Best Books About Bluegrass Music and Culture
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Can't You Hear Me Callin': The Life of Bill Monroe, Father of Bluegrass
by:
Richard D. Smith
4.05 avg rating — 284 ratings 
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Traveling the High Way Home: Ralph Stanley and the World of Traditional Bluegrass Music
by:
John Wright
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings 
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True Adventures with the King of Bluegrass: Jimmy Martin
by:
Tom Piazza
4.20 avg rating — 64 ratings 
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Bean Blossom: The Brown County Jamboree and Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Festivals
by:
Thomas A. Adler
3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings 
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Wayfaring Stranger: A Musical Journey in the American South
by:
Emma John
4.26 avg rating — 174 ratings 
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Don't Give Your Heart to a Rambler: My Life with Jimmy Martin, the King of Bluegrass 3.44 avg rating — 25 ratings
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The Banjo of Ralph Stanley: From Old-Time to Bluegrass
by:
Mike Seeger
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating 
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I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow Sheet Music
by:
Carter Stanley
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating 23. 
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The Bill Monroe Reader (Music in American Life series (MAL))
by:
Tom Ewing
3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings 
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Folk Music in Overdrive: A Primer on Traditional Country and Bluegrass Artists (Charles K. Wolfe Music Series)
by:
Ivan M. Tribe
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 29. 
Bluegrass in Baltimore: The Hard Drivin' Sound and Its Legacy
by:
Tim Newby
4.33 avg rating — 24 ratings 30. 
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Bluegrass Odyssey: A Documentary in Pictures and Words, 1966-86
by:
Neil V Rosenberg
4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings 
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The Mandolin in America: The Full Story from Orchestras to Bluegrass to the Modern Revival
by:
Walter Carter
4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings 39. 
American Country: Bluegrass, Honky-Tonk, and Crossover Sounds
by:
Lloyd Sachs
3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings 40. 
Banjo Camp!: Learning, Picking & Jamming With Bluegrass and Old-time Greats 2.70 avg rating — 10 ratings
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John Duffey's Bluegrass Life: Featuring the Country Gentlemen, Seldom Scene, and Washington, D.C.
by:
Stephen Moore
4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings 42. 
Speed Bumps on a Dirt Road: When Old Time Music Met Bluegrass
by:
John Cohen
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings 
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Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens
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Hazel Dickens
4.28 avg rating — 40 ratings 45. 
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Steve Kaufman's Four-Hour Bluegrass Banjo Workout
by:
Steve Kaufman
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 
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Bill Clifton: America's Bluegrass Ambassador to the World
by:
Bill C. Malone
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings 54. 
The Life I've Picked: A Banjo Player's Nitty Gritty Journey
by:
John McEuen
4.10 avg rating — 58 ratings 55. 
What Earl Scruggs Heard: String Music Along the North Carolina-South Carolina Border
by:
Bob Carlin
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating 56. 
Foggy Mountain Troubadour: The Life and Music of Curly Seckler
by:
Penny Parsons
4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings 57. 
Singing Cowboys and Musical Mountaineers: Southern Culture and the Roots of Country Music
by:
Bill C. Malone
3.76 avg rating — 29 ratings 58. 
Don't Get Above Your Raisin': Country Music and the Southern Working Class
by:
Bill C. Malone
4.35 avg rating — 43 ratings 
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The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 12: Music (The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, 12)
by:
Bill C. Malone
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings 
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The Life, Work and Music of the American Folk Artist Doc Watson
by:
Fred Metting
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 64. 
Blind but Now I See: The Biography of Music Legend Doc Watson
by:
Kent Gustavson
3.76 avg rating — 199 ratings 65. 
Old-time Gospel Banjo Solos (31 All Time Gospel Favorites Arranged in Three Finger Style)
by:
Jack Hatfield
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating 
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The Classic Douglas Dillard Songbook of 5-String Banjo Tablatures
by:
Douglas Dillard
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating 
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Bluegrass Banjo for the Complete Ignoramus (Book + Online Audio)
by:
Wayne Erbsen
4.04 avg rating — 114 ratings 71. 
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Bluegrass Ambassadors: The McLain Family Band in Appalachia and the World
by:
Paul O. Jenkins
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating 
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Tony Rice Bluegrass Guitar Songbook | Learn Flatpicking, Licks, and Solos | Includes Guitar Tabs and Online Audio | Essential Instructional Book for Bluegrass and Acoustic Guitarists
by:
Tony Rice
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings 78. 
Tony Trischka's Essential Practice Techniques for Bluegrass Banjo
by:
Homespun Video
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 79. 
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On the Bus with Bill Monroe: My Five-Year Ride with the Father of Blue Grass
by:
Mark Hembree
4.33 avg rating — 27 ratings 
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The Peter Rowan Songbook Piano, Vocal and Guitar Chords it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Bluegrass Slow Jam For The Total Beginner: An Super Easy, No Fail Play Along Session
by:
Peter Wernick
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 
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Then Sings My Soul: The Culture of Southern Gospel Music
by:
Douglas Harrison
3.18 avg rating — 11 ratings 