Folk Biographies
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How Can I Keep from Singing?: The Ballad of Pete Seeger
by David King Dunaway  Publisher Comments How Can I Keep from Singing? is the compelling story of how the son of a respectable Puritan family became a consummate performer and American rebel. Updated with new research and interviews, unpublished photographs, and thoughtful comments from Pete...
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Woody Guthrie: A Life
by Joe Klein 
Synopsis Perhaps now best known as an acclaimed (and bestselling) author of fiction, Joe Klein has for nearly three decades been one of contemporary journalism's premiere reporters. In "Woody Guthrie: A Life", Klein's signature style of insightful narrative...
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Steve Goodman: Facing the Music
by Clay Eals Publisher Comments Steve Goodman wrote Good mornin' America, how are ya into the nation's consciousness, becoming one of the most respected singer/songwriters of the 1970s and early 80s. With warmth and wit, he charmed better-known peers, top critics, and countless fans...
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Bound for Glory (83 Edition)
by Woody Guthrie Synopsis Woody Guthrie was born in Oklahoma and traveled this whole country over--not by jet or motorcycle, but by box-car, thumb, and foot. During the journey of discovery that was his life, he composed and sang words and music that have become a national...
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Ramblin' Man: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie
by Ed Cray Publisher Comments A beautiful job....In exploring the nuances of Guthrie's work, Cray's exacting style is pitch-perfect.--Los Angeles Times Book Review A patriot and a political radical, Woody Guthrie captured the spirit of his times in his enduring songs. He was marked...
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Ramblin' Man: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie
by Ed Cray
Publisher Comments To recall the Depression era is to hear Woody's songs: he was the greatest folk musician of the twentieth century. BORN IN OKLAHOMA, Woody Guthrie became a figure larger than life, a folk singer who captured the spirit of his times in his enduring songs:...
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Electric Folk: The Changing Face of English Traditional Music
by Britta Sweers Publisher Comments In the 1960s and 1970s, a number of British musicians rediscovered traditional folk ballads, fusing the old melodies with rock, jazz, and blues styles to create a new genre dubbed "electric folk" or "British folk rock." This revival featured groups such...
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The Mayor of Macdougal Street
by Dave Van Ronk Publisher Comments Dave Van Ronk (1936-2002) was one of the founding figures of the 1960s folk revival, but he was far more than that. A pioneer of modern acoustic blues, a fine songwriter and arranger, a powerful singer, and one of the most influential guitarists of the...
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Singing Lessons: A Memoir of Love, Loss, Hope, and Healing with CD (Audio)
by Judy Collins Publisher Comments For the millions who know Judy Collins' unforgettable music, this remarkable memoir will come as no surprise. A moving account of growth and healing, memory and rebirth, dreams and meditations, this is Judy's heart statement, imbued with the...
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You Ain't Got No Easter Clothes: A Memoir
by Laura Love Publisher Comments Laura Love and her sister survived a childhood that was miserable in the best of circumstances, and nearly unspeakable in the worst. With a mentally unstable mother who was unable to cope with daily life, Laura and Lisa spent much of their young lives...
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Doo-dah! (97 Edition)
by Ken Emerson Publisher Comments Stephen Foster (1826–1864) was America's first great songwriter and the first to earn his living solely through his music. He composed some 200 songs, including such classics as "Oh! Susanna,” “Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair," "Old...
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Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens (Music in American Life)
by Bill C. Malone Publisher Comments Hazel Dickens is an Appalachian singer and songwriter known for her superb musicianship, feminist country songs, union anthems, and blue-collar laments. Growing up in a West Virginia coal mining community, she drew on the mountain music and repertoire of...
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The Mayor of Macdougal Street
by Dave Van Ronk Publisher Comments Dave Van Ronk (1936-2002) was one of the founding figures of the 1960s folk revival, but he was far more than that. A pioneer of modern acoustic blues, a fine songwriter and arranger, a powerful singer, and one of the most influential guitarists of the...
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Sing My Whole Life Long: Jenny Vincent's Life in Folk Music and Activism (Counterculture)
by Craig Smith Synopsis Born in Minnesota and raised in Chicago, Jenny Vincent was educated at a progressive private school and Vassar College. Introduced to international folk music at an early age, she remains a performer and champion of this music of the people. In 1936...
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Lead Belly: A Life in Pictures
by Tiny Robinson Publisher Comments The influential Louisiana bluesman, Lead Belly, wrote and performed some of the best-loved songs of the twentieth century, including The Midnight Special, Rock Island Line and his signature song, Goodnight, Irene, which became an international hit in...
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Lonesome Traveler: The Life of Lee Hays
by Doris Willens Publisher Comments During the Great Depression, Lee Hays, the son of a Southern Methodist minister, used his music to life the hearts of sharecroppers and miners and union organizers. He helped bring black music to America's consciousness. He could make people laugh in...
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Fiddlin' Charlie Bowman: An East Tennessee Old-Time Music Pioneer and His Musical Family
by Bob Cox Synopsis This new book tells--for the first time---the story of Charlie Bowman, a musician from East Tennessee, who was a major influence on the distinctive fiddle style definitive of country music of the 1920s and 1930s. Charlie, along with three of his brothers...
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Josh White: Society Blues
by Elijah Wald Synopsis In this compelling biography of a legendary performer, Wald traces White's journey from the "colored" side of Greenville, South Carolina, to become the third most popular male folksinger in the 1960s, surpassed only by Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan. 32...
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Woody Guthrie: A Life
by Joe Klein Publisher Comments In this now classic biography of the American folk hero, Woody Guthrie — whose work inspired an entire generation of song writers — Joe Klein honors the legend, but also explores the realities of a life lived on the edge of tragedy....
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The Life of a Children's Troubadour: An Autobiography
by Raffi Publisher Comments Get to know the man whose music made him a friend to millions of children and their families -- Raffi, one of North America's most beloved and celebrated children's entertainers....
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