Bean Blossom : The Brown County Jamboree and Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Festivals
ISBN: 9780252078101 | 0252078101
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Univ of Illinois Pr
Pub. Date: 5/15/2011
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A long look back at the home of legendary bluegrass festivals and jamborees
Bean Blossom, Indiana--near Brown County State Park and the artist-colony town of Nashville, Indiana--is home to the annual Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival, founded in 1967 by Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass. Widely recognized as the oldest continuously running bluegrass music festival in the world, this June festival's roots run back to late 1951, when Monroe purchased the Brown County Jamboree, a live weekly country music show presen... MORE
Bean Blossom, Indiana--near Brown County State Park and the artist-colony town of Nashville, Indiana--is home to the annual Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival, founded in 1967 by Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass. Widely recognized as the oldest continuously running bluegrass music festival in the world, this June festival's roots run back to late 1951, when Monroe purchased the Brown County Jamboree, a live weekly country music show presen... MORE
| Preface | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| Introduction: Rural Country Music Parks | p. xv |
| Brown County History and Roots | p. 1 |
| Origins of the Brown County Jamboree, 1939-41 | p. 12 |
| The Rund Family's Brown County Jamboree, 1941-51 | p. 21 |
| Bill Monroe's Brown County Jamboree Park, 1952-57 | p. 48 |
| Survivals, Revivals, and Arrivals, 1958-66 | p. 66 |
| Bui... MORE | p. 90 |
| The Festival Becomes a Landmark, 1969-71 | p. 108 |
| The Festival's Golden Age, 1972-82 | p. 123 |
| Festival People and Lore | p. 145 |
| Bill and James Monroe's Festival Park, 1983-97 | p. 159 |
| Renaissance, Continuity, and Change, 1998 and After | p. 179 |
| Notes | p. 191 |
| List of Interviews | p. 209 |
| Bibliography | p. 213 |
| Index | p. 221 |
| Illustrations follow page | p. 122 |
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Thomas A. Adler is a folklorist, banjoist, radio show host, and the former executive director of the International Bluegrass Music Museum. He lives in Lexington, Kentucky, and first attended Bean Blossom in 1968.
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