On the Bus with Bill Monroe : My Five-Year Ride with the Father of Blue Grass EPUB
by Hembree Mark Hembree
Part of the Music in American Life series
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A backstage audition led Mark Hembree into a five-year stint (1979-1984) as the bassist for Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys. Hembree's journey included playing at the White House and on the acclaimed album Master of Bluegrass. But it also put him on a collision course with the rigors of touring, the mysteries of Southern culture, and the complex personality of bandleader-legend Bill Monroe. Whether it's figuring out the best time for breakfast (early) or for beating the boss at poker (never), Hembree gives readers an up-close look at the occasionally exalting, often unglamorous life of a touring musician in the sometimes baffling, always colorful company of a bluegrass icon.
The amusing story of a Yankee fish out of water, On the Bus with Bill Monroe mixes memoir with storytelling to recount the adventures of a Northerner learning new ways and the Old South.
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:26/04/2022
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- ISBN:9780252053412
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:26/04/2022
- Category:
- ISBN:9780252053412
