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Earl Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown: The Making of an American Classic (Music in American Life)
Earl Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown The Making of an American Classic - Music in American Life
Author: Thomas Goldsmith
Recorded in 1949, "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" changed the face of American music. Earl Scruggs's instrumental essentially transformed the folk culture that came before it while helping to energize bluegrass's entry into the mainstream in the 1960s. The song has become a gateway to bluegrass for musicians and fans alike as well as a happily inesca...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780252084782
ISBN-10: 0252084780
Publication Date: 9/30/2019
Pages: 184
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Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Book Type: Paperback
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