29 Best Country & Bluegrass Books
Country & Bluegrass is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Country & Bluegrass audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 29 Country & Bluegrass audiobooks below.
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Whisperin’ Bill Anderson
- By: Bill Anderson
- Narrator: Bill Anderson
- Length: 9 hours 55 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4.42(44 ratings)
4.42(44 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDWhisperin’ Bill: An Unprecedented Life in Country Music presents a revealing portrait of Bill Anderson, one of the most prolific songwriters in the history of country music. Mega country music hits like “City Lights,” (Ray Price),Whisperin’ Bill: An Unprecedented Life in Country Music presents a revealing portrait of Bill Anderson, one of the most prolific songwriters in the history of country music.
Mega country music hits like “City Lights,” (Ray Price), “Tips of My Fingers,” (Roy Clark, Eddy Arnold, Steve Wariner), “Once a Day,” (Connie Smith), “Saginaw, Michigan,” (Lefty Frizzell), and many more flowed from his pen, making him one of the most decorated songwriters in music history.
But the iconic singer, songwriter, performer, and television host came to a point in his career when he questioned if what he had to say mattered anymore. Music Row had changed, a new generation of artists and songwriters had transformed the genre, and the Country Music Hall of Fame member and fifty-year Grand Ole Opry star was no longer relevant. By 1990, he wasn’t writing anymore. Bad investments left him teetering at bankruptcy’s edge. His marriage was falling apart. And in Nashville, a music town where youth often carries the day, he was a museum piece–only seen as a nostalgia act, waving from the stage of the Grand Ole Opry.
Anderson was only in his fifties when he assumed he had climbed all the mountains he was intended to scale. But in those moments plagued with self-doubt, little did he know that his most rewarding climb lie ahead. A follow-up to his 1989 autobiography, this honest and revealing book tells the story of a man with an unprecedented gift, holding on to it in order to share it.
Known as “Whisperin’ Bill” to generations of fans for his soft vocalizations and spoken lyrics, Anderson is the only songwriter in country music history to have a song on the charts in each of the past seven consecutive decades. He has celebrated chart-topping success as a recording artist with eighty charting singles and thirty-seven top-ten country hits, including “Still,” “8 x 10”, “I Love You Drops,” and “Mama Sang a Song.” A six-time winner of the Song of the Year Award and recipient of the BMI Icon Award, Anderson has taken home many CMA and ACM Award trophies and garnered multiple Grammy Award nominations.
His knack for the spoken word has also made him a successful television host, having starred on The Bill Anderson Show, Opry Backstage, Country’s Family Reunion, and others. Moreover, his multifaceted success extends far beyond the country format with artists like James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Dean Martin, and Elvis Costello recording his songs.
Today, thanks to the support of musical peers and a few famous friends who believed in him, Anderson continues to forge the path of lyrical integrity in music, harnessing his ability to craft a song that tells a familiar story, grabs you by the heart, and moves you. Modern-day examples include “Whiskey Lullaby” (Brad Paisley and Allison Krauss), “Give It Away” (George Strait), “A Lot of Things Different” (Kenny Chesney), and “Which Bridge to Cross” (Vince Gill).
A product of a long-gone Nashville, Anderson worked to reinvent himself, and this biography documents Anderson’s fifty-plus-year career–a career he once thought unattainable. With anecdotes of Anderson interacting with the superstars of American music, including such legends as Patsy Cline, Vince Gill, and Steve Wariner, this book highlights Anderson’s trajectory in the business and his influence on the past, present, and future of this dynamic genre.
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The Faith of Elvis
- By: Billy Stanley
- Narrator: Billy Stanley
- Length: 6 hours 28 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: October 04, 2022
- Language: English
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4.24(89 ratings)
4.24(89 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDIncludes an audiobook-exclusive conversation between author Billy Stanley, his brother David Stanley, and writer Kent Sanders! Behind the glamour and the crowds. Beyond the movies and the records. Apart from all who knew him, wanted to know him, orIncludes an audiobook-exclusive conversation between author Billy Stanley, his brother David Stanley, and writer Kent Sanders!
Behind the glamour and the crowds. Beyond the movies and the records.
Apart from all who knew him, wanted to know him, or just wanted to be near him.
Billy Stanley knew Elvis Presley as a brother–and as a man of deep faith.
From the day Billy Stanley arrived at Graceland and received a bear hug from the King of Rock and Roll to the last conversation they ever had, one thing stayed the same: Elvis’s passion for sharing God’s love with as many people he could.
In The Faith of Elvis,Billy illuminates Elvis’s Christian journey–from the notes Elvis made in his beloved Bible to his struggles with sin as his fame increased to his remarkable generosity toward fans and movie stars alike.
Through this first-hand account, you will find
- touching family stories of the Elvis that pop culture doesn’t know;
- a keen look into how Elvis intricately wove his faith into every part of his life;
- insights into the ups-and-downs the four brothers experienced while at home and on the road together; and
- examples of Elvis’s profound influence on others–from those closest to him to his cherished fans and, ultimately, the world at large.
Here you will find your own faith strengthened and your heart turned more toward heaven–or as Elvis would say, toward the only true King.
A discussion guide and photo insert are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.
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Go Big or Go Home
- By: Scotty McCreery
- Length: 5 hours 53 minutes
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publish date: May 03, 2016
- Language: English
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4.19(320 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDPlatinum-award winning country music star Scotty McCreery shares his journey from North Carolina to American Idol and the top of the country music charts. American Idol was just a simple singing competition that seemed fun to auditionPlatinum-award winning country music star Scotty McCreery shares his journey from North Carolina to American Idol and the top of the country music charts.
American Idol was just a simple singing competition that seemed fun to audition for. Who knew what kind of doors it might open for a sixteen-year-old from Garner, North Carolina?
Go Big or Go Home is the story of a kid with country songs in his soul. Daring to enter the limelight at a young age, Scotty found himself embraced by the nation, and even overseas, as he competed on season 10 of American Idol.
In¬†Go Big or Go Home, Scotty shares his journey from his North Carolina roots to winning America’s most popular singing competition and launching the musical career he had always dreamed of. Along the way, Scotty teaches us:
- What it means to have an uncompromising faith
- The power of dreaming big
- The importance of embracing your God-given talents
Join Scotty as he shares a glimpse of where he came from and the impact his faith, family, and friends have had on a humble guy who keeps asking, “Why me?”
Praise for Go Big or Go Home:
“Revealing, touching, and often humorous,¬†Go Big or Go Home¬†takes fans behind the scenes of Scotty McCreery’s journey so far and pulls back the curtain on¬†American Idol¬†and the music industry while McCreery navigates the tricky waters of instant fame with grace, insight, and, above all, gratitude for the gifts he has been given.”
–Melinda Newman, music journalist
“Being an artist takes you out of your comfort zone and thrusts you into the world. Some of what you experience you are prepared for and some of it you aren’t. To quote the country music prophet Aaron Tippin, ‘You’ve got to stand for somethin’ or you’ll fall for anything.’ Scotty McCreery stands for something. You hear it in his voice. You see it in his actions. And you feel it in his songs. This book outlines the wild ride he’s been on being thrust into the world.”
–Josh Turner, Grammy-nominated and multiplatinum-selling MCA recording artist and bestselling author
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Her Country
- By: Marissa R. Moss
- Narrator: Kelli Tager
- Length: 11 hours 17 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: May 10, 2022
- Language: English
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4.14(543 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0026.99 USDThe full and unbridled inside story of the last twenty years of country music through the lens of Maren Morris, Mickey Guyton, and Kacey Musgraves–their peers and inspirations, their paths to stardom, and their battles against a deeplyThe full and unbridled inside story of the last twenty years of country music through the lens of Maren Morris, Mickey Guyton, and Kacey Musgraves–their peers and inspirations, their paths to stardom, and their battles against a deeply embedded boys’ club, as well as their efforts to transform the genre into a more inclusive place for all (and not just white men in trucker hats), as told by award-winning Nashville journalist Marissa R. Moss.
It was only two decades ago, but, for the women of country music, 1999 seems like an entirely different universe. With Shania Twain, country’s biggest award winner and star, and The Chicks topping every chart, country music was a woman’s world: specifically, country radio and Nashville’s Music Row.
Cut to 2021, when women are only played on country radio 16% of the time, on a good day, and when only men have won Entertainer of the Year at the CMA Awards for a decade. To a world where artists like Kacey Musgraves sell out arenas but barely score a single second of airplay. But also to a world where these women are infinitely bigger live draws than most male counterparts, having massive pop crossover hits like Maren Morris’s “The Middle,” pushing the industry to confront its deeply embedded racial biases with Mickey Guyton’s “Black Like Me,” winning heaps of Grammy nominations, banding up in supergroups like The Highwomen and taking complete control of their own careers, on their own terms. When the rules stopped working for the women of country music, they threw them out and made their own: and changed the genre forever, and for better.
Her Country is veteran Nashville journalist Marissa R. Moss’s story of how in the past two decades, country’s women fought back against systems designed to keep them down, armed with their art and never willing to just shut up and sing: how women like Kacey, Mickey, Maren, The Chicks, Miranda Lambert, Rissi Palmer, Brandy Clark, LeAnn Rimes, Brandi Carlile, Margo Price and many more have reinvented the rules to find their place in an industry stacked against them, how they’ve ruled the century when it comes to artistic output–and about how women can and do belong in the mainstream of country music, even if their voices aren’t being heard as loudly.
A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Co.
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Dolly Parton, Songteller
- By: Dolly Parton
- Length: 5 hours 18 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: November 17, 2020
- Language: English
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4.07(13347 ratings)
4.07(13347 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.99 USDA Recorded Books Audio Original production of songs and stories performed by Dolly herself, Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics goes beyond the glitz, glamour, and rhinestones to the warmth, heart, and soul of a treasured pop-culture icon.A Recorded Books Audio Original production of songs and stories performed by Dolly herself, Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics goes beyond the glitz, glamour, and rhinestones to the warmth, heart, and soul of a treasured pop-culture icon.
In this exclusive audio performance, the ten-time Grammy Award-winning artist weaves her words with music and memories to give listeners the stories behind the stories of her most cherished songs. And with some 3,000 songs to her credit, Dolly uses her gift for lyrics to connect to people of all genders, generations, and geographies.
Showcasing nearly 100 of her most popular songs, including “Jolene,” “I Will Always Love You,” “9 to 5,” and “Coat of Many Colors,” to name a few, this one-of-a-kind audio experience delivers answers to fans’ most burning questions: How close did Dolly come to singing “I Will Always Love You” as a duet with Elvis? How did she become an actress? And exactly who was Jolene?
Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics is a must-have memoir for fans of country music, music history, and (of course!) Dolly herself.
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Just Jessie
- By: Jessie James Decker
- Narrator: Sandy Rustin
- Length: 4 hours 8 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: October 02, 2018
- Language: English
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3.94(696 ratings)
3.94(696 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDAn inspiring lifestyle audiobook from the major recording artist and songwriter, style entrepreneur, and television personality Jessie James Decker, featuring delectable family recipes, amazing fashion tips, pregnancy advice, health and beautyAn inspiring lifestyle audiobook from the major recording artist and songwriter, style entrepreneur, and television personality Jessie James Decker, featuring delectable family recipes, amazing fashion tips, pregnancy advice, health and beauty tutorials, practical dating secrets, and more.
Millions admire Jessie James Decker for her tremendous talent, down-to-earth, girl-next-door personality and spunky sense of humor, and her adorable family and loving marriage to NFL player Eric Decker. Whether she’s giving fans a window into her life on Eric & Jessie, belting out one of her #1 hit country songs, creating a new style for her fashion brand “Kittenish” or another scent for her Target perfume brand, fans also look to her for style and advice to add beauty to their daily lives.
Now, Jessie offers fans a wider glimpse into her life and her journey from dancing and singing toddler to a superstar and mom with toddlers of her own. Just Jessie is filled with warm and practical advice on a variety of topics, from starting a new business to starting a new family. Jessie shares personal stories about growing up as the perpetual “new kid,” overcoming her social anxiety, her experiences with postpartum depression, her close relationship with her mom, and how she does it all, balancing work and family. With humor and honesty, Jessie proves how dedication, passion, and 10 hearty, delicious recipes can help you create a fulfilling and exciting life.
Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
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She Come By It Natural
- By: Sarah Smarsh
- Narrator: Sarah Smarsh
- Length: 4 hours 33 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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3.82(4555 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDIn this Time Top 100 Book of the Year, the National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Heartland “analyzes how Dolly Parton’s songs–and success–have embodied feminism for working-class women”In this Time Top 100 Book of the Year, the National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Heartland “analyzes how Dolly Parton’s songs–and success–have embodied feminism for working-class women” (People).
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Growing up amid Kansas wheat fields and airplane factories, Sarah Smarsh witnessed firsthand the particular vulnerabilities–and strengths–of women in working poverty. Meanwhile, country songs by female artists played in the background, telling powerful stories about life, men, hard times, and surviving. In her family, she writes, “country music was foremost a language among women. It’s how we talked to each other in a place where feelings aren’t discussed.” And no one provided that language better than Dolly Parton.
In this “tribute to the woman who continues to demonstrate that feminism comes in coats of many colors,” Smarsh tells readers how Parton’s songs have validated women who go unheard: the poor woman, the pregnant teenager, the struggling mother disparaged as “trailer trash.” Parton’s broader career–from singing on the front porch of her family’s cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains to achieving stardom in Nashville and Hollywood, from “girl singer” managed by powerful men to self-made mogul of business and philanthropy–offers a springboard to examining the intersections of gender, class, and culture.
Infused with Smarsh’s trademark insight, intelligence, and humanity, this is “an ambitious book” (The New Republic) about the icon Dolly Parton and an “in-depth examination into gender and class and what it means to be a woman and a working-class hero that feels particularly important right now” (Refinery29). -
Luck or Something Like It
- By: Kenny Rogers
- Narrator: Taber Burns
- Length: 9 hours 8 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: October 02, 2012
- Language: English
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3.78(450 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDA living legend of Country Music and a worldwide music icon, superstar Kenny Rogers has enjoyed a fascinating five decades in show business, and he tells the full story of his remarkable life and career in Luck or Something Like It. From his daysA living legend of Country Music and a worldwide music icon, superstar Kenny Rogers has enjoyed a fascinating five decades in show business, and he tells the full story of his remarkable life and career in Luck or Something Like It. From his days with hit group The First Edition to his sterling solo work, the artist who “knows when to hold ’em and knows when to fold ’em” knows how to tell a captivating life story as well-bringing a golden era of Country Music to life as he recounts his remarkable rise to the top of the charts. An honest, moving, eye-opening view of a musician’s life on the road, Luck or Something Like It is the definitive music memoir-a backstage pass to fifty years of performing and recording presented by the one and only Kenny Rogers, one of the bestselling artists ever.
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The Grand Tour
- By: Rich Kienzle
- Narrator: John Pruden
- Length: 10 hours 51 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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3.68(194 ratings)
3.68(194 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDA bitingly funny, smart, and moving road novel about two hapless lost souls–an alcoholic Vietnam veteran turned bestselling author, and his awkward, shy college-student superfan–who form an unlikely connection on the world’s mostA bitingly funny, smart, and moving road novel about two hapless lost souls–an alcoholic Vietnam veteran turned bestselling author, and his awkward, shy college-student superfan–who form an unlikely connection on the world’s most disastrous book tour.
Richard Lazar is advancing in years but regressing in life. After a career as a literary novelist that has ground to a halt and landed him in a trailer in Phoenix, Richard is surprised to find sudden success publishing a gritty memoir about his service in Vietnam. Sent on a book tour by his publishing house, Richard encounters his biggest (and really only) fan: an awkward, despondent student named Vance with issues of his own–an absentee father, a depressive mother, his own acute shyness. Soon Vance has volunteered to chauffeur Richard for the rest of the book tour, and the two embark on a disastrous but often hilarious cross-country trip. When things go wrong, Richard and Vance forge an unlikely bond between two misanthropes whose mutual insecurities and disdain for the world force both to look at each other, and their lives, in a more meaningful way.
As they reach the end of the book tour, The Grand Tour ultimately becomes a moving tale of unlikely friendship that should catapult Adam O’Fallon Price into the company of such masters of all-American dyspepsia as Sam Lipsyte, David Gates, and Walter Kirn.
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The Grand Tour
- By: Rich Kienzle
- Narrator: John Pruden
- Length: 8 hours 16 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 29, 2016
- Language: English
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3.68(194 ratings)
3.68(194 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDIn the vein of the classic Johnny Cash: The Life, this groundbreaking work explores the wild life and extraordinary musical career of “the definitive country singer of the last half century” (New York Times), who influenced, amongIn the vein of the classic Johnny Cash: The Life, this groundbreaking work explores the wild life and extraordinary musical career of “the definitive country singer of the last half century” (New York Times), who influenced, among others, Bob Dylan, Buck Owens, Emmylou Harris, John Fogerty, George Strait, Alan Jackson, and Garth Brooks.
In a masterful biography laden with new revelations, veteran country music journalist/historian Rich Kienzle offers a definitive, full-bodied portrait of legendary country singer George Jones and the music that remains his legacy. Kienzle meticulously sifted through archival material, government records, recollections by colleagues and admirers, interviewing many involved in Jones’s life and career. The result: an evocative portrait of this enormously gifted, tragically tormented icon called “the Keith Richards of country.”
Kienzle chronicles Jones’s impoverished East Texas childhood as the youngest son of a deeply religious mother and alcoholic, often-abusive father. He examines his three troubled marriages including his union with superstar Tammy Wynette and looks unsparingly at Jones’s demons. Alcohol and later cocaine nearly killed him until fourth wife Nancy helped him learn to love himself. Kienzle also details Jones’s remarkable musical journey from singing in violent Texas honky tonks to Grand Ole Opry star, hitmaker and master vocalist whose raw, emotionally powerful delivery remains the Gold Standard for country singers.
The George Jones of this heartfelt biography lived hard before finding contentment until he died at eighty-one–a story filled with whiskey, women and drugs but always the saving grace of music.
Illustrated with eight pages of photos.
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Wreck of the Old 97
- By: Bill Brown
- Narrator: Bill Brown
- Length: 24 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.95 USDThis is another good first year piece for beginner banjo players. It has a good dose of the standard rolls but stays within the first four frets which makes it easy to learn. The lesson starts off with demonstration tracks at two different speedsThis is another good first year piece for beginner banjo players. It has a good dose of the standard rolls but stays within the first four frets which makes it easy to learn. The lesson starts off with demonstration tracks at two different speeds for you to listen to and practice along with. Next, you get the detailed “by ear” lesson that works you through the song without music or tab! Finally, there are backing tracks at two speeds for you to practice with and eventually perform with.
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Wild and Restless Foam
- By: Bill Brown
- Narrator: Bill Brown
- Length: 47 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.004.95 USDIn this lesson the student learns not only the banjo accompaniment to this Mickey Spain/Makem Brothers hit but a specially created banjo solo by Bill Brown. The song is demonstrated in its entirety and then taught completely “by ear”In this lesson the student learns not only the banjo accompaniment to this Mickey Spain/Makem Brothers hit but a specially created banjo solo by Bill Brown. The song is demonstrated in its entirety and then taught completely “by ear” using no music, tab, notation, or video. By learning the song in this “by ear” fashion the student will learn faster and will memorize as they go. Backing tracks are included to play along with.
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Whiskey Before Breakfast
- By: Bill Brown
- Narrator: Bill Brown
- Length: 17 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.95 USDYou will learn double C tuning in this lesson which allows you to play in the key of C with a nice, rich low-C on the fourth string. In this lesson you will have a full demonstration at two speeds of the arrangement with drums, bass, and guitarYou will learn double C tuning in this lesson which allows you to play in the key of C with a nice, rich low-C on the fourth string. In this lesson you will have a full demonstration at two speeds of the arrangement with drums, bass, and guitar accompaniment. Then, after you are taught the lesson in small phases, you are given the backing tracks without the banjo on it for you to use for your own live performance!
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When the Saints Go Marching In
- By: Bill Brown
- Narrator: Bill Brown
- Length: 17 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.95 USDThis first year New Orleans classic is a great choice for banjo players who have mastered the basics of banjo playing. The lesson starts with a full demonstration of the song at two different speeds followed by a step-by-step “by ear”This first year New Orleans classic is a great choice for banjo players who have mastered the basics of banjo playing. The lesson starts with a full demonstration of the song at two different speeds followed by a step-by-step “by ear” lesson in two- to four-measure sections. Finally, you are given the back-up tracks at two different speeds for you to practice and perform with.
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Wabash Cannonball
- By: Bill Brown
- Narrator: Bill Brown
- Length: 19 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.95 USDFrom Roy Acuff to Johnny Cash, and everyone in between, this song has become a standard “train song” in country and bluegrass. This first year piece is a good choice for those who have mastered the basics of banjo playing. The lessonFrom Roy Acuff to Johnny Cash, and everyone in between, this song has become a standard “train song” in country and bluegrass. This first year piece is a good choice for those who have mastered the basics of banjo playing. The lesson starts with a full demonstration of the song at two different speeds followed by a step-by-step “by ear” lesson in two- to four-measure sections. Finally, you are given the back-up tracks at two different speeds for you to practice and perform with.
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Train 45
- By: Bill Brown
- Narrator: Bill Brown
- Length: 1 hours 18 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.95 USDThis arrangement is loaded with not only a banjo solo of the song but sections where you play accompaniment. This gives you an opportunity to learn a useful rhythm pattern and a moveable chord shape to take you up and down the neck. It is a levelThis arrangement is loaded with not only a banjo solo of the song but sections where you play accompaniment. This gives you an opportunity to learn a useful rhythm pattern and a moveable chord shape to take you up and down the neck. It is a level two arrangement so it is suggested for second year banjo students. In this lesson you are given a full demonstration of the song at two different speeds followed by a detailed “by ear” lesson over every lick of the arrangement. At the end of the lesson there are backing tracks at two different speeds for you to practice and perform with.
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This Land is Your Land
- By: Bill Brown
- Narrator: Bill Brown
- Length: 19 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.95 USDIf you have just learned the basics of the banjo then you should definitely start working on this Woody Guthrie classic! In this lesson you are given a full demonstration of the song at two different speeds followed by a detailed “byIf you have just learned the basics of the banjo then you should definitely start working on this Woody Guthrie classic! In this lesson you are given a full demonstration of the song at two different speeds followed by a detailed “by ear” lesson over every lick of the arrangement. At the end of the lesson there are backing tracks at two different speeds for you to practice and perform with.
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The Star Spangled Banner
- By: Bill Brown
- Narrator: Bill Brown
- Length: 22 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.95 USDIn this Banjo By Ear lesson you will learn a banjo solo version of “The Star Spangled Banner” completely “by ear.” The lesson starts with a full demonstration of the solo followed by a detailed “by ear” lesson ofIn this Banjo By Ear lesson you will learn a banjo solo version of “The Star Spangled Banner” completely “by ear.” The lesson starts with a full demonstration of the solo followed by a detailed “by ear” lesson of every note and phase.
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The Spree of ’83
- By: Freddy Powers
- Narrator: Andi Arndt
- Length: 9 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2017
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.95 USDThe Los Angeles Times affectionately referred to Freddy Powers as the “Ol’ Blue Eyes of Country Music,” and wrote that if you were to “ask country superstars Willie Nelson, George Jones, or Merle Haggard (they’ll)The Los Angeles Times affectionately referred to Freddy Powers as the “Ol’ Blue Eyes of Country Music,” and wrote that if you were to “ask country superstars Willie Nelson, George Jones, or Merle Haggard (they’ll) … tell you that he’s one of country music’s best-kept secrets.”
The Texas Country Music Hall of Fame inductee has been to the top of the charts as both a producer for Willie Nelson’s Grammy-winning LP Over the Rainbow, and as a songwriter for many of country music legend Merle Haggard’s number one hits.
Now, for the first time, Freddy recounts the entertaining and emotional stories behind his decades-long roller coaster ride through the music business; his voyage to the top of the charts, and his inspiring battle against Parkinson’s disease. Helping Freddy tell his story are exclusive interviews from fellow country music legends Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, John Rich, Tanya Tucker, The Voice finalist and Powers’ protege Mary Sarah, along with a host of other Nashville luminaries.
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The Banks of the Ohio
- By: Bill Brown
- Narrator: Bill Brown
- Length: 20 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.95 USDThis is a level one arrangement of an old bluegrass standard. There are just enough hammer-ons and pull-offs to keep it interesting without making it too difficult. In this lesson you are given a full demonstration of the song at two differentThis is a level one arrangement of an old bluegrass standard. There are just enough hammer-ons and pull-offs to keep it interesting without making it too difficult. In this lesson you are given a full demonstration of the song at two different speeds followed by a detailed “by ear” lesson over every lick of the arrangement. At the end of the lesson there are backing tracks at two different speeds for you to practice and perform with.
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The Ballad of Jed Clampett
- By: Bill Brown
- Narrator: Bill Brown
- Length: 21 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.95 USDLearn the Beverly Hillbillies theme song exactly the way that Earl Scruggs performed it without using music or tab. The lesson breaks down every phase describing fingering, strings, and techniques completely “by ear.” A fullLearn the Beverly Hillbillies theme song exactly the way that Earl Scruggs performed it without using music or tab. The lesson breaks down every phase describing fingering, strings, and techniques completely “by ear.” A full demonstration and backing tracks are included with this lesson.
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Rhythms and Changes
- By: Bill Brown
- Narrator: Bill Brown
- Length: 1 hours 56 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.95 USDIn this methodical and fun lesson the student learns the most common rhythm patterns for the banjo and the tonal chords for the keys of C, G, D, A, E, and F. The student moves through several demonstration chord progressions adding to theirIn this methodical and fun lesson the student learns the most common rhythm patterns for the banjo and the tonal chords for the keys of C, G, D, A, E, and F. The student moves through several demonstration chord progressions adding to their knowledge and skill level as they progress. The course teaches, among other things, the one, four, and five chord; the six minor chord, the two chord, circle progressions, and the flatted seven chord. A basic understanding of the banjo is recommended before attempting this lesson.
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Redwing
- By: Bill Brown
- Narrator: Bill Brown
- Length: 26 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.95 USD“Redwing” is an old bluegrass standard and now you can learn to play it completely “by ear.” The song is demonstrated and then taught in two- to four-measure sections without music or tab. At the end of the lesson you are“Redwing” is an old bluegrass standard and now you can learn to play it completely “by ear.” The song is demonstrated and then taught in two- to four-measure sections without music or tab. At the end of the lesson you are given backing tracks with no banjo on them for you to practice and perform with.
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Red Rubber Ball Accompaniment
- By: Bill Brown
- Narrator: Bill Brown
- Length: 17 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.95 USDWhile there is officially no banjo on any well-know version of “Red Rubber Ball” the song actually lends itself quite nicely to a bluegrass groove. This lesson starts off with a full demonstration of the song with the banjo part and thenWhile there is officially no banjo on any well-know version of “Red Rubber Ball” the song actually lends itself quite nicely to a bluegrass groove. This lesson starts off with a full demonstration of the song with the banjo part and then proceeds with a “by ear” lesson of the entire banjo part. At the end of the lesson you are given backing tracks to practice with and perform what you have learned.
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Pike County Breakdown
- By: Bill Brown
- Narrator: Bill Brown
- Length: 1 hours 15 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.95 USDThis is a rather simple arrangement but gives you plenty of variations each time through the two sections. This makes it a great lesson for not only learning the song but in learning variations of a lot of standard banjo phasing includingThis is a rather simple arrangement but gives you plenty of variations each time through the two sections. This makes it a great lesson for not only learning the song but in learning variations of a lot of standard banjo phasing including accompaniment. A full demonstration at two speeds is included as well as backing tracks at two speeds.
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Old Joe Clark
- By: Bill Brown
- Narrator: Bill Brown
- Length: 1 hours 1 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.95 USDLearn to play “Old Joe Clark” without music or tab! In this lesson you will get a full demonstration of the song followed by a detailed measure-by-measure lesson of the song. Once the lesson is complete you get backing tracks to practiceLearn to play “Old Joe Clark” without music or tab! In this lesson you will get a full demonstration of the song followed by a detailed measure-by-measure lesson of the song. Once the lesson is complete you get backing tracks to practice and perform with.
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Old Dangerfield
- By: Bill Brown
- Narrator: Bill Brown
- Length: 42 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.003.95 USDThis intermediate level arrangement takes you all the way up to the seventeenth fret with nice passage stops on frets seven through ten. The lesson starts with full demonstrations at two different speeds for you to listen and play along with. ThenThis intermediate level arrangement takes you all the way up to the seventeenth fret with nice passage stops on frets seven through ten. The lesson starts with full demonstrations at two different speeds for you to listen and play along with. Then you have the detailed “by ear” lesson where you learn the song in two- to four-measure phases using no music or tab. Finally you will have backing tracks at two different speeds to practice with and to eventually perform with.
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Oh, Susanna!
- By: Bill Brown
- Narrator: Bill Brown
- Length: 20 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.95 USDThis first year piece is great for those who have mastered some of the basics of the banjo. This lesson starts with a full demonstration of the song at two different speeds followed by a step-by-step “by ear” lesson in two- toThis first year piece is great for those who have mastered some of the basics of the banjo. This lesson starts with a full demonstration of the song at two different speeds followed by a step-by-step “by ear” lesson in two- to four-measure sections. Finally, you are given the back-up tracks at two different speeds for you to practice and perform with.
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Mrs. Robinson Accompaniment
- By: Bill Brown
- Narrator: Bill Brown
- Length: 22 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.95 USDIf you have always wanted to know how to play the chords to “Mrs. Robinson” on the banjo then this is the lesson for you! The lesson starts off with a full demonstration of the song with backing tracks followed by our now famousIf you have always wanted to know how to play the chords to “Mrs. Robinson” on the banjo then this is the lesson for you! The lesson starts off with a full demonstration of the song with backing tracks followed by our now famous “by ear” lesson teaching you every lick and phrase using no print, tab, or video. When you learn the song “by ear” you memorize it as you go so you can have the whole song ready to perform in under an hour if you are the average late-beginner student. The lesson ends with a version of the backing tracks with no banjo for you to use for your own performance of the song.
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