from Da Capo Press
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