American Musical Traditions

By Jeff Todd Titon And Bob Carlin

String Bands in the North Carolina Piedmont

By Bob Carlin

"This illustrated history focuses exclusively on Piedmont string band music - its place in the history and culture of the area, the music's development within traditional communities of the Piedmon...

The Birth of the Banjo

By Bob Carlin

"A professional banjo player, Joel Sweeney introduced mainstream America to a music (and musical instrument) which had its roots in the transplanted black culture of the southern slave. Beginning w...

Fred Cockerham Tommy Jarrell Clawhammer Banjo Masters

By Bob Carlin, Dan Levenson

Southern Exposure

By Richard Carlin, Bob Carlin

"This book documents the wide variety of musical styles of the American South, including church music, country music, dance music, traditional blues, electric blues, work songs, western swing, blue...

Banjo

By Bob Carlin

Kyle Creed Clawhammer Banjo Master Clawhammer Banjo Tablature

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String Bands in the North Carolina Piedmont

By Bob Carlin

What Earl Scruggs Heard

By Bob Carlin

My Memories of John Hartford

By Bob Carlin