The Bill Monroe Reader (Music in American Life)

Former Blue Grass Boy Tom Ewing Presents A Full Collection Of Writings Concerning Bill Monroe, The Father Of Bluegrass Music. The Monroe Brothers : Their Life, Their Songs (excerpt) -- A Story Of The Grand Ole Opry (excerpt) / George D. Hay -- Bill Monroe's Wsm Grand Ole Opry Song Folio No. 1 (excerpt) / George D. Hay And Gene Dudley -- Grand Ole Opry (excerpt) / William R. Mcdaniel And Harold Seligman -- Bluegrass Background : Folk Music With Overdrive / Alan Lomax -- Official Wsm Grand Ole Opry Picture-history Book (excerpt) -- Bill Monroe- The Daddy Of Blue Grass Music / Ralph Rinzler -- First Bluegrass Festival Honors Bill Monroe / Mayne Smith -- The High, Lonesome Sound Of Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys (excerpt) / Ralph Rinzler -- Bill Monroe : King Of Blue Grass Music (interviews) / Doug Benson -- Growing Up In Rosine, Kentucky : An Interview With Bill Monroe / Edited By Alice (foster) Gerrard -- Pickin' And Singin' / Newsweek Staff -- Bill Monroe (from A Farm Boy To A Legend) / James Monroe -- Mellowing Father Of Bluegrass / Jack Hurst -- Bill Monroe (interview) / Steve Rathe --^ Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys : An Illustrated Discography (excerpts) / Neil V. Rosenberg -- Bluegrass Touches- An Interview With Bill Monroe / Charles Wolfe -- Common-law Wife Seeks Divorce From Bill Monroe / Valary Marks -- Stars Of Country Music (excerpt) / Ralph Rinzler -- Daddy Bluegrass And His Blues / Martha Hume -- Bluegrass Father, Monroe, Is At Home On The Farm / Jan Otteson -- Bill Monroe : From Refined Oil Slick To Slick Music / Jack Hurst -- Bill Monroe Interview (excerpts) / David Grisman -- Monroe, The Father, Monroe, The Son / Don Rhodes -- Bill Monroe Goes About The Business Of Bluegrass Music / Lee Rector -- Bill Monroe's Mandolin Gets An Apologetic Facelift / Laura (eipper) Hill -- My Tribute To Monroe / Michelle H. Putnam -- Stayin' On The Right Road / Carole Ledford -- Cleo Davis : The Original Bluegrass Boy / Wayne Erbsen -- Bill Monroe- The Master Speaks (interview) / Ray Edlund -- Happy Birthday, Bill Monroe! / Marty Godbey --^ Bill Monroe / Ronni Lundy -- Bill Monroe's Birthday Party / Sandy Rothman -- Bluegrass Breakdown : The Making Of The Old Southern Sound (excerpts) / Robert Cantwell -- The Bill Monroe Museum And Bluegrass Hall Of Fame : The Dream Comes True / Doug Hutchens -- Bill Monroe- His Best Days On Earth / Richard D. Smith -- Worst-case Repair / Roger Siminoff -- Bill Monroe's Mandolin Is Restored / Charmaine Lanham -- Bio : Bill Monroe / Roger Wolmuth -- Bill Monroe's Mandolin / Jim Hatlo -- Bill Monroe (interview) / George Gruhn -- Recording The Grammy Winner : Bill Monroe In The Studio / Thomas Goldsmith -- Womanizing Led To Monroe Tussle, Ex-girlfriend Says / Charlie Appleton -- Charges Against Monroe Dropped / Catherine Thompson -- 50 Years On The Grand Ole Opry / Thomas Goldsmith -- One September 13, William Smith Monroe Turns Eighty / Richard Spottswood -- Bill Monroe / Charles Wolfe --^ Bill Monroe And The Blue Grass Boys : Live Recordings, 1956-1969, Vol. 1 : Off The Record (booklet Excerpts) / Ralph Rinzler -- Bill Monroe Has Lots To Sing But Little To Say / Jason Deparle -- Nobody Does It Like Bill / Jack Flippin -- The Father Of Bluegrass / Jay Orr And Michael Gray -- It's A Sad Day, Indeed, For Legend's Friends, Fans / John Commins -- Tears, Music Fill Bluegrass Legend's Final Ryman Show / Jay Orr -- On The Death Of William Smith Monroe / Robert Ashley Logue -- A Living Legend Dies / David Mcbride -- Tears Fell On Rosine / Marye Yeomans -- The Passing Of A Patriarch / Malcolm Jones Jr. -- Cross-eyed Child / John Hartford -- The Bill I Loved / Hazel Smith -- Bill Monroe : An Appreciation / Richard Spottswood -- I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling / Tom Wolf -- Thirty Years Of Bean Blossom Recollections / Jim Peva -- The Man In The White Hat / Joel M. Vance --bill Monroe's Rosine Home / James Nold Jr. -- Forget Me Not / Jennie T. Mchenry. Edited By Tom Ewing. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 283-284) And Index.