{"product_id":"custom-made-woman-a-life-in-traditional-music-alice-gerrard-hardcover","title":"Custom Made Woman: A Life in Traditional Music -- Alice Gerrard, Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlice 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. \u003ci\u003eCustom Made Woman\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Old-Time Herald\u003c\/i\u003e, based in Durham, North Carolina, serving as its editor-in-chief from 1987 until 2003.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alice Gerrard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.11h x 7.26w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469690360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2025 pg. 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlice Gerrard is a Grammy-nominated old-time and bluegrass musician whose career has spanned nearly six decades.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alice Gerrard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50531544269028,"sku":"9781469690360","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781469690360.jpg?v=1790237280","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/custom-made-woman-a-life-in-traditional-music-alice-gerrard-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}