Bluegrass : a history / Neil V. Rosenberg.
| Author/creator | Rosenberg, Neil V. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©1985. |
| Description | xii, 447 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Music in American life Music in American life. ^A223005 |
| Contents | Hillbilly music and the Monroe Brothers -- No one was calling it bluegrass: Bill Monroe, 1938-45 -- From sound to genre: 1946-49 -- Naming the genre: 1950-57 -- Bluegrass breaks away: 1957-60 -- In and out with the folk revival: 1961-65 -- The first festival and bluegrass consumers: 1965-66 -- The old-time element: religion and fiddle music -- Image and stereotype: bluegrass sound tracks, 1961-72 -- Festivals get big: 1966-73 -- But is it bluegrass?: the bands, 1967-74 -- Books, records, believers: bluegrass today -- Aural history -- Interviews. |
| Abstract | This book chronicles the colorful story of the birth and enormous growth of one of America's most popular musical forms. Originating in the country music of the thirties and forties, bluegrass developed during the fifties and beyond into a distinctly independent form, featuring such talents as Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, Ralph and Carter Stanley, Sonny and Bobby Osborne, the Country Gentlemen, the Dillards, the Lewis Family, the Johnson Mountain Boys, Jim and Jesse McReynolds, and Ricky Skaggs. But "Bluegrass" is not just a genealogy of bands or a history of the music's evolution. What makes the book so valuable is the author's ability to place bluegrass in the larger context of American culture. Country music show business, the rural upland South, the urban folk revival, rock and roll, the fiddling revival, commercial gospel music, the counterculture, movie and TV soundtracks, bluegrass festivals, and local bluegrass associations are all part of the rich history the author narrates. Never before has the bluegrass story been more deftly told or more meticulously researched. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Bibliography note | Bibliography: pages 377-405. |
| Bibliography note | Discography: pages 406-420. |
| LCCN | 84015747 |
| ISBN | 0252002652 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780252002656 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML3520 .R67 1985 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |