Western Edge explores country-rock from the Byrds to the Blasters and beyond
…they were known on The Andy Griffith Show). And we catch up with “a hotshot young mandolinist named Chris Hillman,” dubbed “the linchpin” of country-rock. You may know him best…
Two California grad students get quite an education in the 1960s South
…But that’s why the book works so well. That’s why its publication is so welcome, all these years later. Going Up the Country isn’t a study of the blues —…
Novelist Patricia L. Hudson brings Rebecca Boone, Daniel’s wife, to the fore
…You know the history. Now immerse yourself in her story. Traces centers on Rebecca Boone, Daniel’s wife of 56 years, and their oldest daughters, Susannah and Jemima. It’s a story…
Buddy Emmons’ name was synonymous with the sound of his beloved steel guitar
Early in Buddy Emmons: Steel Guitar Icon, Steve Fishell’s deft and lively biography, we meet the future legend as a skinny, high school-hating, 14-year-old boy on his bike, hanging around…
Bluegrass legend Roland White always put the music first
…own band. He was beloved, especially by those he befriended at the beginning of their careers, like Marty Stuart and Jim Lauderdale. He was profoundly influential, even if the average…
A Blue Grass Boy’s memoir of life on the road with the great Bill Monroe
…way. He was a newcomer to an established lineup. He was decades younger than Monroe but also younger than the rest of the Blue Grass Boys. He was also a…
