Bill C. Malone (born August 25, 1934) is an American historian specializing in country music and other forms of traditional American music. He is the author of the 1968 book Country Music, U.S.A., the first definitive academic history of country music.^[1] Malone is Professor Emeritus of History at Tulane University and now resides in Madison, Wisconsin.^[2]

Malone was born on a cotton-growing tenant farm 20 miles west of Tyler, Texas in 1934 and grew up with music as "a constant companion".^[3] After studying at community college, he enrolled in the University of Texas in 1956 and became a well-known singer in the Austin area, due in part to his encyclopedic repertoire of "hillbilly" songs he learned growing up.^[3] He performed at Threadgill's beer joint in Austin and completed his Master's degree^[3]. He was pleased when his faculty advisor suggested he write his doctoral dissertation on something he loved: "hillbilly", i.e., country, music.^[3] His 1965 dissertation was published in 1968 as Country Music, U.S.A.^[3]

Malone was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1984 to assist his research in U.S. history.^[4] In 2008, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for American Music.^[5]

Malone hosts a weekly radio show, "Back to the Country", on WORT–FM community radio in Madison, and performs country music with his wife, Bobbie Malone, playing mandolin and guitar.^[6]

Selected publications[link]

• An early history of Austin, Texas, 1839-1861 (1958) University of Texas, pp.272, googlebooks
• Country Music, U.S.A. (1968; revised edition 1984; 2nd revised, annotated edition 2002) University of Texas Press, pp.628, ISBN 0-292-75262-8
• Southern Music/American Music (co-author with David Stricklin) (1979; 2nd, illustrated, revised edition 2003) University Press of Kentucky, pp.236, ISBN 0-8131-9055-X
• Singing Cowboys and Musical Mountaineers: Southern Culture and the Roots of Country Music (1993) University of Georgia Press, pp.168, ISBN 0-8203-2551-1
• Don't Get Above Your Raisin': Country Music and the Southern Working Class (2002) University of Illinois Press, pp.392, ISBN 0-252-02678-0
• Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens (co-author with Hazel Dickens) (2008) University of Illinois Press, pp.102, ISBN 0-252-07549-8
• Music from the True Vine: Mike Seeger's Life and Musical Journey (2011) UNC Press Books, pp.240, ISBN 0-8078-3510-2

References[link]

External links[link]

• "Country Music Scholar", October 2005 video interview with Malone in Southern Spaces, published by Emory University Libraries, January 20, 2006. Accessed 2011-09-18.

Ed Marlo (born Edward Malkowski in Chicago, Illinois, October 10, 1913 - November 7, 1991) was a magician who specialized in card magic. He referred to himself and others of his specialty as "cardicians".^[1]

One of the most notable names in card magic. Marlo himself coined the term cardician,^[2] a term which has since been used for magicians who only perform card magic. His first publication in 1938, Pasteboard Presto, was an unheralded thunderbolt which merely hinted at the bulk of work which was to follow.

The many sleights he created have changed the face of card magic. One notable example is his Snap change, used in David Blaine´s Street Magic Special.

Marlo wrote over sixty books and manuscripts, and contributed over 2000 tricks in the field of card magic. He did not limit himself to cards as he also authored works on coin magic and dice magic. His most famous works are "The Cardician" and "Revolutionary Card Technique", the latter of which was originally published as a series but later compiled into one weighty tome.

He also wrote a series of private manuscripts that were circulated only among the top card magicians of the era. Titles included "Riffle Shuffle Systems", "Patented False Shuffle", "Faro Controlled Miracles" and others. They are extremely rare and highly sought after.

Edward Marlo also authored a number of "magazines," titled "Marlo Magazines." These items are more like books as each one is more than a couple hundred pages. They are extremely rare and just as costly, when they come up for sale.

Edward Marlo rarely gave lectures and only performed/lectures outside of Chicago a few times.

Professionally Edward Marlo was a machinist. Ed made modifications and configurations to the machines in the shop so that they could produce eight hours of work in less than one eighth of the day. Ed kept this information to himself, his boss would believe that progress at the end of each work day was that of eight hours, when in reality it only took one hour, and the other seven hours of every day, Ed Marlo was getting paid to play with his cards.

His favourite card was the seven of diamonds. His wife would always make sure a certain amount of seven of diamonds were in his jacket.

See also[link]

• List of magicians

Marlos work can also be found in 'expert card mysterys' by Alton Sharpe

References[link]

External links[link]

• Chicago round table (with Ed Marlo footage)
• Biography
• Bibliography
• Andi Gladwin's article on studying Edward Marlo