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On the Bus with Bill Monroe
Language: en
Pages: 250
Authors: Mark Hembree
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-04-26 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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A backstage audition led Mark Hembree into a five-year stint (1979–1984) as the bassist for Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys. Hembree’s journey included playin
The Bill Monroe Reader
Language: en
Pages: 350
Authors: Tom Ewing
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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Lively, heartfelt, and informative, 'The Bill Monroe Reader' is a fitting tribute to the man and the musician who transformed the traditional music of western K
Come Hither to Go Yonder
Language: en
Pages: 210
Authors: Bob Black
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-10-01 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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Bob Black was a member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys in the 1970s. Black's memoir of his time with the man he called the Chief offers the unique vantage poin
Bill Monroe
Language: en
Pages: 656
Authors: Tom Ewing
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
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The Father of Bluegrass Music, Bill Monroe was a major star of the Grand Ole Opry for over fifty years; a member of the Country Music, Songwriters, and Rock and
Crowe on the Banjo
Language: en
Pages: 274
Authors: Marty Godbey
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-09-01 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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In this first biography of legendary banjoist J. D. Crowe, Marty Godbey charts the life and career of one of bluegrass's most important innovators. Born and rai