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The Devil's Dream

In this multigenerational tale, the 1833 marriage of preacher Moses Bailey to fiery Kate Malone in Grassy Springs, Virginia sets up a paradox: he forbids her fiddle-playing as the Devil's laughter, and she cannot resist playing old tunes and mountain hymns to their children. What follows over the next 150 years are generations of Bailey kin who experience the same contrast in music, from the early recordings of the "hillbilly music" to the latter-day Nashville sound. Each generation experiences the pull between the divine and the earthy differently -- R.C., Durwood, Blackjack Johnny, Katie -- from finding superstardom away from Grassy Branch only to be torn apart in the larger world, to shooting one's husband for cheating, to the radical experiment of recording music in the old-time tradition.

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  • "In this multigenerational tale, the 1833 marriage of preacher Moses Bailey to fiery Kate Malone in Grassy Springs, Virginia sets up a paradox: he forbids her fiddle-playing as the Devil's laughter, and she cannot resist playing old tunes and mountain hymns to their children. What follows over the next 150 years are generations of Bailey kin who experience the same contrast in music, from the early recordings of the "hillbilly music" to the latter-day Nashville sound. Each generation experiences the pull between the divine and the earthy differently -- R.C., Durwood, Blackjack Johnny, Katie -- from finding superstardom away from Grassy Branch only to be torn apart in the larger world, to shooting one's husband for cheating, to the radical experiment of recording music in the old-time tradition."@en
  • "Moses Bailey forbade his wife to play the fiddle, judging it to be the voice of the Devil."@en
  • "Moses Bailey forbade his wife to play the fiddle, judging it to be the voice of the Devil."
  • "Now back in print from the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Girls. It was in 1833 or '34 that Moses Bailey brought young Kate Malone down to Cold Spring Holler to be his wife. But Moses, wanting to become a preacher like his daddy was, left Kate time and again to look after the kids while he went out in search of a sign from God. Though he warned them about the evils of playing the fiddle, a kind of music he likened to the devil's own laughter, it passed the time for his bride and children, and soon became not just a way of life for the Baileys, but a curse that would last for generations."@en
  • "Though Moses Bailey warned his wife Kate and their children about the evils of playing the fiddle, a kind of music he likened to the devil's own laughter, it soon became not just a way of life for the Baileys, but a curse that would last for generations."@en
  • "Histoire romancée du développement de la country music, forme musicale populaire des Appalaches qui trouve ses fondements dans les pratiques religieuses du milieu baptiste fondamentaliste. Des musiciens évoquent une anecdote autour de cette musique interdite au temple et considérée comme directement inspirée par le diable."

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  • "Drama"@en
  • "Proofs (Printing)"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Christian fiction"@en
  • "Christian fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en

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  • "The Devil's dream"
  • "Le rêve du diable"
  • "The Devil's Dream"@en
  • "The devil's dream : [a novel]"
  • "The devil's dream"
  • "The devil's dream"@en
  • "Djævelens drøm"@da
  • "The Devil's dream a novel"

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