George Mitchell (music historian)

George Mitchell (music historian)

George Mitchell is an American music historian, writer, record producer, and photographer.

Born in Coral Gables, Florida in 1944 and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, from the 1960s until the 1980s he has recorded blues musicians such as Fred McDowell and Johnny Woods, George Henry Bussey and Jim Bunkley, Charlie Burse and Will Shade, Gus Cannon, Mississippi Joe Callicott, Furry Lewis, Houston Stackhouse, R. L. Burnside and Sleepy John Estes, later to be issued on Arhoolie (late 1960s), Revival (1971) and Rounder Records (from c. 1975) as 33 rpm albums, on Arhoolie (2000) and Fat Possum Records (2003 ff.) as CDs.

External links

* [http://www.libs.uga.edu/media/collections/georgiafolklore/georgemitchell.html George Mitchell biography]
* [http://www.wirz.de/music/revival.htm Revival Records discography]
* [http://www.rounder.com/ Rounder Records official site]
* [http://www.arhoolie.com/ Arhoolie Records official site]
* [http://www.wirz.de/music/arhoolie.htm Arhoolie Records discography]
* [http://www.fatpossum.com/ Fat Possum Records official site]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • George Mitchell — may refer to: George J. Mitchell (born 1933), former Senator from Maine, special envoy to the Middle East for the Obama administration, former Senate majority leader and former chairman of Disney George Mitchell (actor) (1905–1972), American film …   Wikipedia

  • Music video — A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes.[1] Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings.… …   Wikipedia

  • George McGovern — George S. McGovern United States Senator from South Dakota In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1981 Preceded by …   Wikipedia

  • Mitchell and Kenyon — The Mitchell Kenyon film company was a pioneer of early commercial movies based in Blackburn in Lancashire, England at the start of the 20th century. They were originally best known for minor contributions to early fictional narrative film and… …   Wikipedia

  • Music of Australia — Arts in Australia Culture of Australia Architecture Art Cinema Comic books Cuisine Dance …   Wikipedia

  • George W. Hewlett High School — Infobox School name = George W. Hewlett High School image size = motto = established = 1955 grades = 9 12 district = Hewlett Woodmere School District type = Public high school principal = Mr. Thomas Russo enrollment = 1,161 (as of 2005 06)… …   Wikipedia

  • American popular music — had a profound effect on music across the world. The country has seen the rise of popular styles that have had a significant influence on global culture, including ragtime, blues, jazz, rock, R B, doo wop, gospel, soul, funk, heavy metal, punk,… …   Wikipedia

  • 1927 in music — Events* January 8 Alban Berg s Lyric Suite is premiered in Vienna. * July 1 Béla Bartók s Piano Concerto No. 1 is premiered in Frankfurt, with the composer at the piano and Wilhelm Furtwängler conducting. * December 5 Leoš Janáček s Glagolitic… …   Wikipedia

  • Sir George Monoux College — Sir George Monoux Sixth Form College Established 1527 Type Sixth Form College Principal Paolo Ramella Location …   Wikipedia

  • 1948 in music — Events*Aldeburgh Festival is founded by Benjamin Britten, Eric Crozier and Peter Pears. *Al Jolson is voted the Most Popular Male Vocalist in 1948 by a Variety poll *Patti Page becomes the first artist to use the technique of multi track… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”