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Music of Bill Monroe

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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 and containing many fascinating stories. The second part of each chapter presents the discography. Information here includes the session's place, date, time, and producer; master/matrix numbers, song/tune titles, composer credits, personnel, instruments, and vocals; and catalog/release numbers and reissue data. The only complete bio-discography of this American musical icon, The Music of Bill Monroe is the starting point for any study of Monroe's contributions as a composer, interpreter, and performer.
''Rosenberg and the late Wolfe document every detail of Monroe's work. The chronological listing of all his recordings is staggering, and though the narrative makes easy reading , this impressive, hard-bound 350-page tome will mainly appeal to those wishing to study blue-grass and its heritage under a college-owned microscope.''--MOJO Dec 2007
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