Dwight Diller - West Virginia Mountain Musician

Dwight Hamilton Diller is a musician from West Virginia devoted to traditional Appalachian fiddle and banjo music, and a seminary-trained minister steeped in local Christian traditions. For the past 40 years, he has worked to preserve archaic fiddle and banjo tunes, teaching his percussive, primitively rhythmic style to small groups in marathon banjo workshops. This book tells of Diller's life and music, his personal challenges and his decades of teaching an elusive musical form.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

One.¿Early Life

Two.¿Learning Music

Three.¿Playing Music

Four.¿Studying Religion

Five.¿A Life of Teaching

Conclusion

Discography and Filmography

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Interviewees

Index

About the author

Clawhammer banjo player Lewis M. Stern has written for The Banjoists Broadsheet, The Old Time Herald and Banjo Newsletter. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.

Product details

• Authors: Lewis M. Stern
• Publisher: McFarland
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.04.2016
• EAN: 9781476664767
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-6476-7
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 416 g
• Series: Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries