Not mentioned yet -- "Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? The Carter family and their legacy in American music", by Mark Zwonitzer with Charles Hirshberg, covered a lot of interesting ground: not only their own story, but the people they affected, like Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, etc.

Additional seconds on the Woody Guthrie biographies, both Klein and Cray, 'How Can I Keep from Singing' (Dunaway on Pete Seeger - I need to re-read since the 2008 update), and the John Lomax biography.

I also need to read about Alan Lomax and I want to get Shirley Collins's 'Across the Water'.

~ Becky in Long Beach