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Earl Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown - The Making of an American Classic (Hardcover)
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Earl Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown - The Making of an American Classic (Hardcover)
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Recorded in 1949, "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" changed the face of
American music. Earl Scruggs's instrumental essentially transformed
the folk culture that came before it while helping to energize
bluegrass's entry into the mainstream in the 1960s. The song has
become a gateway to bluegrass for musicians and fans alike as well
as a happily inescapable track in film and television. Thomas
Goldsmith explores the origins and influence of "Foggy Mountain
Breakdown" against the backdrop of Scruggs's legendary career.
Interviews with Scruggs, his wife Louise, disciple Bela Fleck, and
sidemen like Curly Seckler, Mac Wiseman, and Jerry Douglas shed
light on topics like Scruggs's musical evolution and his working
relationship with Bill Monroe. As Goldsmith shows, the captivating
sound of "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" helped bring back the banjo
from obscurity and distinguished the low-key Scruggs as a principal
figure in American acoustic music.Passionate and long overdue, Earl
Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown takes readers on an
ear-opening journey into two minutes and forty-three seconds of
heaven.
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