A Banjo Pickin’ Girl: The Life and Music of Ola Belle Campbell Reed

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Biography and tunebook devoted to the one and only Ola Belle Reed, written by her last student! Reed was a formidable banjo player in a unique, old-timey style, wrote many songs including “High on a Mountain,” “Only the Leading Role Will Do,” “I’ve Endured” and many more, and was very much her own person. Authoritative biography with lots of notes and unpublished photos, plus 22 of her own songs, with lyrics, chords, melody in standard notation and accompaniment in banjo tab! Comb-bound; 159 pp.