Introduction 3
i / Hillbilly Music and the Monroe Brothers
18
2 / No One Was Calling It Bluegrass: Bill Monroe, 1938-45
40
3 / From Sound to Genre: 1946-49
68
4 / Naming the Genre: 1950-57
95
5 / Bluegrass Breaks Away: 1957-60
132
6 / In and Out with the Folk Revival: i961-65
166
7 / The First Festival and Bluegrass Consumers: 1965-66
203
8 / The Old-Time Element: Religion and Fiddle Music
231
9 / Image and Stereotype: Bluegrass Sound Tracks, 1961-72
250
Io / Festivals Get Big: 1966-73
272
i i / But Is It Bluegrass? The Bands, 1967-74
305
12 / Books, Records, Believers: Bluegrass Today
340
Bibliography 377
Discography 406
Aural History 421
Interviews 423
Index 425
Song Title Index 445