|
COPYRIGHT 2004 Center For Black Music Research
African-American musicians have lived in, contributed to, and influenced Appalachian music since the introduction of the banjo and African work songs and chants through modern blues, jazz, gospel, pop, and rock music. While some of these musicians have been documented for their individual achievements, only recently have they been considered collectively in terms of the Appalachian region.
This bibliography is not a comprehensive collection of all black music in Appalachia, but it highlights the best-known artists who were born within the Appalachian region. It does not include scores or record reviews. It favors blues and folk music over sacred, jazz, R&B, and soul.
The App alachia covered by this bibliography is the classic definition of John C. Campbell (1921). Musicians born in the region and groups that formed there are included. A good map of the included counties can be found by state or the entire region at http://www.library.appstate.edu/ appcoll/maps.html. Campbell's Ap-palachia does not include any counties in Mississippi, Ohio, Pennsylvania, or New York but it does contain Virginia counties that have historically been considered Appalachian in terms of geography and culture even though they are not included in the Appalachian Regional Commission's current border.
This index of black Appalachian musicians began as a final project for an introductory class on research methods in the Appalachian studies master's program at Appalachian State University. Most of the materials I located for the initial compilation were available at Appalachian State University in the W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, the music library at ASU, or the libraries at University of North Carolina at Asheville and Western Carolina University. At the conclusion of the research methods course, I realized the music of black Appalachia was vast, diverse, and plentiful, and I continued to seek out sources through electronic databases and a visit to the libraries at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I also acquired a preview of Robert Eagle's "Geographical Directory of Black Appalachian Musicians," which helped me discover some of the lesser-known artists; however, only those about whom there is published material in print--books, articles, newspaper columns, sound recordings, or videos--are listed in this index.
Sources containing information about three or more included musicians or containing a general discussion of black music in Appalachia can be found under General Sources. Sources for individual musicians and groups follow the general headings and are categorized alphabetically by musician, then by category of material, then by entry.
While this project reflects time restraints and the methodology does not cover every black Appalachian musician exhaustively, it is the first to compile the major known sources of the black artists in the region.
General Sources
General Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Guides
Arnaudon, Jean-Claude. 1977. Dictionnaire du blues. Paris: Filipacchi.
Carr, Ian. 1988. Jazz: The essential companion. New York: Prentice-Hall.
Clarke, Donald. 1989. The Penguin encyclopedia of popular music. New York: Viking Penguin.
Cowley, John, and Paul Oliver. 1996. The new Blackwell guide to recorded blues. Oxford: Blackwell.
Harris, Sheldon. 1979. Blues who's who. 5th ed. New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House.
Kernfeld, Barry, ed. 2002. The new Grove dictionary of jazz. 3rd ed. New York: Grove's Dictionaries.
Kinkle, Roger D. 1974. The complete encyclopedia of popular music and jazz, 1900-1950. New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House.
Larkin, Colin. 1993. The Guinness who's who of blues. 2nd ed. Enfield, England: Guinness World Records.
--. 1998. The encyclopedia of popular music. 3rd ed. New York: Muze; distributed in the U.S. by Grove Dictionaries.
Santelli, Robert. 2001. The big book of blues: A biographical encyclopedia. New York: Penguin.
Southern, Eileen. 1982. Biographical dictionary of Afro-American and African musicians. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press.
General Bibliographies
Cabbell, Edward J. 1984. Like a weaving: References and resources on black Appalachians, pp. 32-38. Princeton, W.Va.: John Henry Memorial Foundation.
De Lerma, Dominique-Rene. 1981. Bibliography of black music. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood.
Floyd, Samuel A., Jr., and Marsha J. Reisser. 1983. Black music in the United States: An annotated bibliography of selected reference and research materials. Millwood, N.Y.: Kraus International.
Ford, Robert. 1999. A blues bibliography: The international literature of an Afro-American music genre. Bromley, Kent: Paul Pelletier.
Jackson, Irene V. 1979. Afro-American religious music: A bibliography and a catalogue of gospel music. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood.
Lornell, Kip. 1981. Afro-American gospel quartets: An annotated bibliography and LP discography of pre-war recordings. John Edwards Memorial Foundation Quarterly 17, no. 61: 19-23.
Skowronski, JoAnn. 1981. Black music in America: A bibliography. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow.
Spencer, Jon Michael. 1987. As the black school sings: Black music collections at black universities and colleges with a union list of book holdings. New York: Greenwood.
General Books and Articles
Abbott, Lynn, and Doug Seroff. 2003. Out of sight: The rise of African American popular music, 1889-1895. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi.
Abrahams, Roger D. 1993. Singing the master: The emergence of African American culture in the plantation south. New York: Pantheon Books.
Archer, William. 1991. Jazz in the mountains? One town's amazing story. Appalachian Heritage 19, no. 4: 44-50.
Armstrong, Randall. 1977. Blacks and bluegrass: A study in musical integration. Bluegrass Unlimited 12, no. 5: 22-24.
Baggelaar, Kristin, and Donald Milton. 1976. Folk music: More than a song. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell.
Barnie, John. 1978. Formulaic lines and stanzas in the country blues. Ethnomusicology 22, no. 3: 457-473.
Bastin, Bruce. 1971. Crying for the Carolines. London: Studio Vista.
--. 1986. Red River blues: The blues tradition in the southeast. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
Booth, Stanley. 1991. Rythm oil: A journey through the music of the American south. New York: Pantheon.
Bourgeois, Anna Stong. 1996. Blueswomen: Profiles of 37 early performers, with an anthology of lyrics, 1920-1945. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland.
Boyer, Horace, and Lloyd Yearwood. 1995. How sweet the sound: The golden age of gospel. Washington, D.C.: Elliot and Clark.
Broughton, Viv. 1985. Black gospel: An illustrated history of the gospel sound. New York: Sterling Publishing.
Cabbell, Edward J. 1981. Where could I go but to the Lord? Shaped-note singing among blacks in southern West Virginia. Goldenseal 7, no. 4: 5-58.
Carlin, Richard, and Bob Carlin. 2000. Southern exposure: The story of southern music in pictures and words. New York: Billboard.
Charters, Samuel. 1975. The country blues. New York: Da Capo Press.
--. 1991. The blues makers. New York: Da Capo Press.
Cohen, Andrew M. 1996. The hands of blues guitarists. Special issue, American Music 14, no. 4: 455-479.
Cohn, Lawrence, ed. 1993. Nothing but the blues: The music and the musicians. New York: Abbeville Press.
Conway, Cecelia. 1993. Mountain echoes of the African banjo. Appalachian Journal 20, no. 2: 146-161.
--. 1995. African banjo echoes in Appalachia: A study of folk traditions. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press.
Cooper, Peter. 1997. Hub City music makers: One southern town's popular music legacy. Spartanburg, S.C.: Holocene.
Day, Douglas. 1995. Doing fine on Big Nine. Now and Then (Summer): 21-24.
Duffy, Timothy. 2002. Music makers: Portraits and songs from the roots of America. Athens, Ga.: Hill Street Press.
Epstein, Dena J. Polacheck. 1977. Sinful tunes and spirituals: Black folk music to the Civil War. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
Fenton, Joan. 1978. Black-white musical exchange in West Virginia. Black Diamonds 1: 2, 3, 12-16.
Floyd, Samuel A., Jr. 1995. The power of black music: Interpreting its history from Africa to the United States. New York: Oxford University Press.
Fussell, Fred. 2003. Blue Ridge music trails: Finding a place in the circle. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
Gibson, George R. 2000. The banjo in Appalachia. Banjo Newsletter (October): 6-13.
Heilbut, Tony. 1971. The gospel sound: Good news and bad times. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Jamieson, Robert S. 1987. Gribble, Lusk and York: Recording a black Tennessee stringband. Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin 53, no. 2: 43-56.
Jazz in West Virginia. 1988. Goldenseal 14, no. 2: 15.
Linn, Karen. 1991. That half-barbaric twang: The banjo in American popular culture. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
Mellers, Wilfrid Howard. 1986. Angels of the night: Popular female singers of our time. New York: B. Blackwell.
Oliver, Paul. 1984. Songsters and saints: Vocal traditions on race records. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Owen, Margaret, and Kip Lornell. 1999. Non-blues secular black music. Ferrum, Va.: Blue Ridge Institute.
Ramella, Richard. 1992. John Hardy: The man and the song. Goldenseal 18, no. 1: 47-51.
Shaw, Arnold. 1970. The world of soul: Black America's contribution to the pop music scene. New York: Cowles.
--. 1986. Black popular music in America: From the spirituals, minstrels, and ragtime to soul, disco, and hip-hop. New York: Schirmer Books.
--. 1999. Honkers and shouters: The golden years of rhythm and blues. 1st Collier Books ed. New York: Collier Books. (Originally published 1978.)
Silvester, Peter. 1989. A left hand like God: A history of boogie-woogie piano. New York: Da Capo Press.
Smith, Chris. 2003. Cheer the union travelers: The field recordings of George Korson. Blues and Rhythm 176: 10-11.
Southern, Eileen. 1997. The music of black Americans: A history. New York: Norton.
Southern, Eileen, and Josephine Wright. 2000. Images: Iconography of music in African-American culture, 1770s-1920s. New York: Garland.
Stewart-Baxter, Derrick. 1970. Ma Rainey and the classic blues singers. New York: Stein and Day.
Stuckey, Sterling. 1987. Slave culture: Nationalist theory and the foundations of black America. New York: Oxford University Press.
--. 1994. Going through the storm: The influence of African American art in history. New York: Oxford University Press.
Titon, Jeff Todd. 1994. Early downhome blues: A musical and cultural analysis. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
Walker, Wyatt Tee. 1979. "Somebody's calling my name": Black sacred music and social change. Valley Forge, Pa.: Judson Press.
Waterman, Dick. 2003. Between midnight and day: The last unpublished blues archive. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press.
Wyman, Bill, and Richard Havers. 2001. Bill Wyman's blues odyssey. London: DK Publishing.
Young, Alan. 1997. Woke me up this morning: Black gospel singers and the gospel life. Jackson: University of Mississippi Press.
Zwigoff, Terry. 1987. Forgotten American music: Black string bands and their rare recordings. Strings 1, no. 3: 16-18.
General Discographies
Dixon, Robert M. W., John Godrich, and Howard Rye. 1997. Blues and gospel records, 1890-1943. New York: Oxford University Press.
Hayes, Cedric J., and Robert Laughton. 1992-1993. Gospel records, 1943-1969: A black music discography. London: Record Information Services.
Jepsen, Jorgen Grunnet. 1963-1970. Jazz records, 1942-1969: A discography. Holte and Copenhagen, Denmark: K. E. Knudsen.
Leadbitter, Mike, and Neil Slaven. 1987. Blues records, 1943-1970, vol. 1, A-K. London: Record Information Services.
Leadbitter, Mike, Leslie Foncourt, and Paul Pelletier. 1994. Blues records, 1943-1970, vol. 2, L-Z. London: Record Information Services.
Lord, Tom. 1992. The jazz discography. West Vancouver, British Columbia: Lord Music Reference.
Lornell, Kip. 1981. Afro-American gospel quartets: An annotated bibliography and LP discography of pre-war recordings. John Edwards Memorial Foundation Quarterly 17, no. 61: 19-23.
--. 1989. Virginia's blues, country and gospel records, 1902-1943: An annotated discography. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky.
General Select Recordings with Liner Notes
Bundy, Joseph. 2003. Work and pray: Historic negro spirituals and work songs from West Virginia. West Virginia University Press SA-4.
Calt, Stephen, and John Miller. 1991. Mama let me lay it on you, 1926-1936. Yazoo 1040.
Calt, Stephen, Nick Perls, and Michael Stewart. 1991. East coast blues, 1926-1935. Yazoo 1013.
Charters, Samuel B. 1996. The Bluesville years: Blues sweet Carolina blues, vol. 6. Prestige PRCD-9914-2.
Conway, Cecelia, and Odell Scott. 1998. Black banjo songsters. Smithsonian Folkways SF 40079.
Cooper, Carol, Opal Louis Nations, and Lin Woods. 1999. Testify! The gospel box. Rhino R2 75734.
Dellar, Fred. 1997. A portrait of gospel. MCPS GALE 425.
Evans, Dave. 1968. Let's go riding. Origin Jazz OJL-18.
Fancourt, Les. 1998. Pickin' the blues the essential recordings of original guitar wizards. Indigo IGOCD 2077 Z.
Gibson, George R. 2000. Last possum up the tree. June Appal 0079 D.
Hadley, Frank-John. 1996. Full spectrum blues discs 2-3. Starsounds SS3711-2.
Heilbut, Tony. 1994. The gospel sound. Columbia/Legacy C2K 57160.
Johnson, Howard. 1996. Copulatin' blues. Mojo Records CD-MOJO-301.
Kent, Don. 1996. The roots of rap: Classic recordings from the 1920s and 30s. Yazoo 2018.
McNeil, W. K. 1993. The blues, vols. 1-4. Smithsonian Collection RD 101.
Milward, John. 2001. Best of the blues, 1959-68: Newport Folk Festival. Vanguard 193/95-2.
Nevins, Richard, and Don Kent. 1996. Before the blues, The early American black music scene: Classic recordings from the 1920s and 30s, vol. 3. Yazoo 2017.
Oliver, Paul. 1982. Ragtime blues guitar (1928-30). Matchbox MSE 204.
Pearson, Barry Lee. 2003. Classic blues from Smithsonian Folkways recordings, vols. 1 and 2. Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40134, 40148.
Peterson, Elizabeth, and Tom Rankin. 1985. Free hill. Tennessee Folklore Society TFS-107.
Pierson, Leroy. 1972. The great blues men. New York: Vanguard VSD25/26.
Reitz, Rosetta. 1980. Sorry, but I can't take you: Women's railroad blues. Rosetta RR 1301.
Rowe, Mike. 1999. Harlem blues. ABM ABMMCD 1062.
Smith, Chris. 1991. Ragtime blues guitar: Complete recorded works in chronological order, 1927-1930. Document DOCD-5062.
Web, Vaughan. 1996. Southwest Virginia blues. Global Village Music CD 1008.
Welding, Pete. 1989. The great Tomato blues package. TOMATO R2 70386.
--. 1991. Legends of the blues, vol. 2. Columbia CK 47467.
Wolfe, Charles. 1989. Altamont: Black stringband music from the Library of Congress. Rounder C-0238.
Wyatt, Marshall. 1999. Violin, sing the blues for me: African-American fiddlers, 1926-1949. Old Hat CD-1002.
Wyman, Bill. 2001. Bill Wyman's blues odyssey. Document DOCD-32-20-2.
General Videos
Black, Kerrigan, and Larry Cross. 1993. Tryin' to get home: A history of African-American song. Berkeley, Calif.: Heebie Jeebie Music.
Grossman, Stefan. 1994. Legends of country blues guitar. Cambridge, Mass.: Vestapol, distributed by Rounder Records.
--. 1995. Blues up the country: The country blues guitar legacy. Cambridge, Mass.: Vestapol, distributed by Rounder Records.
--. 2001. Legends of country blues guitar, vol. 3. Cambridge, Mass.: Vestapol, distributed by Rounder Records.
Haydon, Geoffrey, and Dennis Marks. 1984. On the battlefield: Gospel quartets in Jefferson County, Alabama. Chicago: Home Vision.
Marre, Jeremy. 1990. Chase the devil: Religious music of the Appalachians. Newton, N.J.: Shanachie.
Woodman, Lee, Julie Eilober, Reuben Jackson, and William Clark. 1994. The downhome blues. Los Angeles: Philips Interactive Media.
General Web Sites
East Coast Piedmont Blues. http://www.unca.edu/~sinclair/piedmontblues/. Pictures, biographies, bibliographies, discographies, and Web sites for a number of Appalachian blues musicians.
IcebergRadio.com. http://www.icebergradio.com/arfistdirectory.asp. Searchable database including many musicians with biographies and discographies.
T-Bone's Piedmont Blues Page. http://www.io.com/~tbone1/blues/ ECblz/. Biographies for a number of Appalachian blues musicians.
Musicians
Alexander, Arthur
Books and Articles
Younger, Richard. 2000. Get a shot of rhythm and blues: The Arthur Alexander story. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.
Select Recordings with Liner Notes
Hansen, Barry. 1972. Arthur Alexander. Warner Bros BS 2592.
Millar, Bill. 1982. A shot of rhythm and soul. Ace CH 66.
Sandmel, Ben. 1993. Arthur Alexander: Lonely just like me. Elektra 61475-2.
Tiven, Jon. 1993. Arthur Alexander: The ultimate. Razor and Tie RE 2014.
Web Site (Including Discography): http://www.musicstack.com/search/arthur_alexander.html.
Anderson, Little Pink
Books and Articles
Duffy, Timothy, 2002. Music makers: Portraits and songs from the roots of America, 16-17. Athens, Ga.: Hill Street Press.
Select Recording with Liner Notes
Cooper, Peter. 2002. Little Pink Anderson: Carolina bluesman. Music Maker MMCD 24.
Anderson, Pink
Books and Articles
Bastin, Bruce. 1986. Up on the road. In Red River blues: The blues tradition in the southwest, 180-202. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
Bookbinder, Roy. 1973. Pink Anderson, Carolina songster. Sing Out! 22: 27-29.
Lornell, Kip. 1972-1973. Peg Pete and his pals. Living Blues, no. 11: 27-29.
Lowry, Peter B. 1998. Oddenda and such ... no. 10. Blues and Rhythm 130: 19.
Scala, Gianfranco. 1982. Pink Anderson: Discografia. Il Blues 1: 26.
Select Recordings with Liner Notes
Calt, Stephen, and John Miller. 1991. Mama let me lay it on you, 1926-1936. Yazoo 1040.
Charters, Samuel B. 1960s. Pink Anderson, vol 3: Ballad and folk singer. Prestige OBCCD-577-2.
--. 1991. Pink Anderson: Carolina medicine show hokum and blues with Baby Tate. Smithsonian Folkways 03588.
--. 1992. Pink Anderson, vol. 1: Carolina blues man. Prestige Bluesville OBCCD-504-2.
--. 1996. The bluesville years: Blues sweet Carolina blues, vol. 6. Prestige PRCD-9914-2.
--. 1999. Pink Anderson, vol. 2: Medicine show man. Fantasy OBCCD-587-2.
--. 2000. Blues: Music from the documentary film. Smithsonian Folkways F-A101.
Evans, Dave. 1968. Let's go riding. Origin Jazz OJL-18.
Goldstein, Kenneth S. 1991. Gospel, blues and street songs. Riverside OBCCD-524-2.
Hoffman, Daniel G. 1956. American street songs. Riverside 57-395.
Oliver, Paul. 1992. Sinners and saints (1926-1931): Complete recorded works. Document DOCD-5106.
Pearson, Barry Lee. 2003. Classic blues from Smithsonian Folkways recordings, vols. 1 and 2. Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40134, 40148.
Tracy, Steven C. 1993. Going to Cincinnati: A history of blues in the queen city. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
Welding, Pete, and Lawrence Cohn. 1992. Roots n blues: The retrospective, 1925-1950. Columbia / Legacy C4K 47911.
Wolfe, Charles, and Don Kent. 1999. Times ain't like they used to be--Early American rural music: Classic recordings of the 1920s and 30s, vol. 4. Yazoo 2048.
Videos
Grossman, Stefan, 1995. Blues up the country: The country blues guitar legacy. Cambridge, Mass.: Vestapol, distributed by Rounder Records.
--. 2001. Legends of country blues guitar, vol. 3. Cambridge, Mass.: Vestapol, distributed by Rounder Records.
Woodman, Lee, Julie Eilober, Reuben Jackson, and William Clark. 1994. The downhome blues. Los Angeles: Philips Interactive Media.
Web Sites
East Coast Piedmont Blues. http://www.unca.edu/~sinclair/piedmontblues/.
T-Bone's Piedmont Blues Page. http://www.io.com/~tbonel/blues/ ECblz/.
Armstrong, Howard "Louie Bluie"
Books and Articles
Brisban, John Anthony. 2003. Howard Armstrong: The interview. Living Blues no. 34, no. 5: 42-47; 34, no. 6: 44-49; 35, no. 1: 34-39.
Crouch, Stanley. 1978. Riffs: A new string quartet. Village Voice 23: 49.
Feld, David. 1998. A conversation with the erstwhile minstrel singer Howard Armstrong. Blues Access 35: 50-53.
Gilbert, J. 1978. Old legends never die. Melody Maker (October 14): 55.
Gilbreath, Beulah. 1978. Martin, Bogan and Armstrong play in the tradition of 30 years ago. Inter-Mountain July 28: 2.
Hoover, Barbara. 1989. An unsung bluesman takes the spotlight. Detroit News September 21: 3.
An interview with Martin, Bogan, and Armstrong. 1975. Folk Scene (July/August): 12-14, 21.
Joyce, Mike, and Bob Rusch. 1977. Howard Armstrong: Oral history. Cadence 3, no. 4/5: 3-5, 29.
Kelly, Erin, and Alva Noe. 1992-1993. Louie Bluie interview. Blues Review Quarterly no. 7: 26-33.
Moore, J. Roderick, and Kip Lornell. 1976. On tour with a black string band: Howard Armstrong and Carl Martin reminisce. Goldenseal 2: 47.
Moss, Mark D. 1987. "The devil stuck his tail in my ear": An interview with Howard Armstrong and Ted Bogan. Sing Out! 32, no. 3: 2-11.
Negri, Gloria. 2003. Howard Armstrong, at 96, legendary string-band fiddler. Boston Globe August 1: E13.
Pender, Terry. 2002. Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong. Mandolin Quarterly 7, no. 4: 9-11.
Peyton, Dave. 1978. Music made fiddler "a prince." Huntington Herald-Dispatch September 10: F1, F3.
Stevens, Maryanne. 1981. Music man rode the rails of McDowell. Blue field Daily Telegraph September 4: 2.
Vorst, Paige Van. 1974. String jazz with seasoning. Mississippi Rag 1, no. 5: 4-5.
Zwigoff, Terry. 1990. Louie Bluie: The life and music of William Howard Armstrong. 78 Quarterly 1, no. 5: 41-55; 1, no. 6: 43-50.
Select Recordings with Liner Notes
Behrmann, Molly Schiever. 1995. Louie Bluie. Blue Suit BS-106D.
Kaplan, Bruce, Tom Ahrens, and Mike Melford. 1972. Barnyard dance. Rounder 2003.
Moore, Dave. 1994. Carl Martin (1930-1936); Willie "61" Blackwell (1941): Complete recorded works in chronological order. Document DOCD-5229.
Pahls, Marty. 1998. Louie Bluie: Film soundtrack featuring Howard Armstrong. Arhoolie CD-470.
Scott, Frank. 1997. Mandolin blues. Testament TCD 6004.
Wolfe, Charles, and Don Kent. 1997. Times ain't like they used to be. Vol. 2, Early American rural music: Classic recordings of the 1920s and 30s. Yazoo 2029.
Wyatt, Marshall. 1999. Violin, sing the blues for me: African-American fiddlers, 1926-1949. Old Hat CD-1002.
Videos
Armstrong, Howard, and Terry Zwigoff. 1986. Louie Bluie the last of the old-time lusty storytellers. Beverly Hills, Calif.: Pacific Arts Video.
Mahan, Leah, and William Anderson. 2001. Sweet old song. New York: Filmmaker's Library.
Baker, Etta
Books and Articles
Duffy, Timothy. 2002. Music makers: Portraits and songs from the roots of America, 18-19. Athens, Ga.: Hill Street Press.
Etta Baker, blues musician. 1997. North Carolina Folklore Journal 44, no. 1/2: 7-8.
Hoffman, Larry. 1997. Catchin' up. Living Blues no. 134: 10.
Lebine, Nany J. 1992/1993. Women in the blues: She play blues just like a man. Blues Revue Quarterly 7: 34-38.
Liniger, Walter. 1985. Blues workshop in Elkins, West Virginia. Living Blues no. 64: 47-50.
--. 1992. Etta Baker. Blues Notes 7: 4-7.
--. 1992. I have seen, what you might call, lonely days. Blues Revue Quarterly 3: 8-9.
Olson, Ted. 1993. North Carolina blues: Etta Baker--What my daddy gave me. Living Blues no. 107: 28-30.
Signorelli, Cathy. 1997. Piedmont blueswoman Etta Baker: One-diming it with the hands of time. Sing Out! 41, no. 4: 34-41.
Traum, Happy. 1966. Finger-picking styles for guitar. New York: Oak Publications.
Walker, Toby. 1993. Women in the blues: Etta Baker. Blues Revue Quarterly 10: 37-39.
Williams, Lesley. 1990. One dime blues: An interview with Etta Baker. Old-Time Herald 2, no. 3: 9-12.
Select Recordings with Liner Notes
Carlin, Bob. 1998. The North Carolina banjo collection. Rounder 0439/40.
Clayton, Paul. 2002. Instrumental music of the southern Appalachians. Tradition TCD 3007/3.
Conway, Cecelia, and Odell Scott. 1998. Black banjo songsters. Smithsonian Folkways SF 40079.
Duffy, Timothy, Taj Mahal, and Alan Lomax. 1999. Railroad bill. Cello Recordings, Sire Records Group 91006-2.
Martin, Wayne, and Lesley Williams. 1991. Etta Baker: One-dime blues. Rounder ROUN2112.
Michelson, Stephen. 1975. Etta Baker, Cora Phillips, Theopolis Corey Phillips: Music from the hills of Caldwell County. Physical PR 12-001.
Pearson, Barry Lee. 2003. Classic blues from Smithsonian Folkways recordings, vols. 1 and 2. Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40134, 40148.
Spitzer, Nick. 1999. Blues routes. Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40118.
Videos
Conway, Cecelia, and Elva Bishop. 1990. One dime blues: Etta Baker at home. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Elva Bishop.
Hinson, Glenn, and Susan Massengale. 1989. Step it up and go: Blues in the Carolinas. Research Triangle Park: North Carolina Public Television.
Jones,...
Read the full article for free courtesy of your local library.
|
Bookmark this article
Print this article
Link to this article
Email this article
Digg It!
Add to del.icio.us
RSS
