{"product_id":"it-can-be-this-way-always-images-from-the-kerrville-folk-festival-hardback-9781477323441","title":"It Can Be This Way Always; Images from the Kerrville Folk Festival (Hardback) 9781477323441","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIt Can Be This Way Always\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eImages from the Kerrville Folk Festival\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Johnson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477323441, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 March 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e128 pages, 84 b\u0026amp;w photos\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 20.3 x 1.8 cm, 0.626 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eA striking collection of black-and-white film images capturing the spirit of the festival—guitars, sandals, tents, caliche dust, and all...In the absence of the chance to gather at Quiet Valley Ranch at least until the fall, Johnson's tribute in \u003ci\u003eIt Can Be This Way Always\u003c\/i\u003e serves as both a satisfying fix for old-timers and an intriguing intro for newcomers.\u003c\/div\u003e (Texas Highways) \u003cdiv\u003eJohnson pays joyful homage to the 49-year-old festival…The festival…comes to life in the pages of [\u003ci\u003eIt Can Be This Way Always\u003c\/i\u003e]...Johnson’s black and white photography centers attendees and volunteers instead of the musicians, capturing the spur-of-the-moment campfires, hazy summer fashion, and communal living that define Kerrville.\u003c\/div\u003e (Texas Monthly) \u003cdiv\u003eJohnson’s black-and-white photos take in the entire scene, a mélange of campground, be-in, jamboree, dance floor, and jam session...Recommended for its depictions of a vibrant counterculture gathering and visual evocation of the power of music.\u003c\/div\u003e (Library Journal) \u003cdiv\u003eAs David Johnson’s photographs make clear, that ounce of difference continues to hold sway at Quiet Valley Ranch: it can be this way always.\u003c\/div\u003e (Journal of American Folklore)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fifty years, music fans, hippies, artists, and songwriters have converged each spring on Quiet Valley Ranch in the Texas Hill Country. They are drawn by the thousands to the annual Kerrville Folk Festival, a weeks-long gathering of musical greats and ordinary people living in an intentional community marked by radical acceptance and the love of song.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the festival, David Johnson is known as Photo Dave, the guy who lugs around a large-format camera and captures the moments that make Kerrville special. \u003ci\u003eIt Can Be This Way Always\u003c\/i\u003e collects eighty images from the past decade. Portraits of attendees and volunteers accompany scenes of stage performances, campfire jam sessions, and vans repurposed into coffee stands. In these images we see the temporary, makeshift world that festivalgoers create, a place where eccentricities are the norm and music is the foundation of friendship and unity. “It can be this way always” is a popular saying at Kerrville: simultaneously optimistic and wistful like a good folk song-or a photograph from your best life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eForeword (Mary Muse)\u003cbr\u003e Preface (David Johnson)\u003cbr\u003e Plates\u003cbr\u003e Roots of the Ballad Tree: Visions of Kerrville in Historical Context (Jason Mellard)\u003cbr\u003e List of Plates\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52590967324952,"sku":"9781477323441","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/it-can-be-this-way-always-images-from-the-kerrville-folk-festival-hardback-9781477323441","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}