6/28/2023 0 Comments The Bristol Sessions by Ted Olson![]() ![]() In March 2021, his Rural Rhythm: The Story of Old-Time Country Music in 78 Records was published by Oxford University Press. Ted Olson gave an excellent lecture on on African American Musical Traditions in WNC. Tony has been three times nominated for a Grammy for his authorship (with Ted Olson) of the books accompanying the Bear Family boxed sets The Bristol Sessions 1927–1928: The Big Bang of Country Music (2011), The Johnson City Sessions 1928–1929: Can You Sing Or Play Old-Time Music? (2013) and The Knoxville Sessions 1929–1930: Knox County Stomp (2016). ![]() ![]() ![]() His books include The Blues: from Robert Johnson to Robert Cray, The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings (with Chris Smith & others), Country Music Originals: The Legends and the Lost and 1970's seminal Blacks, Whites and Blues. In the National Recording Registry, Ted Olson describes hillbilly music as a. He has also acted as a consultant on TV documentaries such as American Epic, Folk America and Blues America. Learn more about the Bristol Sessions and how Bristol, Tennessee became. A music historian and critic, Tony Russell (pictured in 1975 with old-time country fiddler Hoyt Ming in his Mississippi sweet-potato patch) has written about blues, country, jazz and other American musics for MOJO, The Guardian and many specialist magazines. ![]()
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