Custom Made Woman: A Life in Traditional Music by Gerrard, Alice

Custom Made Woman: A Life in Traditional Music

Alice Gerrard, an award-winning and storied folk and bluegrass musician for over 50 years, is one of...
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Custom Made Woman: A Life in Traditional Music by Gerrard, Alice

Custom Made Woman: A Life in Traditional Music

$30.00

Custom Made Woman: A Life in Traditional Music

$30.00
Author: Alice Gerrard
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Alice Gerrard, an award-winning and storied folk and bluegrass musician for over 50 years, is one of the notable few women in a heavily male genre. Custom Made Woman tells Gerrard's story through the music, the folk festivals, the kids, and the relationships--both personal and professional--that defined her storied life and career. Her collaborations with Appalachian singer Hazel Dickens during the 1960s and 1970s were pivotal recordings during the decades after the American folk music boom of the midcentury; the duo produced four albums that have recently been rereleased by Rounder Records and Smithsonian Folkways. In addition to Dickens, Gerrard has worked with folks like Tommy Jarrell, Enoch Rutherford, Otis Burris, Luther Davis, and Matokie Slaughter, and founded The Old-Time Herald, based in Durham, North Carolina, serving as its editor-in-chief from 1987 until 2003.

She's also a lifelong documentarian of the folkways scene, and this book features nearly 100 rare photos--many never before seen--of key musicians, including Doc Watson, Bill Monroe, Hazel Dickens, Elizabeth Cotten, Mike Seeger, and more. In telling the story of her time as a player of traditional music, Gerrard gives us a deeply personal way to understand and appreciate a quintessentially American genre that has a long history and thrives to this day.



Author: Alice Gerrard
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 12/02/2025
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 10.11h x 7.26w x 0.79d
ISBN: 9781469690360


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 11/01/2025 pg. 72

About the Author
Alice Gerrard is a Grammy-nominated old-time and bluegrass musician whose career has spanned nearly six decades.

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