Bluegrass

by Rosenberg, Neil V.

• ISBN13: 9780252063046
• ISBN10: 025206304X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-09-01
• Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr

Summary

A history of bluegrass. Winner of the Country Music People Critics' Choice Award for Favorite Country Book of the Year and of the International Bluegrass Music Association Certificate of Merit.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. 3
Hillbilly Music and the Monroe Brothers	p. 18
No One Was Calling It Bluegrass: Bill Monroe, 1938-45	p. 40
From Sound to Genre: 1946-49	p. 68
Naming the Genre: 1950-57	p. 95
Bluegrass Breaks Away: 1957-60	p. 132
In and Out with the Folk Revival: 1961-65	p. 166
The First Festival and Bluegrass Consumers: 1965-66	p. 203
The Old-Time Element: Religion and Fiddle Music	p. 231
Image and Stereotype: Bluegrass Sound Tracks, 1961-72	p. 250
Festivals Get Big: 1966-73	p. 272
But Is It Bluegrass? The Bands, 1967-74	p. 305
Books, Records, Believers: Bluegrass Today	p. 340
Bibliography	p. 377
Discography	p. 406
Aural History	p. 421
Interviews	p. 423
Index	p. 425
Song Title Index	p. 445
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