Bean Blossom : The Brown County Jamboree and Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Festivals

Name: Bean Blossom
Brand: University of Illinois Press
SKU: 9780252078101
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ISBN: 9780252078101

by Thomas A. Adler

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0252078101

ISBN-13 9780252078101

Publisher University of Illinois Press

Imprint University of Illinois Press

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date May 23rd, 2011

Print length 288 Pages

Weight 486 grams

Dimensions 23.40 x 15.90 x 1.90 cms

Product Classification: US Midwest Bluegrass Country and Western Country & Western music Popular music

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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 presented between April and November each year. Over the years, Monroe''s festival featured the top performers in bluegrass music, including Jimmy Martin, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, the Goins Brothers, the Stanley Brothers, and many more.

Thomas A. Adler''s history of Bean Blossom traces the long and colorful life of the Brown County Jamboree and Bill Monroe''s Bluegrass Festival. Adler discusses the development of bluegrass music, the many personalities involved in the bluegrass music scene, the interplay of local, regional, and national interests, and the meaning of this venue to the music''s many performers--both professional and amateur--and its legions of fans.

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