If you need help, Steve, let me know. I answered that cat twice on Mandolin Cafe. He's the one who offered too so it wasn't as if people were forcing him to give up the music.
Steve Cantrell wrote: > I know--I thought I'd give a respectable time before I gave him the > prod. I believe that time is expired. He also had one of Phebel's mandos > as I recall. He said Phebel also had an F but he wasn't sure what had > come of it. Prodding in progress.... > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* mistertaterbug <[email protected]> > *To:* Taterbugmando <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, March 13, 2009 7:22:31 PM > *Subject:* Re: Linthead Stomp - the book > > > Steve, > Should we load up in the car and go over there? Whose address did you > send him? <G> > Tater > On Mar 13, 9:46 am, Steve Cantrell <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I got an email from a neighbor of Phebel who mentioned that he had > some additional recordings of Wright on cassette. He told me if I sent > him an address he would send a copy, but so far no dice. Still hoping, > though. > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Rich DelGrosso <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > To: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:38:31 AM > > Subject: RE: Linthead Stomp - the book > > > > It does sound good. I assume you all know the song "Linthead Stomp" by > > Phebel Wright, the Kentucky bluegrass player from the fifties. I > would like > > to know more about Wright and I hope this book sheds some light. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>] > > > > On Behalf Of 14strings > > Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 8:02 AM > > To: Taterbugmando > > Subject: Linthead Stomp - the book > > > > Here's a review I just read in the magazine "The Atlantic"; looks > > interesting. Has anybody read this book? > > > > Linthead Stomp: The Creation of Country Music in the Piedmont South > > Patrick Huber > > North Carolina > > > > A new, canny take on Old, Weird America, this colorful, contrarian > > book does much to dispel a spate of antediluvian tropes, musical and > > otherwise. The myth holds that prewar country music was a grassroots > > phenomenon, made and popularized by pickin'-and-grinnin' farmhands. > > But Huber, a history professor and co-author of The 1920s: American > > Popular Culture Through History, argues that it was Piedmont cities > > and mill towns and their industrial workforce that disseminated the > > region's rich sounds. Drawing on a wealth of archival sources and > > recordings, he asserts that country music circa 1922 to 1942 was, "in > > fact, as thoroughly modern in its origins and evolution as its > > quintessentially modern counterpart, jazz." Turning a welcome > > spotlight on talented oddballs such as Charlie Poole, Fiddlin' John > > Carson, and the Dixon Brothers, he elucidates the experiences, equally > > civilizing and compromising, of millhands in a rapidly industrializing > > South. And he contextualizes the give-and-take of the music and its > > makers-how, exactly, new social identities emerged, regional > > allegiances congealed, and a proto-countrypolitan sensibility took > > root and flourished in times both culturally and economically > > turbulent. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
