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Talkin' guitar : a story of young Doc Watson
\"With lyrical text and ... illustrations, Robbin Gourley tells the story of a boy whose spirit and determination led him to become one of the most celebrated and beloved figures of folk, bluegrass, and old-time music\"--Dust jacket flap.
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Ukrainian Minstrels
The blind mendicant in Ukrainian folk tradition is a little-known social order, but an important one. The singers of Ukrainian epics, these minstrels were organized into professional guilds that set standards for training and performance. Repressed during the Stalin era, this is their story.
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Piano starts here : the young Art Tatum
Regardless of whether they have heard of jazz or Art Tatum, young readers will appreciate how Parker uses simple, lyrical storytelling and colorful, energetic ink-and-wash illustrations to show the world as young Art Tatum might have seen it. Tatum came from modest beginnings and was nearly blind, but his passion for the piano and his acute memory for any sound that he heard drove him to become a virtuoso who was revered by both classical and jazz pianists alike. Included in the back matter is a biography and bibliography.
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I Am Potential
Patrick Henry Hughes was born with a rare genetic disorder that left him without eyes and physically disabled. But he was blessed with rare musical talentable to play the piano as a baby. Today, at age twenty, he is a nationally known pianist, singer, trumpeter, and marching-band member. With determined optimism, Hughes made I am potential\" his mantra, defying his disabilities at every turn. In I Am Potential, Hughes and his father share their extraordinary journey and describe the eight critical lessons at the heart of their success. Simply and candidly written, I Am Potential is an inspiration for anyone facing their own challenges.
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Stevie Wonder
\"At just 8 years old, it was clear that Steveland Judkins was going to be a star. Renamed Stevie Wonder for his astonishing talent on the piano and other instruments, he wrote and performed some of the biggest hits of the 1970s. Stevie became known for his inventiveness, his soulful voice, and the social commentary in his lyrics. He is a UN Messenger of Peace and remains one of the music world's most iconic figures. This inspiring book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the great musician's life.\"--Amazon.com.
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Early Blues
Since the early 1900s, blues and the guitar have traveled side by side. This book tells the story of their pairing from the first reported sightings of blues musicians, to the rise of nationally known stars, to the onset of the Great Depression, when blues recording virtually came to a halt.
Like the best music documentaries,Early Blues: The First Stars of Blues Guitarinterweaves musical history, quotes from celebrated musicians (B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Ry Cooder, and Johnny Winter, to name a few), and a spellbinding array of life stories to illustrate the early days of blues guitar in rich and resounding detail. In these chapters, you'll meet Sylvester Weaver, who recorded the world's first guitar solos, and Paramount Records artists Papa Charlie Jackson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Blind Blake, the \"King of Ragtime Blues Guitar.\" Blind Willie McTell, the Southeast's superlative twelve-string guitar player, and Blind Willie Johnson, street-corner evangelist of sublime gospel blues, also get their due, as do Lonnie Johnson, the era's most influential blues guitarist; Mississippi John Hurt, with his gentle, guileless voice and syncopated fingerpicking style; and slide guitarist Tampa Red, \"the Guitar Wizard.\"
Drawing on a deep archive of documents, photographs, record company ads, complete discographies, and up-to-date findings of leading researchers, this is the most comprehensive and complete account ever written of the early stars of blues guitar-an essential chapter in the history of American music.
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John Sullivan Dwight, Blindness, and Music Education
Accinno profiles music critic John Sullivan Dwight. In the fall of 1852, Dwight received a letter in Boston from an eager subscriber to his Journal of Music. Writing from Louisville, Kentucky, Joseph B. Smith complained that his copy of the periodical had been lost in the mail. On the surface, Dwight's acquaintance with a blind music teacher appears unremarkable. He means to suggest, however, that the missive betrays a broader pattern of personal and intellectual engagement with blindness by Dwight--an interest that he shared with Bostonians writ large. At the nexus of this activity stood the city's school for the blind, named in honor of a wealthy merchant and benefactor, Thomas Handasyd Perkins.
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Ray Charles
\"Ray Charles was born on September 23, 1930, in Albany, Georgia. His full name was Ray Charles Robinson. His father, Bailey Robinson, was a railroad worker. He left the family when Ray was a baby. Ray and his two siblings were raised by their mother, Aretha Williams. She worked in a sawmill.\" (Biography for Beginners--African American Leaders) He was a singer and songwriter. Learn more about Charles' life and his home and family. Resources for more information are included.
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The king of ragtime blues: Blind Blake & his \famous piano-sounding guitar.\
Blind Blake, a swinging, sophisticated guitarist whose warm, relaxed voice was a far cry from harsh country blues, ranks as a musical curiosity. The man with the \"famous piano-sounding guitar,\" who is still regarded as the unrivaled master of ragtime blues and fingerpicking, is profiled.
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