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Author:

Cox, Bob L.

Title:

Fiddlin' Charlie Bowman : an East Tennessee old-time music pioneer and his musical family / Bob L. Cox ; with an afterword by Archie Green.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of Tennessee Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xv, 224 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Bowman, Charlie.
Fiddlers--Tennessee--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-215), discography (p. [183]-185), and index.

Contents:

Charlie's growing years, 1889-1910. A fiddler's first notes -- Charlie's working years, 1911-1946. Fannie's fiddler beau ; Birth of a string band ; A hillbilly Hill Billie ; Recording in the Big Apple ; "Uncle Fuzz" comes to town ; WOPI : over the air on the state line ; The Blue Ridge Ramblers ; Charlie's Variety Five ; Charlie's Blue Ridge Music Makers ; Charlie's Southern Mountaineers ; The Dwight Butcher Gang ; Charlie's Buckle Busters ; The Rice Brothers Gang -- Charlie's resting years, 1947-1962. Charlie's fiddle rests ; The aging fiddler rediscovered ; Time to "roll on Buddy" ; Alive through his music.

ISBN:

1572335661
9781572335660 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)76828882

LCCN:

2006039177

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)