Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: From the Big Bang to the Big Time
Part 1
1. "Bossman Bill Monroe," James Rooney, excerpt from Bossmen:
Bill Monroe and Muddy Waters
2. "Flatt and Scruggs," Marty Stuart, Journal of the American
Academy for the Preservation of Old-Time Country Music
3. "The Stanley Brothers," Rich Kienzle, Journal of the American
Academy for the Preservation of Old-Time Country Music
4. "Interview with Don Reno," Peter Wernick, Bluegrass Unlimited
5. "Jimmy Martin: You Don't Know My Mind," Neil V. Rosenberg,
liner notes from You Don't Know My Mind CD
6. "From Grass Roots to Bluegrass: Some Personal Reminiscences,"
Mac Wiseman with Paul Wells, CD liner notes
7. "The Osborne Brothers," Neil Rosenberg, Bluegrass Unlimited
8. "The Grass is Greener," Jack Tottle, Muleskinner News
9. "An Introduction to Bluegrass," L. Mayne Smith, Journal of
American Folklore
10. "Additions and Corrections," L. Mayne Smith, Bluegrass
Unlimited
11. "Into Bluegrass: The History of a Word" Neil V. Rosenberg,
Muleskinner News
12. "Mountain Music Bluegrass Style," Mike Seeger, LP liner notes
13. "Bristol's WCYB: Early Bluegrass Turf," Joe Wilson,
Muleskinner News
14. "Jim Shumate: Bluegrass Fiddler Supreme," Wayne Erbsen,
Bluegrass Unlimited
15. "Rudy Lyle: Classic Bluegrass Banjo Man," Doug Hutchens,
Bluegrass Unlimited
16. "5-String Banjo Picking Contest" Mike Seeger, Gardyloo
17. "Earl Taylor and Jim McCall," Jon Weisberger, No Depression
18. excerpt, "Don Reno and Red Smiley," Bluegrass, Bob Artis
19. "Bluegrass Background: Folk Music with Overdrive, Alan Lomax,
Esquire
Part 2
20. "Bill Monroe--`The Daddy of Blue Grass Music,'" Ralph
Rinzler, Sing Out
21. "Dayton Bluegrass," Tom Teepen, program for Dayton Bluegrass
Reunion
22. "In Harmony with the Hills," Richard Harrington, Washington
Post
23. "The Lilly Brothers of Hillbilly Ranch," Sam Charters, Sing
Out
24. "Working the Hillbilly Ranch," Michael Melford, Autoharp
25. "New York Bluegrass" Hunter S. Thompson, from The Fear and
Loathing Letters, Volume I, The Proud Highway, Saga of a
Desperate Southern Gentleman
26. "Dave Freeman and County Records," Charles Wolfe, Bluegrass
Unlimited
27. "Rockbluerollgrass/bluerockandrollgrass Recordings" Neil V.
Rosenberg, Bluegrass Unlimited
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28. "The Country Gentleman," Doug Tuchman, Pickin'
29. "The Kentucky Colonels," Peter V. Kuykendall, Bluegrass
Unlimited
30. "Kenny Baker," Alice Foster, Bluegrass Unlimited
31. "The Carlton Haney Story," Fred Bartenstein, Muleskinner News
32. "The Plight of the Bluegrass Widow," Connie Walker,
Muleskinner News
33. "Larry Sparks . . . on the road," Tom Teepen, Muleskinner
News
34. "So You Don't Like the Way We Do It (Or Damn Your Tape
Recorder)" John Duffey, Bluegrass Unlimited
35. "Believing in Bluegrass," Robert Cantwell, Atlantic Monthly
36. "Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys: Cry from the
Cross," Walt V. Saunders, Bluegrass Unlimited
37. "Sam Bush," Alice Foster, Bluegrass Unlimited
38. "The Bluegrass Alliance," John Kaparakis, Bluegrass Unlimited
39. "Old & in the Way: Breakdown," Peter Rowan, Vassar Clements,
David Grisman, CD liner notes
40. "Showing `Em How It's Done," Kathy Sawyer, The Tennessean
41. "Bluegrass Mandolin Century Later," Jack Tottle,
Bluegrass Unlimited
42. "Banjo Playing: Reno, Thompson, Scruggs. Keith and Beyond,"
Steve Arkin, Pickin'
Part 3
43. "Hot Rize: Pete Wernick's Secret Ingredient," Dick Kimmel,
Bluegrass Unlimited
44. "Record Reviews (Bluegrass Album Band)," John Hartley Fox,
Bluegrass Unlimited
45. "Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver: the Original Band," Tim
Stafford, CD liner notes.
46. "Johnson Mountain Boys: At the Old Schoolhouse," Bill Vernon,
album liner notes
47. "Wandering Boy Returns to His Roots," Alan Steiner, Bluegrass
Unlimited
48. "The Early Days of Bluegrass, Vol. 117," Charles Wolfe,
Bluegrass Unlimited
49. "An instrumentalist with a name," Jack Bernhardt, (Raleigh)
News & Observer
50. "Country preview: From roots to wings--The Nashville
Bluegrass Band's deference to tradition allows its music to
soar," Jack Bernhardt, (Raleigh) News & Observer
51. "IBMA's World of Bluegrass," Thomas Goldsmith, Bluegrass
Unlimited
52. "Country Artist of the Year, Alison Krauss," Jim Macnie,
Rolling Stone
53. "Focusing on the Music, Not on Those Playing It," New York
Times
54. "It's all in the emotion: Dale Ann Bradley is `real deal'
bluegrass," Robert Oermann, The Tennessean
55. "Little Darlin's Not My Name," Robert Oermann and Mary
Bufwack, Finding Her Voice: Women in Country Music
56. "Is There a Link Between Bluegrass Music and Sexuality,"
Thomas A. Adler, Women in Bluegrass
57. "Women in Bluegrass," Murphy Henry, Women in Bluegrass
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58. "Keynote: Bones to Pick" Pete Wernick,, Women in Bluegrass
59. "First Christmas Without Bill," Sandy Rothman, Internet
posting, 1997
60. excerpt from True Adventures with the King of Bluegrass, Tom
Piazza
61. "Fiddling and Picking His Way to Perfection," Neil Strauss,
New York Times
62. "Ricky Skaggs," Jon Weisberger, No Depression
63. "Progress rooted in Tradition: Del McCoury talks about work
with Bill Monroe, Steve Earle," Baker Maultsby, Creative
Loafing
64. "Annals of Bluegrass: Constant Sorrow--The Long Road of Ralph
Stanley," David Gates, The New Yorker, Aug. 20, 2001
Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Bluegrass music History and criticism