Border Ballads
Border Ballads

Author: James Reed

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 9780415969352

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First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

"With His Pistol in His Hand"

Author: Am Paredes

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 1958

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780292701281

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Traces the life of Gregorio Cortez Lira, a Mexican ranchhand who became the hero of a popular ballad after a shootout with a Texas sheriff, and describes various versions of the ballad

The Scotch-Irish Influence on Country Music in the Carolinas: Border Ballads, Fiddle Tunes and Sacred Songs
The Scotch-Irish Influence on Country Music in the Carolinas: Border Ballads, Fiddle Tunes and Sacred Songs

Author: Michael C. Scoggins

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2013-05-14

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 1614239444

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Country music in the Carolinas and the southern Appalachian Mountains owes a tremendous debt to freedom-loving Scotch-Irish pioneers who settled the southern backcountry during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. These hardy Protestant settlers brought with them from Lowland Scotland, Northern England and the Ulster Province of Ireland music that created the essential framework for "old-time string band music." From the cabins of the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains to the textile mills and urban centers of the Carolina foothills, this colorful, passionate, heartfelt music transformed the culture of America and the world and laid the foundation for western swing, bluegrass, rockabilly and modern country music. Author Michael Scoggins takes a trip to the roots of country music in the Carolinas.