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Mark Twain: Words & Music

Index Mark Twain: Words & Music

Mark Twain: Words & Music is a double-CD produced by Grammy Award-winner Carl Jackson, a Bluegrass and Country music artist, as a benefit for the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum, a non-profit foundation in Hannibal, Missouri. [1]

43 relations: Adam Steffey, AllMusic, Americana (music), Bluegrass music, Brad Paisley, Bradley Walker, Carl Jackson, Clint Eastwood, Country music, Doyle Lawson, Emmylou Harris, Garrison Keillor, Grammy Award, Gregg Andrews, Hannibal, Missouri, Huckleberry Finn, Jerry Salley, Jimmy Buffett, Joe Diffie, Joey + Rory, Johnny Rawls, Los Angeles Times, Mailboat Records, Mark Twain, Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum, Marty Raybon, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Mike Johnson (guitarist), Mississippi River, Nashville, Tennessee, Rhonda Vincent, Ricky Skaggs, Rob Ickes, Sheryl Crow, Sonya Isaacs, Stephen Foster, Susy Clemens, The Marcy Brothers, Tish Hinojosa, Tony Creasman, Tony Wood (musician), United States, Vince Gill.

Adam Steffey

Adam Steffey (born November 24, 1965) is an American mandolin player, best known for playing in the bluegrass and old-time styles.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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Americana (music)

Americana is an amalgam of American music formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the musical ethos of the United States, specifically those sounds that are merged from folk, country, blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, gospel, and other external influences.

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Bluegrass music

Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music named after Kentucky mandolin player and songwriter Bill Monroe's band, the Bluegrass Boys 1939-96, and furthered by musicians who played with him, including 5-string banjo player Earl Scruggs and guitarist Lester Flatt, or who simply admired the high-energy instrumental and vocal music Monroe's group created, and carried it on into new bands, some of which created subgenres (Progressive Bluegrass, Newgrass, Dawg Music etc.). Bluegrass is influenced by the music of Appalachia and other styles, including gospel and jazz.

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Brad Paisley

Brad Douglas Paisley (born October 28, 1972) is an American country music singer-songwriter.

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Bradley Walker

Bradley Walker (October 14, 1877 – February 3, 1951) was a Nashville attorney who, in his youth, was found to be naturally proficient at virtually any sport he tried, including football, baseball, track, boxing, tennis and golf— in all these sports he either set records or won championships or awards.

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Carl Jackson

Carl Eugene Jackson (born September 18, 1953) is an American country and bluegrass musician.

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Clint Eastwood

Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor, filmmaker, musician, and political figure.

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Country music

Country music, also known as country and western or simply country, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s.

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Doyle Lawson

Doyle Lawson (born April 20, 1944) is an American traditional bluegrass and Southern gospel musician.

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Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter and musician.

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Garrison Keillor

Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor (born August 7, 1942) is an American author, storyteller, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality.

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Grammy Award

A Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the music industry.

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Gregg Andrews

Gregg Andrews (born 1950) is a professor of history and labor historian at Texas State University.

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Hannibal, Missouri

Hannibal is a city in Marion and Ralls counties in the U.S. state of Missouri.

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Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry "Huck" Finn is a fictional character created by Mark Twain who first appeared in the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and is the protagonist and narrator of its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

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Jerry Salley

Jerry Salley is an American country and bluegrass singer-songwriter.

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Jimmy Buffett

James William Buffett (born December 25, 1946) is an American musician, songwriter, author, actor, and businessman.

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Joe Diffie

Joe Logan Diffie (born December 28, 1958) is an American country music singer.

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Joey + Rory

Joey + Rory was an American country and bluegrass duo composed of singer-songwriters Rory Lee Feek (born April 25, 1965) and Joey Feek (September 9, 1975 – March 4, 2016), who were husband and wife.

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Johnny Rawls

Johnny Rawls (born September 10, 1951) is an American soul blues singer, guitarist, arranger, songwriter and record producer.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper which has been published in Los Angeles, California since 1881.

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Mailboat Records

Mailboat Records is an independent record label established in 1999 by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett after his vanity label Margaritaville Records was absorbed by Island Records when they were sold to Universal Music Group, owner of Buffett's previous label MCA Records.

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Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.

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Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum

The Mark Twain Boyhood Home, now known as the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum, is located on 206-208 Hill Street, Hannibal, Missouri, on the west bank of the Mississippi River in the United States.

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Marty Raybon

Marty Raybon (born December 8, 1959) is an American country music artist.

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Mary Chapin Carpenter

Mary Chapin Carpenter (born February 21, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter.

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Mike Johnson (guitarist)

Mike Johnson (born 1952) is an American experimental rock guitarist and composer, best known as the co-founder and member of the Denver-based avant-rock group Thinking Plague.

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Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.

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Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County.

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Rhonda Vincent

Rhonda Lea Vincent (born July 13, 1962) is an American bluegrass singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.

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Ricky Skaggs

Rickie Lee Skaggs (born July 18, 1954), known professionally as Ricky Skaggs, is an American country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer.

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Rob Ickes

Rob Ickes is a dobro (resonator guitar) player.

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Sheryl Crow

Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actress.

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Sonya Isaacs

Sonya Melissa Isaacs (born July 22, 1974) is an American country and Christian music singer.

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Stephen Foster

Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826January 13, 1864), known as "the father of American music", was an American songwriter known primarily for his parlor and minstrel music.

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Susy Clemens

Olivia Susan "Susy" Clemens (March 19, 1872 – August 18, 1896), was the second child and oldest daughter of Samuel Clemens, who wrote under the pen name Mark Twain, and his wife Olivia Langdon Clemens.

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The Marcy Brothers

The Marcy Brothers were an American country music trio formed in Oroville, California in 1988 and disbanded in 1991.

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Tish Hinojosa

Leticia ("Tish") Hinojosa (born December 6, 1955, San Antonio, Texas) is a folksinger recording in both Spanish and English.

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Tony Creasman

Tony Creasman is a professional session drummer and percussionist.

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Tony Wood (musician)

Tony Wood is an American songwriter working primarily in the Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) genre. He has received five Gospel Music Association Dove Awards for songwriting.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Vince Gill

Vincent Grant Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American country singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain:_Words_%26_Music

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