Bluegrass Voices: My Conversations with Legendary Icons

Imagine sitting on a worn porch in the hills of Kentucky or Virginia,where architects of bluegrass music such as Vassar Clements,Hubert and Rubye Davis, Wilma Lee Cooper, Mac Wiseman,Jesse McReynolds, Rollin “Oscar” Sullivan, J. T. Gray, andCharlie Cushman lean in close to tell you their stories in theirown raw, unfi ltered words.Years ago, armed with little more than a tape recorder anda burning passion for bluegrass music, I made the long trip toNashville, Tennessee. I sat in Grand Ole Opry dressing rooms,personal homes, and quiet corners of Music City USA to captureconversations with icons who built the genre.In Voices of Bluegrass, I have preserved irreplaceable, intimate,never-before-published interviews with the true pioneers whohelped give the world that soul-stirring “high lonesome sound.”This isn’t just a book of facts and timelines. It’s a front-rowseat to history – told in the words of the wonderful people wholived it. Within these pages their voices rise once more – clear,true, and timeless. Read more