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IT STILL MOVES: LOST SONGS, LOST HIGHWAYS, AND THE SEARCH FOR THE NEXT AMERICAN MUSIC by Amanda Petrusich A survey of the modern world's avant garde folk scene pays tribute to the traditions of such genres as gospel, bluegrass, and rock while tracing the rise of Americana music, in an account that ..more... #542-205 $25.00

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IT STILL MOVES: LOST SONGS, LOST HIGHWAYS, AND THE SEARCH FOR THE NEXT AMERICAN MUSIC by Amanda Petrusich Petrusich takes us on a tour through the roots of American rural music, stopping at eccentric motels, visiting mythic sites of recording sessions and reciting heroic tales of song-catching and ..more... #542-235 $15.00

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LIFE FLOWS ON IN ENDLESS SONG: FOLK SONGS AND AMERICAN HISTORY by Robert V. Wells An engaging survey of what folk songs tell us about the American past. Wells discusses how folk songs emerged from particular historical circumstances and evolved as they migrated from one ..more... #542-239 $25.00

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LIFT EVERY VOICE: THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC by Burton Peretti Traces the roots of black music in Africa and slavery and its evolution in the United States from the end of slavery to the present day. The music's creators, consumers, and distributors are ..more... #542-224 $34.95

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LINTHEAD STOMP: THE CREATION OF COUNTRY MUSIC IN THE PIEDMONT SOUTH by Patrick Huber An exploration of the origins and development of American country music in the Piedmont's mill villages examines a colorful cast of musicians: Fiddlin' John Carson, Charlie Poole, Dave McCarn, ..more... #542-211 $30.00

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MANDOLIN BLUES - FROM MEMPHIS TO MAXWELL STREET by Rich DelGrosso Book/CD pack. Travel back in time as acclaimed mandolinist Rich DelGrosso traces the story of the black mandolinist in America. Follow the lives of Yank Rachell, W. Howard Armstrong, Charlie ..more... #49-695899 $19.95

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MANDOLINS, LIKE SALAMI: A HISTORY & PERSONAL MEMOIR by Sheri Mignano Crawford "Biographical Sketches of Twentieth Century Italian American Mandolinists, and a Social History of Mandolin Orchestras and Ballo Liscio Repertoire in North Beach, San Francisco and the Bay ..more... #659-1 $27.95

MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK: THE STORY OF THE GIRL GROUPS CD/book package featuring the high points of one of the best periods in rock & roll history -- when the "girl groups" ruled. Four-color book with lots of photos and information. CD includes ..more... - out-of-stock, more coming soon #FRIED-CD181 $16.98

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MYSTERY TRAIN by Greil Marcus A new edition of the classic study of rock music traces the evolution of the genre as exemplified in the careers of six key artists -- Robert Johnson, Harmonica Frank, Randy Newman, the Band, ..more... #542-195 .. list $17.00 ours $8.00

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PICTURING THE BANJO by Leo G Mazow This is the catalog that accompanies the "Picturing the Banjo" exhibit at Washington's Corcoran Gallery from 12-10-05 to 3-05-06 and which will then move to the Palmer Museum of Art at ..more... #655-1 $44.95

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RECORD MAKERS AND BREAKERS : VOICES OF THE INDEPENDENT ROCK 'N' ROLL PIONEERS by John Broven This engaging history of the independent rock 'n' roll record industry from its raw regional beginnings in the 1940s with R&B and hillbilly music through its decline in the 1960s combines ..more... #542-220 $50.00

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RING THE BANJAR! by Robert Lloyd Webb The banjo in America from folklore to factory. A history of the banjo. Includes many beautiful color and B&W illustrations. 2nd edition. 101 pp. ..more... #42-1 $24.95

STOMP AND SWERVE: AMERICAN MUSIC GETS HOT, 1843 - 1924 by David Wondrich Early decades of American popular music are the dark ages, until the mid-1920s when recordings became popular. This book brings a forgotten music, hot music, to life by describing how it became ..more... - on order, expected arrival date unknown #542-216 $17.95

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TAMBURITZA AMERICA by Milan Opacich The Tamburitza represents a whole family of stringed instruments related to the mandolin and the balalaika and originating in the lands that became Yugoslavia. There are strong Slavic ..more... #654-1 .. list $49.95 ours $42.00

TEXAS BLUES: THE RISE OF A CONTEMPORARY SOUND by Alan Govenar Allows artists to speak in their own words, revealing the dynamics of blues, from its beginnings in cotton fields and shotgun shacks to its migration across boundaries of age and race to seize ..more... - available as a special order #542-217 $40.00

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THAT HALF-BARBARIC TWANG - THE BANJO IN AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE by Karen Linn Scholarly without being tedious, Linn uses everything from sentimental novels and escaped slave posters to Felix The Cat cartoons and magazine advertisements to create an impressive cultural ..more... #75-29 $19.95

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THE BANJO ENTERTAINERS: ROOTS TO RAGTIME, A BANJO HISTORY by Lowell H. Schreyer Focuses on the hundreds of banjoists who made their living as professional entertainers from the minstrel period of the early 1800's into the ragtime era leading into the 20th Century. Also ..more... #692-1 $35.00

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THE BIRTH OF THE BANJO: JOEL WALKER SWEENEY AND EARLY MINSTRELSY by Bob Carlin Sweeney was, in essence, the Elvis Presley of the 1840s. He introduced mainstream America to a music and an instrument - the banjo. Sweeney, an Irish-American, sampled African-American music at ..more... #542-154 $35.00

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THE HAYLOFT GANG: THE STORY OF THE NATIONAL BARN DANCE ed. by Chad Berry The Barn Dance was the nation's most popular country music radio show during the 1930s and 1940s, defining country and western entertainment until it was supplanted by the Grand Ole Opry and ..more... #75-50 $24.95

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THE MUSIC OF BILL MONROE by Neil V. Rosenberg and Charles K. Wolfe The definitive study of Monroe's contributions to American and world music. Spanning over 1000 separate performances, this presents a complete chronological list of all of his commercially ..more... #75-44 $35.00

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