Tommy Thompson

New-Timey String Band Musician
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4766-7508-4
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 217 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 474 g

Reihe: Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies

Tommy Thompson was a banjo player, writer, actor, teacher and thinker. He arrived in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in the early 1960s smitten by folk and traditional Appalachian music. In 1972, he teamed up with Bill Hicks and Jim Watson to form the nontraditional string band the Red Clay Ramblers. Mike Craver, Jack Herrick, Clay Buckner, Bland Simpson and Chris Frank would eventually join them.

Using interviews and writings from Thompson and his loved ones, the author presents to us a life that revolved around music and creativity. Included are appendices on Thompson’s banjos, a discography and notes on his collaborative lyric writing.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stern, Lewis M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Einzelne Komponisten und Musiker
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Volksmusik

Über Autor(innen)

Clawhammer banjo player Lewis M. Stern has written for The Banjoists Broadsheet, The Old Time Herald and Banjo Newsletter.