I just got a copy of this book today and it is really nice. I love bluegrass music and I enjoy reading about anything related to Kentucky’s history so this is a great book.
Stars of yesteryear and today featured in more the 200 photos and captions
It think most bluegrass music fans would agree that no state should be more associated with bluegrass music than Kentucky, and rightly so. Bluegrass music draws its name from the band that Kentuckian Bill Monroe formed during the late 1930s and 1940s. Bill named his band Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys to honor his home state. Eventually, the music these bands and others like them were playing came to be known as bluegrass music.
In a new pictorial history book by local author James C. Claypool, over 200 vintage photographs depict a full range of bluegrass music’s story and how it has evolved from modest performing roots… Read the rest of this article
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