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Lead Kindly Light: Pre-War Music and Photographs from the Americ

Label: Dust-To-Digital

Format: BOOK+2xCD

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What happens when a 78 collector marries a collector of antique photographs? Lead Kindly Light: recordings of rural Southern music: old time, string band music from Appalachia, extremely rare country blues and African American gospel singing from 1924-1939. A portrait of the rural American South between the dawn of the twentieth century and World War II, Lead Kindly Light brings together two CDs of traditional music from early phonograph records and a fine hardcover book of never-before-published vernacular photography. North Carolina collectors Peter Honig and Sarah Bryan have spent years combing backroads, from deep in the Appalachian mountains to the cotton and tobacco lowlands, in search of the evocative music and images of the pre-War South. The music of Lead Kindly Light presents outstanding lesser-known recordings by early stars of recorded country music, as well as rarely- and never-reissued treasures by obscure country, blues, and gospel artists. The photographs, mainly images of the rural and small-town South, are richly textured depictions of family life, work, and fun, and the often accidental beauty of the vernacular snapshot. 159 photographs from the collection of Sarah Bryan reproduced in full color. 46 audio recordings from the 78 RPM record collection of Peter Honig. 176-page hardcover book with 2 CDs. 8.5 inches x 6.5 inches. Debossed and tip-on cover.

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Cat. number: DTD 038BK
Year: 2014
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- Dust-to-Digital presents a 2CD/book collection of pre-war music and photographs from the American South circa 1924-1939.
- Brings together two CDs of traditional music from early phonograph records and a fine hardcover book of never-before-published vernacular photography.
- From the collection of North Carolina collectors Peter Honig and Sarah Bryan.
- 159 photographs from the collection of Bryan reproduced in full color. 46 audio recordings from the 78 RPM record collection of Honig.
- 176-page hardcover book with 2 CDs. 8.5 inches x 6.5 inches. Debossed and tip-on cover.

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