How Long to Read Earl Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown

How Long Does it Take to Read Earl Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 52 minutes to read Earl Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown by Thomas Goldsmith

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Recorded in 1949, "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" changed the face of American music. Earl Scruggs's instrumental essentially transformed the folk culture that came before it while helping to energize bluegrass's entry into the mainstream in the 1960s. The song has become a gateway to bluegrass for musicians and fans alike as well as a happily inescapable track in film and television. Thomas Goldsmith explores the origins and influence of "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" against the backdrop of Scruggs's legendary career. Interviews with Scruggs, his wife Louise, disciple Bela Fleck, and sidemen like Curly Seckler, Mac Wiseman, and Jerry Douglas shed light on topics like Scruggs's musical evolution and his working relationship with Bill Monroe. As Goldsmith shows, the captivating sound of "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" helped bring back the banjo from obscurity and distinguished the low-key Scruggs as a principal figure in American acoustic music.Passionate and long overdue, Earl Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown takes readers on an ear-opening journey into two minutes and forty-three seconds of heaven.

How long is Earl Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown?

Earl Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown by Thomas Goldsmith is 286 pages long, and a total of 73,216 words.

This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 89% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Earl Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 40 minutes to read Earl Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown aloud.

What Reading Level is Earl Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown?

Earl Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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