The beautiful music all around us : field recordings and the American experience /
Stephen Wade.
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2012.
- xvii, 477 p. : ill., music ; 27 cm. + 1 sound disc (4 3/4 in.)
- Music in American life .
With CD 2314.
Works cited: p. 423-445.
Bill Stepp: retreat across America -- Kelly Pace: coworker in the kingdom of culture -- Ora Dell Graham: a little black girl from Mississippi -- Christine and Katherine Shipp: in a chromatic light -- Nashville Washboard Band: something out of nothing -- Vera Hall: the life that we live -- Bozie Sturdivant: a song that went with him -- Pete Steele: it's what folks do -- Texas Gladden: from here to the Mississippi -- Luther Strong: way behind his time -- Charlie Butler: call me to home -- Jess Morris: boiled shirt and cowboy boots.
Highlights the stories behind thirteen field recordings captured between 1934 and 1942, focusing on the experiences of the people, ranging from students to prisoners, who contributed to the recordings.