ArtistInfo

Jeff Titon

s-g, acg, eg, GB
Spoken Word, Folk, World and Blues
A.k.a. Jeff Todd Titon

B.A. from Amherst College, and master's in English and Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Minnesota, where he studied ethnomusicology with Alan Kagan, writing his dissertation on blues music. Has done fieldwork on religious folk music, blues and old-time fiddling, with grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities. For two years he was the guitarist in the Lazy Bill Lucas Blues Band, then in the 1980s, he took up the fiddle and banjo, and most of his music-making today involves old-time string band music from the upper South. He also repairs and restores violins. He is the author or editor of seven books, including those on old time fiddle tunes and music traditions. From 1990 to 1995 he was editor of Ethnomusicology, the Journal of the Society for Ethnomusicology. He is a Fellow of the American Folklore Society. His teaching began at Tufts University, where he was assistant professor of English, then associate professor of English and music. He has been a visiting professor at Carleton College, Amherst College, Berea College, the University of Maine and Indiana University. From 1986-2013, he was professor of music (ethnomusicology) at Brown University, retiring from classroom teaching in 2013 while continuing research, lecturing and publications.

Instruments

• Slide guitar
• Acoustic guitar
• Electric guitar

Genres

• Spoken Word
• Folk
• World
• Blues

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