Ready-to-Tell Tales: Surefire Stories from America's Favorite Storytellers (American Storytelling (Paperback)) - Softcover

Holt, David; Mooney, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0874833817 ISBN 13: 9780874833812

Publisher: August House Publishers, 2005

Synopsis

Ready-to-Tell Tales Anyone who has watched a master storyteller mesmerize an audience has wondered "how do they do that?" This book gives the answers. Here are 40 of America's most popular storytellers, each of them sharing a story guaranteed to work in front of the most demanding audience. In addition to the story, each teller gives tips for telling it in a performance. Full description

About this title

About the Author:

David Holt Bio: David Holt found his life's journey in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains. With a passion to become an old-time banjo player, David traveled to remote mountain communities like Kingdom Come, Kentucky and Sodom Laurel, North Carolina searching for the best traditional musicians. Holt found hundreds of old-time mountaineers with a wealth of folk music, stories and wisdom. There was banjoist Wade Mainer, ballad singer Dellie Norton, singing coal miner Nimrod Workman, and 122 year-old washboard player Susie Brunson. Holt learned to play not only the banjo but also many unusual instruments like the mouth bow, the bottleneck slide guitar and even the paper bag. For over three decades, David's passion for traditional music and culture has fueled a successful performing and recording career. He has earned four Grammy Awards and performed and recorded with many of his mentors including Doc Watson, Grandpa Jones, Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs, Roy Acuff and Chet Atkins. Today he tours the country performing solo, with his band The Lightning Bolts and with Sutton, Holt and Coleman. His work has been featured in a number of public television productions.

About this edition

• Publisher: August House Publishers
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0874833817
• ISBN 13: 9780874833812
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Mooney Bill