Polkabilly: How the Goose Island Ramblers Redefined American Folk Music (American Musicspheres)
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| Title | : | Polkabilly: How the Goose Island Ramblers Redefined American Folk Music (American Musicspheres) |
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (336 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0199756961 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2010-11-18 |
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A freewheeling blend of continental European folk music and the songs, tunes, and dances of Anglo and Celtic immigrants, polkabilly has enthralled American musicians and dancers since the mid-19th century. From West Virginia coal camps and east Texas farms to the Canadian prairies and America's Upper Midwest, scores of groups have wed squeezeboxes with string bands, hoe downs with hambos, and sentimental Southern balladry with comic "up north" broken-English comedy, to create a new and uniquely American sound. The Goose Island Ramblers played as a house band for a local tavern in Madison, Wisconsin from the early 1960s through the mid-1970s. The group epitomized the polkabilly sound with their wild mixture of Norwegian fiddle tunes, Irish jigs, Slovenian polkas, Swiss yodels, old time hillbilly songs, "Scandihoovian" and "Dutchman" dialect ditties, frost-bitten Hawaiian marches, and novelty numbers on the electric toilet plunger. In this original study, James P. Leary illustrates how
Editorial : "Polkabilly offers an entertaining and enlightening look at the music of a region that's been little explored as well as an endearingly entertaining band."--Jeffery R. Lindholm, Dirty Linen"I have learnt much more from Leary about the Upper Midwest's vernacular music than I have from the many books and articles I have read on Dylan."--Michael Pickering, Folk Music Journal"It's an intriguing title, and Leary makes a cogent case for a hybrid music of the Upper Midwest, a mix of American, English, German, Scandinavian and country music that's developed over the last century or moreAt the very least it's an interesting tale that gathers several strands of American and immigrant history. As a history of upper Midwestern fold music, this makes a very interesting and informative read." --Sing Out!"This is a well-researched look at an overlooked form of American folk music."--Anything Phonographic"Jim Leary has written a rich masterpiece about people and mus
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