On the Bus With Bill Monroe: My Five-year Ride With the Father of Blue Grass (Music in American Life) - Softcover

Hembree, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 025208649X ISBN 13: 9780252086496

Verlag: University of Illinois Press, 2022

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A backstage audition led Mark Hembree into a five-year stint (1979&#8211;1984) as the bassist for Bill Monroe&#39;s Blue Grass Boys. Hembree&#8217;s journey included playing at the White House and on the acclaimed album <i>Master of Bluegrass</i>. 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&#8217;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. <p>The amusing story of a Yankee fish out of water, <i>On the Bus with Bill Monroe</i> mixes memoir with storytelling to recount the adventures of a Northerner learning new ways and the Old South.</p>

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<b>Mark Hembree</b> 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.

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• Verlag: University of Illinois Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 025208649X
• ISBN 13: 9780252086496
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224
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