Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel DickensHazel Dickens was an Appalachian singer and songwriter known for her superb musicianship, feminist country songs, union anthems, and blue-collar laments. Growing up in a West Virginia coal mining community, she drew on the mountain music and repertoire of her family and neighbors when establishing her own vibrant and powerful vocal style that is a trademark in old-time, bluegrass, and traditional country circles. Working Girl Blues presents forty original songs that Hazel Dickens wrote about coal mining, labor issues, personal relationships, and her life and family in Appalachia. Conveying sensitivity, determination, and feistiness, Dickens comments on each song, explaining how she came to write them and what they meant and continue to mean to her. Bill C. Malone's introduction traces Dickens's life, musical career, and development as a songwriter, In addition, Working Girl Blues features forty-one illustrations and a detailed discography of Dickens's commercial recordings. |
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H. N. had been a strong drop—thumb banjo player in his youth, and his religious convictions did not prevent him from loving and appreciating the music of this world. Hazel awakened each morningto the music of the radio, played loudly ...
H. N. had been a strong drop—thumb banjo player in his youth, and his religious convictions did not prevent him from loving and appreciating the music of this world. Hazel awakened each morningto the music of the radio, played loudly ...
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The Dickens family fascinated Alyse, in large part because they also played music. Hazel said that Taubman "had never met anybody like us.” Listening intently to the political and social discussions that took place in Alyse's house, ...
The Dickens family fascinated Alyse, in large part because they also played music. Hazel said that Taubman "had never met anybody like us.” Listening intently to the political and social discussions that took place in Alyse's house, ...
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He quickly let it be known at the hospital—where he was also living and where Hazel's brother Robert was a patient—that he played music. That was quite an understatement. Seeger was just twenty— one and had been playing the guitar only ...
He quickly let it be known at the hospital—where he was also living and where Hazel's brother Robert was a patient—that he played music. That was quite an understatement. Seeger was just twenty— one and had been playing the guitar only ...
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Crítica de los usuarios - Not Available - Book VerdictStill churning out songs "that challenge the easy complacency and corporate arrogance of our time," influential Appalachian singer-songwriter Hazel Dickens has devoted her life to writing music not ... Leer comentario completo
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Illustrations follow page 30 | 30 |
Songs and Memories by Hazel Dickens | 31 |
Illustrations follow page 86 | 86 |
A Hazel Dickens Discography | 87 |
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Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens Hazel Dickens,Bill C Malone Vista de fragmentos - 2008 |
Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens Hazel Dickens,Bill C Malone Vista de fragmentos - 2008 |
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens Music in American Life |
| Autores | Hazel Dickens, Bill C Malone |
| Editor | University of Illinois Press, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0252090977, 9780252090974 |
| Largo | 144 páginas |
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