Pretty Good For A Girl: Women In Bluegrass (music In American Life)
by Murphy Hicks Henry /
2013 / English / EPUB
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The first book devoted entirely to women in bluegrass,
The first book devoted entirely to women in bluegrass,Pretty Good for a Girl
Pretty Good for a Girl documents the lives of more than
seventy women whose vibrant contributions to the development of
bluegrass have been, for the most part, overlooked. Accessibly
written and organized by decade, the book begins with Sally Ann
Forrester, who played accordion and sang with Bill Monroe's
Blue Grass Boys from 1943 to 1946, and continues into the
present with artists such as Alison Krauss, Rhonda Vincent, and
the Dixie Chicks. Drawing from extensive interviews, well-known
banjoist Murphy Hicks Henry gives voice to women performers and
innovators throughout bluegrass's history, including such
pioneers as Bessie Lee Mauldin, Wilma Lee Cooper, and Roni and
Donna Stoneman; family bands including the Lewises, Whites, and
McLains; and later pathbreaking performers such as the Buffalo
Gals and other all-girl bands, Laurie Lewis, Lynn Morris, Missy
Raines, and many others.
documents the lives of more than
seventy women whose vibrant contributions to the development of
bluegrass have been, for the most part, overlooked. Accessibly
written and organized by decade, the book begins with Sally Ann
Forrester, who played accordion and sang with Bill Monroe's
Blue Grass Boys from 1943 to 1946, and continues into the
present with artists such as Alison Krauss, Rhonda Vincent, and
the Dixie Chicks. Drawing from extensive interviews, well-known
banjoist Murphy Hicks Henry gives voice to women performers and
innovators throughout bluegrass's history, including such
pioneers as Bessie Lee Mauldin, Wilma Lee Cooper, and Roni and
Donna Stoneman; family bands including the Lewises, Whites, and
McLains; and later pathbreaking performers such as the Buffalo
Gals and other all-girl bands, Laurie Lewis, Lynn Morris, Missy
Raines, and many others.