| Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens Contributor(s): Dickens, Hazel (Author), Malone, Bill C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252075498 ISBN-13: 9780252075490 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2008 Annotation: Hazel Dickens is 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 of her songs, 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, and the book features forty-one illustrations and a detailed discography of her commercial recordings. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Country & Bluegrass - General - Biography & Autobiography | Music |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2007046952 |
| Series: Music in American Life (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.37" H x 6.05" W x 8.96" (0.52 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hazel 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. |