Table of Contents

CoverTitleCopyrightContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPrologueChapter One. 1892–1919Chapter Two. 1920–1929Chapter Three. 1930–1939Chapter Four. 1940–1949Chapter Five. 1950–1959Chapter Six. 1960–1969Chapter Seven. 1970–1979Chapter Eight. 1980–1989Chapter Nine. 1990–1996EpilogueAppendix: Blue Grass BoysNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

About the Author

Tom Ewing was the guitarist/lead singer of Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys for ten years. Winner of a Distinguished Achievement Award from the International Bluegrass Music Association, he is the editor of The Bill Monroe Reader and wrote the ""Thirty Years Ago This Month"" column for Bluegrass Unlimited. 

Reviews

"Insightful . . .  [Bill Monroe: The Life and Music of the Blue Grass Man] presents bluegrass history as it happened, as well as a fresh look at 'this extraordinary individual.'" --Wall Street Journal
"A fair, objective, and entertaining chronicle."--Publishers Weekly
"A detailed, decade-by-decade, almost moment-by-moment chronicle of the Father of Bluegrass. Because of its thoroughness, it will be the standard biography."--No Depression