![]() ![]() ![]() It seems to me he was quite unpredictable as most genius’ tend to be. He loved and gave love yet hated and held long-standing grudges. Monroe himself was a dynamic personality who was kind and considerate yet callous and really quite cruel at the same time. I feel as though I can now relate so as to understand so much more about Bluegrass music after reading this book. For sure, many, many, did I say many, great performers moved it along and still do but you have to give credit where credit is due to the one who “furrowed the first row”. No question in my mind after this reading who was the “Father of Bluegrass”. It is an amazing story with an amazing ending and I would recommend it to anyone who was like me and needed to know the story of how Bluegrass got going and the identity of the fellow who whipped it into being.Bill Monroe. Some 60 years and more of one person and group after another with dates and recordings and wives and girlfriends and family members who were indirectly or directly in the path of Big Mon. The author did his research I’d say and then some. First of all it is not only a biography of this bigger-than-life personality but it is also a history book. Smith which is a biography of Bill Monroe, and wanted to share a few words about it. I have just now finished reading the book “Can’t You Hear Me Callin’” written by Richard D. ![]()
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