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"This is a biography of Dan Levenson, an old-time banjo and fiddle player from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Between 1987 and 1991, Dan worked for Goose Acres Folk Music Center in Cleveland, Ohio, where he dove deeply into old-time music. In the late 1980s, he formed the Boiled Buzzards; they recorded four albums between 1989 and 1994 and were a consistently active presence at old-time music festivals. During that time, he also played with Bob Frank as one-half of the Hotfoot Duo. In 1995, he teamed up with Kim Murley and recorded New Frontier: Instrumentals from China and America. Levenson undertook his first cross-country trip as a solo performer in 1996. His traveling program, "Meet the Banjo," ran as a workshop with the sponsorship of Deering Banjos from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. Dan recorded three projects in the first five years of the 2000s and began editing the quarterly "Old Time Way" section for Banjo Newsletter in 2005. He continues performing old-time music, teaching fiddle and banjo, writing instructional and repertoire books featuring banjo and fiddle tunes for Mel Bay, and making plans for more old-time music projects."-Provided by publisher"--
List of contents
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Preface
Introduction: Dan's Narrative
Chapter One. Early Life
Chapter Two. Learning Old-Time Music
Chapter Three. Playing Old-Time Music
Chapter Four. Honing the Tools of Performance
Chapter Five. Teaching Old-Time Music
Chapter Six. Thinking About Old-Time Music
Conclusion: The Shape of Dan's Life
Appendix: Discography and Videography
Interviewees
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Clawhammer banjo player
Lewis M. Stern has written about traditional musicians including Dwight Diller, Tommy Malbeouf, and Jim Scancarelli. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.
David Brooks, an instructor at the Louisville Folk School in Kentucky, is the author of multiple books of banjo tablature.
Summary
A biography of Dan Levenson, an old-time banjo and fiddle player from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Between 1987 and 1991, Dan worked for Goose Acres Folk Music Center, where he dove deeply into old-time music. In the late ‘80s, he formed the Boiled Buzzards, recording four albums between 1989 and 1994.
