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Lädt ... Mandolin Man: The Bluegrass Life of Roland White (Music in American Life)von Bob Black
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"Roland White's long career has taken him from membership in Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys and Lester Flatt's Nashville Grass to success with his own Roland White Band. A master of the mandolin and acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, White has mentored a host of bluegrass musicians and inspired countless others. Bob Black draws on extensive interviews with White and his peers and friends to provide the first in-depth biography of the pioneering bluegrass figure. Born into a musical family, White found early success with the Kentucky Colonels during the 1960s folk revival. The many stops and collaborations that marked White's subsequent musical journey trace the history of modern bluegrass. But Black also delves into the seldom-told tale of White's life as a working musician, one who endured professional and music industry ups-and-downs to become a legendary artist and beloved teacher. An entertaining merger of memories and music history, Mandolin Man tells the overdue story of a bluegrass icon and his times"-- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Occasionally there are long stretches where the content's just basically a list of albums White was involved in, with noteworthy songs mentioned and musicians listed. That kind of information is occasionally useful but most of it would have been probably have better been put in an appendix.
And while the author mentions the continuities in sound between White's bands--I'm particularly thinking of Kentucky Colonels to Country Gazette to Nashville Bluegrass Band--he doesn't really discuss the topic. It seems a worthwhile topic; I'd like to have seen more.
And Black inserts himself into the narrative every now and then to no real apparent purpose. This is harmless, but it often seems that the main point is to show that he was involved. We know that; the point doesn't need to be repeatedly emphasized.
None of those are reasons to avoid the book, which covers Roland White's life quite well. It's a good biography. ( )