Thomas A Adler

Bean Blossom

The Brown County Jamboree and Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Festivals

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Produktbeschreibung

Bean Blossom, Indiana--near Brown County State Park and the artist-colony town of Nashville, Indiana--is home to the annual Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival, founded in 1967 by Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass. Widely recognized as the oldest continuously running bluegrass music festival in the world, this June festival's roots run back to late 1951, when Monroe purchased the Brown County Jamboree, a live weekly country music show presented between April and November each year. Over the years, Monroe's festival featured the top performers in bluegrass music, including Jimmy Martin, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, the Goins Brothers, the Stanley Brothers, and many more.   Thomas A. Adler's history of Bean Blossom traces the long and colorful life of the Brown County Jamboree and Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Festival. Adler discusses the development of bluegrass music, the many personalities involved in the bluegrass music scene, the interplay of local, regional, and national interests, and the meaning of this venue to the music's many performers--both professional and amateur--and its legions of fans.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Illinois Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9780252078101
• ISBN-10: 0252078101
• Artikelnr.: 32309045

Autorenporträt

Thomas A. Adler

Inhaltsangabe

Cover
Title Page
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Rural Country Music Parks
1. Brown County History and Roots
2. Origins of the Brown County Jamboree, 1939-41
3. The Rund Family's Brown County Jamboree, 1941-51
4. Bill Monroe's Brown County Jamboree Park, 1952-57
5. Survivals, Revivals, and Arrivals, 1958-66
6. Building the Festivals, 1967-68
7. The Festival Becomes a Landmark, 1969-71
Illustrations follow page 122
8. The Festival's Golden Age, 1972-82
9. Festival People and Lore
10. Bill and James Monroe's Festival Park, 1983-97
11. Renaissance, Continuity, and Change, 1998 and After
Notes
Interviews
Bibliography
Index