West Virginia and Regional History Center
Travis Stimeling, Music Professor, West Virginia Song Writer Oral Histories
Stimeling, Travis D.
A&M 4470
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2014-2016
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: West Virginia & Regional History Center
English
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Biographical / Historical Note
Travis D. Stimeling (1980-2023) was an associate professor of musicology at West Virginia University, and directed the WVU Bluegrass and Old-Time Bands. A scholar of commercial country and Appalachian traditional music, he is the author or editor of several books, including Songwriting in Contemporary West Virginia: Profiles and Reflections (West Virginia University Press, 2018), Fifty Cents and a Box Top: The Creative Life of Nashville Session Musician Charlie McCoy (West Virginia University Press, 2017), The Oxford Handbook of Country Music (Oxford University Press, 2017), The Country Music Reader (Oxford University Press, 2015), Cosmic Cowboys and New Hicks: The Countercultural Sounds of Austin's Progressive Country Music Scene (Oxford University Press, 2011), and The Opioid Epidemic and US Culture: Expression, Art, and Politics in an Age of Addiction (2020).
Prior to joining the faculty of WVU, he served on the faculty of Millikin University.
Adapted from the WVU Music faculty Website in 2019.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Travis Stimeling, Music Professor, West Virginia Song Writer Oral Histories, A&M 4470, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with West Virginia song writers, including sound recordings of the interviews and the corresponding transcripts. Travis Stimeling was the interviewer. This material was the basis for Stimeling's book "Songwriting in Contemporary West Virginia" published by the West Virginia University Press in 2018. The interviewees are songwriters who have lived and/or worked in West Virginia for a significant portion of their lives, and who have local, regional, national, and international audiences.
Song writers interviewed in this collection include:
Julie Adams,
Andrew Adkins,
Maria Allison,
Colleen Anderson,
Mike Arcuri,
Adam Booth,
Roger Bryant,
Todd Burge,
Shirley Stewart Burns,
Lionel Cartwright,
Clinton Collins,
Dan Cunningham,
Larry Groce,
Chris Haddox,
Doug and Shelley Harper,
Scott Holstein,
Dina Hornbaker,
John Lilly,
Chelsea McBee,
Elaine Purkey,
Michael Pushkin,
Roger Rabalais,
Jim Savarino,
Steve Smith,
Ron Sowell,
Mark Spangler,
Pam Spring-Connie Price,
Patrick Stanley, and
Taryn Thomas.
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Country music -- West Virginia
Lyricists -- West Virginia
Burge, Todd
Cartwright, Lionel, 1960-
Groce, Larry, 1948-
Purkey, Elaine
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