Pretty Good for a Girl: Women in Bluegrass by Henry, Murphy Hicks

Pretty Good for a Girl: Women in Bluegrass (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780252079177)

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Format: Paperback
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Pretty Good for a Girl: Women in Bluegrass by Henry, Murphy Hicks

Pretty Good for a Girl: Women in Bluegrass

$29.95
Pretty Good for a Girl: Women in Bluegrass by Henry, Murphy Hicks

Pretty Good for a Girl: Women in Bluegrass

$29.95
Format: Paperback
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The first book devoted entirely to women in bluegrass, Pretty Good for a Girl documents the lives of more than seventy women whose vibrant contributions to the development of bluegrass have been, for the most part, overlooked. Accessibly written and organized by decade, the book begins with Sally Ann Forrester, who played accordion and sang with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys from 1943 to 1946, and continues into the present with artists such as Alison Krauss, Rhonda Vincent, and the Dixie Chicks. Drawing from extensive interviews, well-known banjoist Murphy Hicks Henry gives voice to women performers and innovators throughout bluegrass's history, including such pioneers as Bessie Lee Mauldin, Wilma Lee Cooper, and Roni and Donna Stoneman; family bands including the Lewises, Whites, and McLains; and later pathbreaking performers such as the Buffalo Gals and other all-girl bands, Laurie Lewis, Lynn Morris, Missy Raines, and many others.


Author: Murphy Hicks Henry
ISBN-10: 0252079175
ISBN-13: 9780252079177
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Language: English
Published: 05/13/2013
Pages: 528
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.96lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.15w x 1.61d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 06/01/2013 pg. 14
Choice 12/01/2013
By Murphy Hicks Henry
By Murphy Hicks Henry
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Murphy Hicks Henry is a professional banjo player, teacher, and writer living in Virginia. She founded the Women in Bluegrass newsletter and has written regularly for Bluegrass Unlimited and Banjo Newsletter. She is also the co-creator of The Murphy Method, a series of instructional videos on playing the banjo and other bluegrass instruments.

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