Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9781476675084 |
| ISBN10: | 1476675082 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | 217 pages |
| Size: | 254x178x11 mm |
| Weight: | 458 g |
| Language: | English |
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Tommy Thompson and the Banjo
The Life of a North Carolina Old-Time Music Revivalist
Publisher: McFarland
Date of Publication: 30 April 2019
Number of Volumes: Paperback
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Short description:
Tommy Thompson was a banjo player, writer, actor, teacher and thinker. 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.
Long description:
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&&&8217;s banjos, a discography and notes on his collaborative lyric writing.
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&&&8217;s banjos, a discography and notes on his collaborative lyric writing.
