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The Bill Monroe reader / edited by Tom Ewing.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Music in American lifePublication details: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2000.Description: 301 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0252025008
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • ML420.M5595 B55 2000
Contents:
The Monroe brothers : their life, their songs (excerpt) -- A story of the Grand Ole Opry (excerpt) / George D. Hay -- Bill Monroe's WSM Grand Ole Opry song folio no. 1 (excerpt) / George D. Hay and Gene Dudley -- Grand Ole Opry (excerpt) / William R. McDaniel and Harold Seligman -- Bluegrass background : folk music with overdrive / Alan Lomax -- Official WSM Grand Ole Opry picture-history book (excerpt) -- Bill Monroe- "the daddy of blue grass music" / Ralph Rinzler -- First bluegrass festival honors Bill Monroe / Mayne Smith -- The high, lonesome sound of Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys (excerpt) / Ralph Rinzler -- Bill Monroe : king of blue grass music (interviews) / Doug Benson -- Growing up in Rosine, Kentucky : an interview with Bill Monroe / edited by Alice (Foster) Gerrard -- Pickin' and singin' / Newsweek staff -- Bill Monroe (from a farm boy to a legend) / James Monroe -- Mellowing father of bluegrass / Jack Hurst -- Bill Monroe (interview) / Steve Rathe -- Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys : an illustrated discography (excerpts) / Neil V. Rosenberg -- Bluegrass touches- an interview with Bill Monroe / Charles Wolfe -- Common-law wife seeks divorce from Bill Monroe / Valary Marks -- Stars of country music (excerpt) / Ralph Rinzler -- Daddy bluegrass and his blues / Martha Hume -- Bluegrass "father," Monroe, is at home on the farm / Jan Otteson -- Bill Monroe : from refined oil slick to slick music / Jack Hurst -- Bill Monroe interview (excerpts) / David Grisman -- Monroe, the father, Monroe, the son / Don Rhodes -- Bill Monroe goes about the business of bluegrass music / Lee Rector -- Bill Monroe's mandolin gets an apologetic facelift / Laura (Eipper) Hill -- My tribute to Monroe / Michelle H. Putnam -- Stayin' on the right road / Carole Ledford -- Cleo Davis : the original bluegrass boy / Wayne Erbsen -- Bill Monroe- the master speaks (interview) / Ray Edlund -- Happy birthday, Bill Monroe! / Marty Godbey -- Bill Monroe / Ronni Lundy -- Bill Monroe's birthday party / Sandy Rothman -- Bluegrass breakdown : the making of the old Southern sound (excerpts) / Robert Cantwell -- The Bill Monroe Museum and Bluegrass Hall of Fame : the dream comes true / Doug Hutchens -- Bill Monroe- his best days on Earth / Richard D. Smith -- Worst-case repair / Roger Siminoff -- Bill Monroe's mandolin is restored / Charmaine Lanham -- Bio : Bill Monroe / Roger Wolmuth -- Bill Monroe's mandolin / Jim Hatlo -- Bill Monroe (interview) / George Gruhn -- Recording the Grammy winner : Bill Monroe in the studio / Thomas Goldsmith -- "Womanizing" led to Monroe tussle, ex-girlfriend says / Charlie Appleton -- Charges against Monroe dropped / Catherine Thompson -- 50 years on the Grand Ole Opry / Thomas Goldsmith -- One September 13, William Smith Monroe turns eighty / Richard Spottswood -- Bill Monroe / Charles Wolfe -- Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys : live recordings, 1956-1969, vol. 1 : off the record (booklet excerpts) / Ralph Rinzler -- Bill Monroe has lots to sing but little to say / Jason DeParle -- Nobody does it like Bill / Jack Flippin -- The father of bluegrass / Jay Orr and Michael Gray -- It's a sad day, indeed, for legend's friends, fans / John Commins -- Tears, music fill bluegrass legend's final Ryman "show" / Jay Orr -- On the death of William Smith Monroe / Robert Ashley Logue -- A living legend dies / David McBride -- Tears fell on Rosine / Marye Yeomans -- The passing of a patriarch / Malcolm Jones Jr. -- Cross-eyed child / John Hartford -- The Bill I loved / Hazel Smith -- Bill Monroe : an appreciation / Richard Spottswood -- I Hear a sweet voice calling / Tom Wolf -- Thirty years of bean blossom recollections / Jim Peva -- The man in the white hat / Joel M. Vance --Bill Monroe's Rosine home / James Nold Jr. -- Forget me not / Jennie T. McHenry.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-284) and index.

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The Monroe brothers : their life, their songs (excerpt) -- A story of the Grand Ole Opry (excerpt) / George D. Hay -- Bill Monroe's WSM Grand Ole Opry song folio no. 1 (excerpt) / George D. Hay and Gene Dudley -- Grand Ole Opry (excerpt) / William R. McDaniel and Harold Seligman -- Bluegrass background : folk music with overdrive / Alan Lomax -- Official WSM Grand Ole Opry picture-history book (excerpt) -- Bill Monroe- "the daddy of blue grass music" / Ralph Rinzler -- First bluegrass festival honors Bill Monroe / Mayne Smith -- The high, lonesome sound of Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys (excerpt) / Ralph Rinzler -- Bill Monroe : king of blue grass music (interviews) / Doug Benson -- Growing up in Rosine, Kentucky : an interview with Bill Monroe / edited by Alice (Foster) Gerrard -- Pickin' and singin' / Newsweek staff -- Bill Monroe (from a farm boy to a legend) / James Monroe -- Mellowing father of bluegrass / Jack Hurst -- Bill Monroe (interview) / Steve Rathe -- Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys : an illustrated discography (excerpts) / Neil V. Rosenberg -- Bluegrass touches- an interview with Bill Monroe / Charles Wolfe -- Common-law wife seeks divorce from Bill Monroe / Valary Marks -- Stars of country music (excerpt) / Ralph Rinzler -- Daddy bluegrass and his blues / Martha Hume -- Bluegrass "father," Monroe, is at home on the farm / Jan Otteson -- Bill Monroe : from refined oil slick to slick music / Jack Hurst -- Bill Monroe interview (excerpts) / David Grisman -- Monroe, the father, Monroe, the son / Don Rhodes -- Bill Monroe goes about the business of bluegrass music / Lee Rector -- Bill Monroe's mandolin gets an apologetic facelift / Laura (Eipper) Hill -- My tribute to Monroe / Michelle H. Putnam -- Stayin' on the right road / Carole Ledford -- Cleo Davis : the original bluegrass boy / Wayne Erbsen -- Bill Monroe- the master speaks (interview) / Ray Edlund -- Happy birthday, Bill Monroe! / Marty Godbey -- Bill Monroe / Ronni Lundy -- Bill Monroe's birthday party / Sandy Rothman -- Bluegrass breakdown : the making of the old Southern sound (excerpts) / Robert Cantwell -- The Bill Monroe Museum and Bluegrass Hall of Fame : the dream comes true / Doug Hutchens -- Bill Monroe- his best days on Earth / Richard D. Smith -- Worst-case repair / Roger Siminoff -- Bill Monroe's mandolin is restored / Charmaine Lanham -- Bio : Bill Monroe / Roger Wolmuth -- Bill Monroe's mandolin / Jim Hatlo -- Bill Monroe (interview) / George Gruhn -- Recording the Grammy winner : Bill Monroe in the studio / Thomas Goldsmith -- "Womanizing" led to Monroe tussle, ex-girlfriend says / Charlie Appleton -- Charges against Monroe dropped / Catherine Thompson -- 50 years on the Grand Ole Opry / Thomas Goldsmith -- One September 13, William Smith Monroe turns eighty / Richard Spottswood -- Bill Monroe / Charles Wolfe -- Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys : live recordings, 1956-1969, vol. 1 : off the record (booklet excerpts) / Ralph Rinzler -- Bill Monroe has lots to sing but little to say / Jason DeParle -- Nobody does it like Bill / Jack Flippin -- The father of bluegrass / Jay Orr and Michael Gray -- It's a sad day, indeed, for legend's friends, fans / John Commins -- Tears, music fill bluegrass legend's final Ryman "show" / Jay Orr -- On the death of William Smith Monroe / Robert Ashley Logue -- A living legend dies / David McBride -- Tears fell on Rosine / Marye Yeomans -- The passing of a patriarch / Malcolm Jones Jr. -- Cross-eyed child / John Hartford -- The Bill I loved / Hazel Smith -- Bill Monroe : an appreciation / Richard Spottswood -- I Hear a sweet voice calling / Tom Wolf -- Thirty years of bean blossom recollections / Jim Peva -- The man in the white hat / Joel M. Vance --Bill Monroe's Rosine home / James Nold Jr. -- Forget me not / Jennie T. McHenry.