{"title":"Distinctive Qualities of Southwestern Ohio Bluegrass","authors":"Benjamin Krakauer","doi":"10.5406/J.CTV1F45RG8.19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/J.CTV1F45RG8.19","url":null,"abstract":"Regional bluegrass mixed earlier rural influences with those of urban dislocation and factory life, yielding significant innovations that inspired later bluegrass worldwide. Scruggs-style banjo techniques were adapted by mandolinist Jesse McReynolds and guitarists Bill Napier and George Shuffler. Tavern acoustics required piercing tones, and percussive plucked-stringed instruments were prized over the fiddle. The Osborne Brothers and Red Allen, Jim and Jesse, and Jimmy Martin brought trio vocal harmony to the forefront. “Melodic” five-string banjo, later developed elsewhere, drew upon Noah Crase’s innovations. Sonny Osborne’s unconventional musical vocabulary inspired newgrass. Bobby Osborne, Frank Wakefield, and Dorsey Harvey influenced generations of mandolinists. King Records owner Syd Nathan encouraged bluegrass’s earliest guitar flatpicking solos. Lillimae Whitaker and Katie Laur were pioneer woman bandleaders.","PeriodicalId":227842,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Strength Bluegrass","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128360529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Buckeyes in the Briar Patch","authors":"J. Fox","doi":"10.5622/illinois/9780252043642.003.0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5622/illinois/9780252043642.003.0008","url":null,"abstract":"Bluegrass joined the “counterculture” in 1970s Ohio. Sam’s Bar and Grill, Aunt Maudie’s Country Garden, Arnold’s, King’s Row, and Village Tavern brought new followers and pioneer female and non-Appalachian musicians. WYSO, WPFB, WONE, WAIF, WMUB, WNKU, and WOBO all played bluegrass. The Allen Brothers, Larry Sparks, Boys from Indiana, Hotmud Family, Vernon McIntyre and Appalachian Grass, Katie Laur Band, and the Dry Branch Fire Squad were important bands based in the region. Fiddlin’ Van Kidwell, Bill Lowe, the Corndrinkers, Country Grass, Dixie Ryders, Hagan Brothers, Dorsey Harvey, Marcum Brothers, Muddy River, and Wheat Straw also participated in the flourishing local scene. Women (Pam Gadd, “Memphis Beck” Gentry, Julie Gray, Barb Kuhns, Katie Laur, Mary Jo Dickman Leet, Lora Murphy, Linda Scutt, Suzanne Thomas) were prominent.","PeriodicalId":227842,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Strength Bluegrass","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129528202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}