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8%OFFBob Black - Come Hither to Go Yonder: Playing Bluegrass with Bill Monroe - 9780252072437 - V9780252072437
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Come Hither to Go Yonder: Playing Bluegrass with Bill Monroe

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Description for Come Hither to Go Yonder: Playing Bluegrass with Bill Monroe Paperback. The inside story on the Father of Bluegrass from one of his Blue Grass Boys Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 208 pages, 40 photographs. BIC Classification: AVGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 331.

Bob Black was a member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys in the 1970s. Black's memoir of his time with the man he called the Chief offers the unique vantage point of a man who traveled and performed extensively with the Father of Bluegrass at a time when the music had opened up to new audiences--and Monroe had become a living legend. 

Both role model and taskmaster, Monroe exerted a profound influence on Black and the musicians who have carried on the bluegrass tradition. In addition to Black's one-of-a-kind story, Come Hither to Go Yonder includes complete listing of Black's appearances with Monroe, ... Read more

Offering a rare perspective on the creative forces that drove one of America's greatest composers and musical innovators, Come Hither to Go Yonder rewards fans of Bill Monroe and bluegrass while offering an insider's view of a crucial time in the music's history.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Music in American Life
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252072437
SKU
V9780252072437
Shipping Time
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About Bob Black
Bob Black played banjo as one of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys and recorded with him on the Weary Traveler album. Black later played for several years with Buck White and the Down Home Folks. He appears on a number of fiddle albums by Kenny Baker and has performed with Ricky Skaggs, Ralph Stanley, Rhonda Vincent, Marty Stuart, Frank Wakefield, ... Read more

Reviews for Come Hither to Go Yonder: Playing Bluegrass with Bill Monroe
Bob Black was named the International Bluegrass Music Association Print Media Personality of the Year for his book (2006). "Black writes clearly, in an easy-to-read and entertaining style. His portrait of Monroe is perceptive and sensitive, valuable because of its close perspective and also because Black has a different take on the man than many previous Monroe documentarians. ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Come Hither to Go Yonder: Playing Bluegrass with Bill Monroe


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