Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens (Music in American Life)
by Hazel Dickens, Bill C Malone
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Author: Bill C Malone, Hazel DickensEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-04-02
ISBN: 0252075498
Number of pages: 144
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
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Book Review: A great book telling the story of a bluegrass icon
Summary: 5 Stars
After attending a bluegrass festival, I realized that although I knew nothing about Hazel Dickens, other performers at the festival had great respect for her. After reading this book, I knew why. She started life very poor, shy, and very self-conscious about her lack of formal education. She did, however, live in a family that valued country and hill music. Through hard work, a little luck and taking advantage of any help offered, she became a musician in the Appalachian hill style, singing songs she wrote about current injustices as well as old standards. She gained the courage to speak out for oppressed coal miners, the homeless, child laborers, women in abusive relationships, and other downtrodden people. As one of the first women in the previously male-dominated field of bluegrass, she became a feminist before she knew what the word meant. She has worked hard and lived frugally by choice. This book is especially valuable because it contains lyrics to all the songs Hazel has written along with notes about why she wrote them.
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