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Appalachian music
Author_Stephanie P. Ledgin
beginnings of bluegrass
Bill Monroe
Bill Monroe and bluegrass history
Bill Monroe and bluegrass music
bluegrass and folk music festivals
bluegrass and the folk music revival
bluegrass artists
bluegrass artists modern
bluegrass artists original
bluegrass discography
bluegrass figures
bluegrass Grand Ole Opry
bluegrass history
bluegrass instruments
bluegrass musicians
bluegrass recordings
bluegrass reference book
bluegrass stars
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classic bluegrass music
classic bluegrass records
classic bluegrass songs
Don Reno
Earl Scurggs
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Flatt and Scruggs
guide to bluegrass
history of bluegrass music
important bluegrass artists
important moments in bluegrass
introduction to bluegrass music
Lester Flatt
old time music
origins of bluegrass
Ralph Stanley
roots of bluegrass
Stanley Brothers
traditional music
Product details
- ISBN 9780252073762
- Weight: 399g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 01 Oct 2006
- Publisher: University of Illinois Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Homegrown Music offers an introductory primer for newcomers to bluegrass and provides a novel perspective for fans already captivated by the music.
Award-winning bluegrass writer Stephanie P. Ledgin writes about topics ranging from the music's predecessors to its innovators to contemporary figures. Interviews with legends like Earl Scruggs, Ralph Stanley, and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band provide candid insights and invaluable eyewitness history. Delving into instrumentation, songs, the festival experience, "parking lot picking," and other topics, the book gives neophytes and enthusiasts alike new perspectives on the music. Twenty-five photographs taken by the author and a foreword by bluegrass superstar Ricky Skaggs further enrich the guide while a special section features an extensive bluegrass resource guide to print, audiovisual, and Internet materials.
Stephanie P. Ledgin is a longtime music journalist and photographer with credits in publications, recordings, and museums around the world. She was the 2005 International Bluegrass Music Print Media Person of the Year. Her books include From Every Stage: Images of America’s Roots Music.
