LINKS
Buell's other book, The Sacred Harp: A Tradition and Its Music
www.amazon.com/The-Sacred-Harp-Tradition-Thrasher/dp/0820323713 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-sacred-harp-cobb/1114292544 |
Like Cords Around My Heart
A Sacred Harp Memoir Paperback, 416 pages Retail price, $24.95 Order here from Outskirts Press: Buy 1- 9 copies: $22.46 each, save 10% Buy 10 or more: $18.71 each, save 25% Also available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc. Amazon Kindle edition available at $9.99 B&N Nook edition available at $9.99 |
ABOUT THE BOOK
In the mid-1960s, Buell Cobb discovered and then immersed himself in one of America’s oldest and warmest community activities, the “driving, high-decibel, soul-in-the-throat” a cappella singing phenomenon known as Sacred Harp. Like Cords Around My Heart is a sharply observed account of many high points along the wandering personal journey that followed. If Sacred Harp once seemed a dying tradition in the Deep South, it now is experiencing a growth spurt across the entire U.S. and many other parts of the globe. This entertaining memoir, by a writer with a distinctive narrative voice, includes affectionate portraits of some of the key figures from the last half-century in this vibrant, now resurgent tradition.
Buell Cobb is the author of The Sacred Harp: A Tradition and Its Music. A resident of Birmingham, Alabama, he has conducted Sacred Harp workshops across the U.S. |