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ISBN 978-0-916838-80-5 Musical Instruments of the Southern Appalachian Mountains John Rice Irwin A People and Their Music The Story Behind the Story of Country Music John Rice Irwin ISBN: 978-0-916838-80-5 $14.99 US | £13.99 GBP | $19.99 CAN PB • 108 pp. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 216 mm) 132 images Music / Musical Instruments AVAILABLE: NOW ISBN 978-0-7643-0942-7 Touching personal stories and 190 photographs showing the artists with their instruments, families, and audiences bring this musical heritage to life for modern listeners. The story behind the story of American country music goes back to Appalachian roots and the people who sang for local audiences and early radios in the early 20th century. No matter what you call the songs now—country, folk, traditional, old-time, hillbilly, or bluegrass—it is the music of a special breed of talented people who were part of one of the most interesting musical and entertainment stories in America’s history. In their own words and those of family members, these tales relate the hard work, luck, and do- it-yourself independence of the pioneers of this music. Some became household names, while others were important but remained almost totally unknown to the general public. Here you meet the Carter family, Jack Jackson, Bob Douglas, Grandpa Jones, Bashful Brother Oswald, Mac Wiseman, Earl Scruggs, Raymond Fairchild, and other greats of the field. Their touching personal stories and 190 photographs showing the artists with their instruments, families, and audiences bring this musical heritage to life for modern listeners. ISBN: 978-0-7643-0942-7 $29.95 US | £27.99 GBP | $42.95 CAN PB • 208 pp. • 8 1/2" x 11" (216 x 279 mm) 190 b/w images Music / Genres & Styles / Country & Bluegrass AVAILABLE: NOW Brings to life the distinctive “bluegrass” music made for hundreds of years with dulcimers, violins, jew harps, mouth bows, and such from the Appalachian mountain areas. The roots of bluegrass music developed for hundreds of years with dulcimers, fiddles, banjos, jew harps, and mouth bows from the Appalachian mountain region of America. Here is the illustrated story of each instrument and their use in the isolated hills to create a truly American style of music. John Rice is an educator-historian and one of the area’s leading authorities on the pioneer- frontier culture. He is the founder and director of the nationally known Museum of Appalachia in Norris, Tennessee. He has written several other books on Appalachian people ( Alex Stewart: Portrait of a Pioneer ), quilts, baskets, guns, and musical instruments. Author John Rice Irwin is founder and director of the Museum of Appalachia in the nationally acclaimed farm-village settlement of Norris, Tennessee. His main interest lies in the colorful people of these Southern Appalachian Mountains: their history, culture, and pioneer-frontier lifestyle. 24 FEATURED TITLES: SCHIFFER MUSIC