{"product_id":"roots-music-in-america-collected-writings-of-joe-wilson-charles-k-wolfe-music-series-9781621903154","title":"Roots Music in America: Collected Writings of Joe Wilson (Charles K. Wolfe Music Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoe Wilson represented a deep diversity in American vernacular music and culture. He directed the National Folk Festival and roots music tours  engaging government support for traditional communities. Joe combined Appalachian wisdom with searching intellect to create original brilliance. Americas foremost hillbilly intellectual  laughed at my sobriquet and worked tirelessly for the music and people he loved. Nick Spitzer  American Routes  Joe Wilson served for twenty-eight years as executive director of the National Folk Festival and National Council for Traditional Arts. Throughout his impressive career  Wilson wrote extensively and colorfully about many facets of vernacular music in North America  including works on major folk instruments  as well as on characteristic musical styles  especially old-time  bluegrass  modern country  blues  cowboy  a cappella gospel  and others. This volume  a companion to Lucky Joes Namesake: The Extraordinary Life and Observations of Joe Wilson  compiles Wilsons best writings on musical topics  including some previously unpublished works. With wry humor  Wilson covers the origins of roots music in eighteenth-century America and its subsequent dispersion through races  classes  ethnic groups  and newly settled regions. Wilson knew  worked with  and wrote about many iconic artists of the twentieth century  including Willie Nelson  Doc Watson  Clarence Ashley  the Stanley Brothers  Kenny Baker  Cephas \u0026amp; Wiggins  John Jackson  and members of the Hill Billiesthe band whose name came to signify an entire genre of the earliest recorded roots music. This carefully curated volume is comprised of works previously scattered in liner notes  small-circulation magazines  tour booklets  and unpublished manuscripts  all collected here and organized by theme. The writings of this legendary  internationally recognized figure will be indispensable to roots music fans and will delight readers and students interested in the traditional arts and dedicated to preserving historic folkways.  Fred Bartenstein teaches country and bluegrass music history at the University of Dayton. He is the editor of Bluegrass Bluesman: Josh Graves  a Memoir and coauthor and editor of The Bluegrass Hall of Fame: Inductee Biographies  19912014.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665883684917,"sku":"ByrdShop_162190315X","price":32.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781621903154.jpg?v=1782412486","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/roots-music-in-america-collected-writings-of-joe-wilson-charles-k-wolfe-music-series-9781621903154","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}