The Music of Bill Monroe

by Neil V. Rosenberg and Charles K. Wolfe

Spanning over 1,000 separate performances, The Music of Bill Monroe presents a complete chronological list of all of Bill Monroe's commercially released sound and visual recordings. Each chapter begins with a narrative describing Monroe's life and career at that point, bringing in producers, sidemen, and others as they become part of the story. The narratives read like a "who's who" of bluegrass, connecting Monroe to the music's larger history...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252031210
• ISBN13: 9780252031212
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.7" x 11.2"