On the Bus with Bill Monroe: My Five-Year Ride with the Father of Blue Grass (Music in American Life) - Hardcover

Hembree, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0252044428 ISBN 13: 9780252044427

Verlag: University of Illinois Press, 2022

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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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Mark Hembree is a bassist, vocalist, writer, and editor. From 1979 to 1984, Hembree worked for Bill Monroe as a Blue Grass Boy. He cofounded the Nashville Bluegrass Band in 1984 and was a member until 1988.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Illinois Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0252044428
• ISBN 13: 9780252044427
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224
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