Down to the River: Portraits of Iowa Musicians

Down to the River: Portraits of Iowa Musicians

by Sandra Louise Dyas, Chris Offutt
ISBN-10:
0877459975
ISBN-13:
9780877459972
Pub. Date:
06/01/2007
Publisher:
University of Iowa Press
ISBN-10:
0877459975
ISBN-13:
9780877459972
Pub. Date:
06/01/2007
Publisher:
University of Iowa Press
Down to the River: Portraits of Iowa Musicians

Down to the River: Portraits of Iowa Musicians

by Sandra Louise Dyas, Chris Offutt

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Overview

In 1987 photographer Sandra Dyas moved to Iowa City and began documenting the area’s vibrant live music scene, with its distinctive combination of folk, blues, roots/Americana, and rock sounds. The sixty photos in Down to the River capture her twenty years of photographing live music venues and shooting portraits of musicians in and around the city, resulting in a collection of images as compassionate and honest as the music itself.

Dyas’s photographs present both the sweaty intensity of live performances and the more contemplative moments of individual portraits. They are complemented by Chris Offutt’s empathetic essay, which also encapsulates the experience of connecting with a new home through its music. A companion CD with eighteen tracks by Iowa’s finest singer/songwriters, including Dave Moore, Greg Brown, Bo Ramsey, David Zollo, and Pieta Brown, add up to an unmatched perspective on Iowa music and musicians.

CD Tracks
1.     Iowa Crawl, Joe Price
2.     Poor Back Slider, Greg Brown
3.     Parnell, David Zollo
4.     #807, Pieta Brown
5.     Wheels of Steel, Radoslav Lorkovic
6.     Down to the River, Dave Moore
7.     Lucy and Andy Drive to Arkansas, Kevin Gordon
8.     Chuck Brown, Mike and Amy Finders
9.    Nobody But You, Joe Price
10.     Earleton, BeJae Fleming
11.     Ceremonial Child, High and Lonesome
12.     Sidetrack Lounge, Bo Ramsey
13.     On the Edge, Pieta Brown
14.     One Wrong Turn, Greg Brown
15.     Not in Iowa, Kelly Pardekooper
16.     Living in a Cornfield, Bo Ramsey
17.     ’57 Chevy, Tom Jessen’s Dimestore Outfit
18.     Roll on John, the Pines

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780877459972
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Publication date: 06/01/2007
Series: Bur Oak Book
Edition description: 1
Pages: 94
Product dimensions: 8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Sandra Dyas received her MFA in intermedia and video art from the University of Iowa in 1998; she teaches photography at Cornell College and has a thriving freelance photography business. Her photographs have been published on and in numerous CDs, websites, and magazines including No Depression, Vogue, Acoustic Guitar, and the New York Times.

Chris Offutt is the author of Kentucky Straight,Out of the Woods, The Good Brother, The Same River Twice, and No Heroes. His stories and essays have been published in Esquire, GQ, the New York Times, Best American Short Stories, and Best Stories of the South.

Table of Contents


Iowa Waltz   Chris Offutt     1
Song and Dance     7
Portraits of Iowa Musicians     11
Photographer's Note     73
Acknowledgments     77
CD Tracks and Credits     79
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