Homegrown Music: Discovering Bluegrass (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780252073762)

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.

Author: Stephanie P. Ledgin
ISBN-10: 0252073762
ISBN-13: 9780252073762
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2006
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.22w x 0.65d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2006 pg. 249