Songwriting in Contemporary West Virginia: Profiles and Reflections

Songwriting in Contemporary West Virginia: Profiles and Reflections

by Travis D. Stimeling
Songwriting in Contemporary West Virginia: Profiles and Reflections

Songwriting in Contemporary West Virginia: Profiles and Reflections

by Travis D. Stimeling

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Overview

Songwriting in Contemporary West Virginia: Profiles and Reflections is the first book dedicated to telling the stories of West Virginia’s extensive community of songwriters.  Based on oral histories conducted by Stimeling and told largely in the songwriters’ own words, these profiles offer a lively overview of the personalities, venues, and networks that nurture and sustain popular music in West Virginia.
Stimeling is attentive to breadth and diversity, presenting sketches of established personalities like Larry Groce, who oversees Mountain Stage, and emerging musicians like Maria Allison, who dreams of one day performing there. Each profile includes a brief selected discography to guide readers to recordings of these musicians’ work.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781946684271
Publisher: West Virginia University Press
Publication date: 04/27/2018
Series: Sounding Appalachia
Edition description: 1st Edition
Pages: 288
Sales rank: 1,113,883
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Travis D. Stimeling is associate professor of musicology at West Virginia University, where he also directs the WVU Bluegrass and Old-Time Bands. His previous books include Cosmic Cowboys and New Hicks: The Countercultural Sounds of Austin’s Progressive Country Music Scene, The Country Music Reader, and Fifty Cents and a Box Top: The Creative Life of Nashville Session Musician Charlie McCoy, published by WVU Press.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix

A Note on the Sources xi

Introduction 1

Part 1 Charleston-West Virginia's Songwriting Capital

Ron Sowell 7

Larry Groce 23

Julie Adams 35

John Lilly 43

Dina Hornbaker 53

Mike Pushkin 60

Colleen Anderson 67

Mike Arcuri 74

Roger Rabalais 80

Part II The Ohio Valley-Rivers of Song

Todd Burge 87

Lionel Cartwright 97

Taryn Thomas 109

Patrick Stanley 115

Jim Savarino 121

Part III The Eastern Panhandle-Roots And Branches

Adam Booth 129

Chelsea McBee 139

Part IV The Southern Coalfields-The Spiritual Home

Elaine Purkey 149

Shirley Stewart Burns 157

Roger Bryant 163

Scott Holstein 171

Part V The Tamarack Scene-Beckley, Bluefield, Lewisburg

Doug Harper 181

Clinton Collins 187

Mark Spangler 194

Andrew Adkins 201

Part VI Morgantown-Songwriting In The University City

Maria Allison 209

Pam Spring 217

Chris Haddox 223

Steve Smith 229

Dan Cunningham 237

Notes and Interviews 243

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