Bluegrass generation : a memoir / Neil V. Rosenberg ; foreword by Gregory N. Reish.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenberg, Neil V., author.

Reish, Gregory N., 1965- author of introduction.

Series:

Music in American life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rosenberg, Neil V.

Banjoists--United States--Biography.

Banjoists.

Bluegrass musicians--United States--Biography.

Bluegrass musicians.

Bluegrass music--1961-1970--History and criticism.

Bluegrass music.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 273 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2018]

Summary:

Neil V. Rosenberg met the legendary Bill Monroe at the Brown County Jamboree. Rosenberg's subsequent experiences in Bean Blossom put his feet on the intertwined musical and academic paths that made him a preeminent scholar of bluegrass music. Rosenberg's memoir shines a light on the changing bluegrass scene of the early 1960s. Already a fan and aspiring musician, his appetite for banjo music quickly put him on the Jamboree stage. Rosenberg eventually played with Monroe and spent four months managing the Jamboree. Those heights gave him an eyewitness view of nothing less than bluegrass's emergence from the shadow of country music into its own distinct art form. As the likes of Bill Keith and Del McCoury played, Rosenberg watched Monroe begin to share a personal link to the music that tied audiences to its history and his life-and helped turn him into bluegrass's foundational figure. An intimate look at a transformative time, Bluegrass Generation tells the inside story of how an American musical tradition came to be. Book jacket.

Contents:

Summer 1961

Meeting Monroe: June-July 1961 15

Bean Blossom: 1961 19

House Band: July-August 1961 23

Meeting the Audience: July 1961 26

Playing the Five: 1953-June 1961 30

Letters to Home: August 1961 33

Meeting the Regulars: August 1961 38

Bloomington: July-August 1961 46

Fall 1961

Monroe Again: September 1961 53

Autumn Work: September-October 1961 59

Stepping Up: October 1961 61

Connections: October 1961 68

White House Blues: October 1961 72

End of the Season: November 1961 75

Cannonball Blues: December 1961 77

Spring 1962

Meeting Marvin Hedrick: January-June 1962 83

College Kids: March-May 1962 89

Summer 1962

Back to the Jamboree: July-August 1962 97

Folk in Bloomington: July-September 1962 104

Fall 1962

Mocking Bird Hill: September 1962 111

Folk and Country: October 1962 119

College Folk, Blue grass, Banjo Necks: November 1962 124

Spring 1963

On the Road: January-March 1963 131

Spring Pickin': April 1963 138

Reno & Smiley: April 1963 146

Stonemans, Banjo Contest: May 1963 150

Summer 1963

Meeting Ralph Rinzler: June 1963 159

Ralph Fires Birch: June 1963 168

A Business Model: June-July 1963 173

Bobby Hits the Barn: June 1963 177

Two Country Sundays: July 1963 182

Conversations with Ralph: July 1963 187

Week 6 and the Letter: July-August 1963 191

Mandolin Sunday: August 1963 195

Berkeley Bluegrass: August-September 1963 202

Marvin Takes Over: August-September 1963 206

Fall 1963

Back to the Barn: September 1963 213

Monroe Day: September-October 1963 218

Bluegrass HQ: October-November 1963 224

Bean Blossom Hop: November 1963 229

Last Report to Ralph: November-December 1963 233

After the Jamboree: 1964-1967 235.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780252041761

0252041763

9780252083396

0252083393

OCLC:

1004760436