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Blue Grass Boy

Barb Rosenstock
Blue Grass Boy Book PDF

Author : Barb Rosenstock
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781635924473

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Blue Grass Boy by Barb Rosenstock Pdf

Learn about the creation of the unique American music called bluegrass through the story of Bill Monroe. Bill Monroe loved many things: playing music, his big family, and his home in the bluegrass state of Kentucky. Even though his eyes were crossed and didn't work right, Bill's ears worked hard, picking out all sorts of sounds around his treasured home: rushing streams, wailing winds, and sundown jamborees with his family. Through heartache and hard times, Bill held on to these sounds that reminded him of home. Award-winning author Barb Rosenstock and illustrator Edwin Fotheringham beautifully capture the ups and downs of Bill Monroe's musical journey, and how his deep Kentucky roots helped him create a unique form of American music--bluegrass. Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash and Jerry Garcia all credit Bill Monroe with influencing their music.

On the Bus with Bill Monroe

Mark Hembree
On the Bus with Bill Monroe Book PDF

Author : Mark Hembree
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-26
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780252053412

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On the Bus with Bill Monroe by Mark Hembree Pdf

A backstage audition led Mark Hembree into a five-year stint (1979–1984) as the bassist for Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys. Hembree’s journey included playing at the White House and on the acclaimed album Master of Bluegrass. But it also put him on a collision course with the rigors of touring, the mysteries of Southern culture, and the complex personality of bandleader-legend Bill Monroe. Whether it’s figuring out the best time for breakfast (early) or for beating the boss at poker (never), Hembree gives readers an up-close look at the occasionally exalting, often unglamorous life of a touring musician in the sometimes baffling, always colorful company of a bluegrass icon. The amusing story of a Yankee fish out of water, On the Bus with Bill Monroe mixes memoir with storytelling to recount the adventures of a Northerner learning new ways and the Old South.

Bill Monroe

Tom Ewing
Bill Monroe Book PDF

Author : Tom Ewing
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780252050589

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Bill Monroe by Tom Ewing Pdf

The Father of Bluegrass Music, Bill Monroe was a major star of the Grand Ole Opry for over fifty years; a member of the Country Music, Songwriters, and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame; and a legendary figure in American music. This authoritative biography sets out to examine his life in careful detail--to move beyond hearsay and sensationalism to explain how and why he accomplished so much. Former Blue Grass Boy and longtime music journalist Tom Ewing draws on hundreds of interviews, his personal relationship with Monroe, and an immense personal archive of materials to separate the truth from longstanding myth. Ewing tells the story of the Monroe family's musical household and Bill's early career in the Monroe Brothers duo. He brings to life Monroe's 1940s heyday with the Classic Bluegrass Band, the renewed fervor for his music sparked by the folk revival of the 1960s, and his declining fortunes in the years that followed. Throughout, Ewing deftly captures Monroe's relationships and the personalities of an ever-shifting roster of band members while shedding light on his business dealings and his pioneering work with Bean Blossom and other music festivals. Filled with a wealth of previously unknown details, Bill Monroe offers even the most devoted fan a deeper understanding of Monroe's towering achievements and timeless music.

Come Hither to Go Yonder

Bob Black
Come Hither to Go Yonder Book PDF

Author : Bob Black
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780252090561

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Come Hither to Go Yonder by Bob Black Pdf

While other work on Bill Monroe has been written from a historical point of view, Come Hither to Go Yonder is told from the perspective of a musician who was actually there. Filled with observations made from the unique vantage point of a man who has traveled and performed extensively with the master, this book is Bob Black's personal memoir about the profound influence that Monroe exerted on the musicians who have carried on the bluegrass tradition in the wake of his 1996 death. This volume also includes a complete listing of Bob Black's appearances with Monroe, his most memorable experiences while they worked together, brief descriptions of the more important musicians and bands mentioned, and suggestions for further reading and listening. Offering a rare perspective on the creative forces that drove one of America's greatest composers and musical innovators, Come Hither to Go Yonder will deeply reward any fans of Bill Monroe, of bluegrass, or of American vernacular music.

The Bill Monroe Reader

Tom Ewing
The Bill Monroe Reader Book PDF

Author : Tom Ewing
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0252025008

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The Bill Monroe Reader by Tom Ewing Pdf

Lively, heartfelt, and informative, 'The Bill Monroe Reader' is a fitting tribute to the man and the musician who transformed the traditional music of western Kentucky into an international sensation.

Mandolin Man

Bob Black
Mandolin Man Book PDF

Author : Bob Black
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-28
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780252053320

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Mandolin Man by Bob Black Pdf

A No Depression Most Memorable Music Book of 2022 Roland White’s long career has taken him from membership in Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys and Lester Flatt’s Nashville Grass to success with his own Roland White Band. A master of the mandolin and acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, White has mentored a host of bluegrass musicians and inspired countless others. Bob Black draws on extensive interviews with White and his peers and friends to provide the first in-depth biography of the pioneering bluegrass figure. Born into a musical family, White found early success with the Kentucky Colonels during the 1960s folk revival. The many stops and collaborations that marked White's subsequent musical journey trace the history of modern bluegrass. But Black also delves into the seldom-told tale of White's life as a working musician, one who endured professional and music industry ups-and-downs to become a legendary artist and beloved teacher. An entertaining merger of memories and music history, Mandolin Man tells the overdue story of a bluegrass icon and his times.

I Hear a Voice Calling

Gene Lowinger
I Hear a Voice Calling Book PDF

Author : Gene Lowinger
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780252076633

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I Hear a Voice Calling by Gene Lowinger Pdf

A sensitive remembrance of bluegrass dreams and lessons

Bluegrass Bluesman

Josh Graves
Bluegrass Bluesman Book PDF

Author : Josh Graves
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780252094736

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Bluegrass Bluesman by Josh Graves Pdf

A pivotal member of the hugely successful bluegrass band Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys, Dobro pioneer Josh Graves (1927-2006) was a living link between bluegrass music and the blues. In Bluegrass Bluesman, this influential performer shares the story of his lifelong career in music. In lively anecdotes, Graves describes his upbringing in East Tennessee and the climate in which bluegrass music emerged during the 1940s. Deeply influenced by the blues, he adapted Earl Scruggs's revolutionary banjo style to the Dobro resonator slide guitar and gave the Foggy Mountain Boys their distinctive sound. Graves' accounts of daily life on the road through the 1950s and 1960s reveal the band's dedication to musical excellence, Scruggs' leadership, and an often grueling life on the road. He also comments on his later career when he played in Lester Flatt's Nashville Grass and the Earl Scruggs Revue and collaborated with the likes of Boz Scaggs, Charlie McCoy, Kenny Baker, Eddie Adcock, Jesse McReynolds, Marty Stuart, Jerry Douglas, Alison Krauss, and his three musical sons. A colorful storyteller, Graves brings to life the world of an American troubadour and the mountain culture that he never left behind. Born in Tellico Plains, Tennessee, Josh Graves (1927-2006) is universally acknowledged as the father of the bluegrass Dobro. In 1997 he was inducted into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame.

Rural Roots of Bluegrass

WAYNE ERBSEN
Rural Roots of Bluegrass Book PDF

Author : WAYNE ERBSEN
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-24
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781609745462

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Rural Roots of Bluegrass by WAYNE ERBSEN Pdf

Wayne Erbsen's newest book takes a deep look at bluegrass music to uncover its true roots: ballads of early pioneers, Scots-Irish fiddle tunes, black spirituals, plantations melodies, blues, murder ballads, sentimental parlor songs from Tin Pan Alley, North Carolina banjo styles and gospel songs. the book is richly illustrated with over 100 vintage photos and includes lyrics, musical notation, chords, history and playing tips to 94 songs. There are also nearly 80 pages of history and profiles portraying important musicians including the Monroe Brothers, Carter Family, Bradley Kincaid, Riley Puckett, Charlie Poole, Wade & J.E. Mainer, Vernon Dalhart, Carolina Tar Heels, G.B. Grayson and Henry Whitter, Fiddlin' Arthur Smith, Ernest V. Stoneman, Blue Sky Boys, Fiddlin' John Carson, Coon Creek Girls, Earl Scruggs, Eck Robertson, Callahan Brothers, Samantha Bumgarner, Bill Monroe Zeke & Wiley Morris, Jimmie Rodgers and Stringbean. Optional CD by Wayne Erbsen and Laura Boosinger is available containing fourteen songs from the book.

Bluegrass

Neil V. Rosenberg
Bluegrass Book PDF

Author : Neil V. Rosenberg
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Music
ISBN : 0252072456

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Bluegrass by Neil V. Rosenberg Pdf

The twentieth anniversary paperback edition, updated with a new preface Winner of the International Bluegrass Music Association Distinguished Achievement Award and of the Country Music People Critics' Choice Award for Favorite Country Book of the Year Beginning with the musical cultures of the American South in the 1920s and 1930s, Bluegrass: A History traces the genre through its pivotal developments during the era of Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys in the forties. It describes early bluegrass's role in postwar country music, its trials following the appearance of rock and roll, its embracing by the folk music revival, and the invention of bluegrass festivals in the mid_sixties. Neil V. Rosenberg details the transformation of this genre into a self-sustaining musical industry in the seventies and eighties is detailed and, in a supplementary preface written especially for this new edition, he surveys developments in the bluegrass world during the last twenty years. Featuring an amazingly extensive bibliography, discography, notes, and index, this book is one of the most complete and thoroughly researched books on bluegrass ever written.

Pretty Good for a Girl

Murphy Hicks Henry
Pretty Good for a Girl Book PDF

Author : Murphy Hicks Henry
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780252095887

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Pretty Good for a Girl by Murphy Hicks Henry Pdf

The first book devoted entirely to women in bluegrass, Pretty Good for a Girl documents the lives of more than seventy women whose vibrant contributions to the development of bluegrass have been, for the most part, overlooked. Accessibly written and organized by decade, the book begins with Sally Ann Forrester, who played accordion and sang with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys from 1943 to 1946, and continues into the present with artists such as Alison Krauss, Rhonda Vincent, and the Dixie Chicks. Drawing from extensive interviews, well-known banjoist Murphy Hicks Henry gives voice to women performers and innovators throughout bluegrass's history, including such pioneers as Bessie Lee Mauldin, Wilma Lee Cooper, and Roni and Donna Stoneman; family bands including the Lewises, Whites, and McLains; and later pathbreaking performers such as the Buffalo Gals and other all-girl bands, Laurie Lewis, Lynn Morris, Missy Raines, and many others.

The Real Bluegrass Book

Hal Leonard Corp.
The Real Bluegrass Book Book PDF

Author : Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781495033162

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The Real Bluegrass Book by Hal Leonard Corp. Pdf

(Fake Book). This collection gathers more than 300 bluegrass favorites presented in the straightforward Real Book format favored by musicians including lyrics where applicable: Alabama Jubilee * Ballad of Jed Clampett * Bill Cheatham * Blue Ridge Mountain Blues * Bury Me Beneath the Willow * Dixie Hoedown * Down to the River to Pray * Foggy Mountain Top * Highway 40 Blues * How Mountain Girls Can Love * I'm Goin' Back to Old Kentucky * John Henry * Keep on the Sunny Side * The Long Black Veil * My Rose of Old Kentucky * Old Train * Pretty Polly * Rocky Top * Sally Goodin * Shady Grove * Wabash Cannonball * Wayfaring Stranger * Wildwood Flower * The Wreck of the Old '97 * and hundreds more!

Getting into Bluegrass Mandolin

Dix Bruce
Getting into Bluegrass Mandolin Book PDF

Author : Dix Bruce
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781610651196

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Getting into Bluegrass Mandolin by Dix Bruce Pdf

Getting into Bluegrass Mandolin is specifically designed to quickly and simply show you how to play bluegrass mandolin. It teaches everything you'll need to know including: chords (both open and 'bluegrass chop' variety), rhythm, single-note playing, double stops, fiddle tunes, playing in all keys (transposing from one key to another), playing backup, introductions or "kickoffs", and tremolo. Lessons use classic bluegrass songs and tunes to help you build a great bluegrass repertoire as you learn. All songs and examples from the book are recorded at both slow and regular speeds on the CD. Written in standard notation and tablature.

Bean Blossom

Thomas A. Adler
Bean Blossom Book PDF

Author : Thomas A. Adler
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780252078101

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Bean Blossom by Thomas A. Adler Pdf

Bean Blossom, Indiana is home to the annual Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival, founded in 1967 by Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass. Here, Adler discusses the development of bluegrass music, the many personalities involved in the bluegrass music scene, the interplay of local, regional, and national interests, and more.

The Music of Bill Monroe

Neil V. Rosenberg,Charles K. Wolfe
The Music of Bill Monroe Book PDF

Author : Neil V. Rosenberg,Charles K. Wolfe
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780252056239

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The Music of Bill Monroe by Neil V. Rosenberg,Charles K. Wolfe Pdf

Spanning over 1,000 separate performances, The Music of Bill Monroe presents a complete chronological list of all of Bill Monroe’s commercially released sound and visual recordings. Each chapter begins with a narrative describing Monroe’s life and career at that point, bringing in producers, sidemen, and others as they become part of the story. The narratives read like a “who’s who” of bluegrass, connecting Monroe to the music’s larger history and containing many fascinating stories. The second part of each chapter presents the discography. Information here includes the session’s place, date, time, and producer; master/matrix numbers, song/tune titles, composer credits, personnel, instruments, and vocals; and catalog/release numbers and reissue data. The only complete bio-discography of this American musical icon, The Music of Bill Monroe is the starting point for any study of Monroe’s contributions as a composer, interpreter, and performer.