New Jersey Folk Revival Music: History & Tradition

by Arcadia Publishing

Overview

New Jersey shaped folk revival music into an art form. The saga began with the bawdy tunes sung in colonial-era taverns and continued with the folk songs that echoed through the Pine Barrens. "Guitar Mania" became a phenomenon in the 1800s, and twentieth-century studio recordings in Camden were monumental. Performances by legendary artists like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan spotlighted the state's folk revival movement and led to a flourishing community of folk organizations, festivals and open-mic nights at village coffeehouses. Author Michael Gabriele traces the evolution and living history of folk revival music in the Garden State and how it has changed the lives of people on stage and in the audience.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626198241
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	12/05/2016
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

This is Michael C. Gabriele's third book on New Jersey history published by The History Press/Arcadia Publishing. A lifelong Garden State resident, Gabriele is a 1975 graduate of Montclair State University and has worked as a journalist and freelance writer for more than forty years. He is a member of the executive board of the Nutley Historical Society and serves on the advisory board of the Clifton Arts Center.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 9

Introduction 11

Part I A Silvery Sound, an Unseen Thread 17

Part II Revival 49

Part III Jersey Boys (and Girls) 109

Epilogue 169

Bibliography 173

Index 185

About the Author 191

Editorial Reviews

"From the "boisterous" songs of the 1800s to the songs of Jersey natives Janis Ian and Bruce Springsteen, and from bluegrass to "New Grass," Gabriele's book serves as a catalog of folk music in New Jersey, a quirky collection that would make one of the original folk-music archivists of the modern era, the late Harry Smith, proud." SNJ Today

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