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Bluegrass: A History 20th Anniversary Edition

by Neil V. Rosenberg

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A chronological account of bluegrass’s formation and expanding musical culture

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A chronological account of bluegrass’s formation and expanding musical culture

Neil V. Rosenberg charts bluegrass from the musical cultures of the American South in the 1920s and 1930s through the defining period of Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys. The history follows the genre’s place in postwar country music, the challenges posed by rock and roll, its connection with the folk revival, and the emergence of bluegrass festivals in the mid-1960s. Later chapters address bluegrass’s development into a self-sustaining industry during the 1970s and 1980s, while the anniversary-edition preface surveys developments from the following two decades. An extensive bibliography, discography, notes, and index make the volume structured for both sustained historical study and reference use.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Bluegrass listeners seeking a detailed history of the genre
  • Students of American roots, country, and folk music
  • Researchers who value discographies, notes, and bibliographic resources

Themes

Bluegrass historyAmerican Southern musical culturesBill Monroe and the Blue Grass BoysFolk revival and festivalsMusic industry development

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Book overview

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.

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