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AVAILABLE SPRING 2011 Sacred Steel
Bean Blossom Inside an African American Steel Guitar Tradition
The Brown County Jamboree and Bill Monroe’s ROBERT L. STONE
Bluegrass Festivals “This book honors the legacy of the men who paved my
THOMAS A. ADLER musical path. All of us in the Sacred Steel brotherhood
Bean Blossom, Indiana—near Brown County State Park and owe Bob a debt of gratitude for documenting our musical
the artist-colony town of Nashville, Indiana—is home to the tradition.” —Robert Randolph
annual Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival founded in 1967 In this book, Robert L. Stone follows the sound of steel guitar
by Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass. Thomas A. Adler’s into the music-driven Pentecostal worship of two related
history of Bean Blossom traces the long and colorful life of churches: the House of God and the Church of the Living
the Brown County Jamboree and Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass God. Stone uses nearly two decades of research, interviews,
Festival, widely recognized as the oldest continuously and fieldwork to tell the story of a vibrant musical tradition
running bluegrass music festival in the world. that straddles sacred and secular contexts.
264 pp. 6.125 x 9.25. 24 black & white photographs,
320 pp. 6 x 9. 32 black & white photographs, 1 music example, 2 tables.
8 line drawings, 3 maps. 2011.
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