{"product_id":"industrial-strength-bluegrass-9780252085604","title":"Industrial Strength Bluegrass","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the twentieth century, Appalachian migrants seeking economic opportunities relocated to southwestern Ohio, bringing their music with them. Between 1947 and 1989, they created an internationally renowned capital for the thriving bluegrass music genre, centered on the industrial region of Cincinnati, Dayton, Hamilton, Middletown, and Springfield. Fred Bartenstein and Curtis W. Ellison edit a collection of eyewitness narratives and in-depth analyses that explore southwestern Ohio’s bluegrass musicians, radio broadcasters, recording studios, record labels, and performance venues, along with the music’s contributions to religious activities, community development, and public education. As the bluegrass scene grew, southwestern Ohio''s distinctive sounds reached new fans and influenced those everywhere who continue to play, produce, and love roots music. \u003cp\u003eRevelatory and multifaceted, \u003ci\u003eIndustrial Strength Bluegrass\u003c\/i\u003e shares the inspiring story of a bluegrass hotbed and th\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If you believe that a purpose of volumes such as \u003ci\u003eIndustrial Strength Bluegrass\u003c\/i\u003e is to stimulate thinking about a subject, then \u003ci\u003eIndustrial Strength Bluegrass\u003c\/i\u003e serves its purpose well.\" --\u003ci\u003eJournal of Folklore Research\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If you believe that a purpose of volumes such as \u003ci\u003eIndustrial Strength Bluegrass\u003c\/i\u003e is to stimulate thinking about a subject, then \u003ci\u003eIndustrial Strength Bluegrass\u003c\/i\u003e serves its purpose well.\" --\u003ci\u003eJournal of Folklore Research\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With its extensive notes and sources, this book is a rich resource of information and powerful insights into the people and times that left an indelible mark on bluegrass.\" --\u003ci\u003eBluegrass Unlimited\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e​\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eIndustrial Strength Bluegrass: Southwest Ohio’s Musical Legacy,\u003c\/i\u003e both the book and the recording, are major contributions to the field of Appalachian Studies. These works provide a view of the urban Appalachian experience that reveals the story of Appalachian migration, the influence of Appalachian culture in areas like greater Cincinnati and takes us up to the present ways that Appalachian culture still impacts the region and the world beyond.\" --\u003ci\u003eUrban Appalachian Community Coalition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e​\u003c\/i\u003e\"They have created this lively look at the southern Ohio region and the music that magically materialized when the right people came along. . . . Soundly supported scholarship and down-to-earth accounts from those who were there and made it happen.\" --\u003ci\u003eBookreporter.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"My family left Jackson County, Kentucky, in the late 1950s to find work in Ohio. The sounds and songs from home naturally tagged along with us. Riding around in Dad’s truck there as a kid, the first music I remember hearing was the Osborne Brothers and Flatt and Scruggs on WPFB. Industrial Strength Bluegrass brings to life how bluegrass developed in the Cincinnati\/Dayton region. I love the vivid stories of how the genre came of age and all the fascinating characters who catapulted it onto the world’s stage.\"--Dan Hays, former Executive Director of the International Bluegrass Music Association\u003cbr\u003e​​​\"Essential reading for any bluegrass fan. What a cast—from flawed geniuses, raucously liberated women, and gun-toting business proprietors to Eagle Scouts, professors, and creative artists of the highest order, all mixed together in the same petri dish, all true to themselves and their music. The setting for the first bluegrass college concert, Antioch, as well as where Mike Lilly rode his Harley into the Living Arts Center; Moon Mullins professed, promoted, and ad-libbed commercials with colorful epithets surpassing Barnum’s; motley barrooms became famous nationwide for the quality of the music played there; and, true to their work ethic, bluegrass professionals sprouted everywhere and many rose to national fame. The barroom bluegrass of Southwest Ohio spawned by Appalachian transplants who had taken the 'trail of the bologna rinds' was just as good and often more exciting than the bluegrass of the traveling professionals who first developed the music. When the two met here, it split the bluegrass atom.\"--Ron Thomason, founder and leader of the Dry Branch Fire Squad\u003cbr\u003e​​​\"An appealing and accessible musical history that showcases the importance of homegrown regional musical culture. For bluegrass fans and historians of the genre.\" --Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword: Industrial Strength Bluegrass Neil V. Rosenberg\u003cbr\u003e Notes from the Editors\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e A Southwestern Ohio Bluegrass Timeline\u003cbr\u003e 1 Appalachian Migration: Setting the Musical Stage in Southwestern Ohio Phillip J. Obermiller\u003cbr\u003e 2 Bobby Osborne Remembers How It Was Bobby Osborne and Joe Mullins\u003cbr\u003e 3 All the Way to the Fence: Bluegrass Broadcasting in the Miami Valley Daniel Mullins\u003cbr\u003e 4 Taking the Music Home: Bluegrass Recording Studios, Record Labels, and Record Stores Mac McDivitt\u003cbr\u003e 5 Sing Me Back Home: Early Bluegrass Venues in Southwestern Ohio Larry Nager\u003cbr\u003e 6 Using My Bible for a Roadmap: Sacred Bluegrass Music in the Miami Valley Fred Bartenstein\u003cbr\u003e 7 Green to Bluegrass: Reflections on an Unlikely Musical Career Lily Isaacs\u003cbr\u003e 8 Buckeyes in the Briar Patch: Southwestern Ohio Bluegrass in the 1970s Jon Hartley Fox\u003cbr\u003e 9 The Living Arts Center’s East Dayton Roots Rick Good\u003cbr\u003e 10 Bluegrass Music and Urban Appalachian Identity in Cincinnati Nathan McGee\u003cbr\u003e 11 Distinctive Qualities of Southwestern Ohio Bluegrass Ben Krakauer\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A: Recommended Southwestern Ohio Bluegrass Recordings\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B: For Further Reading\u003cbr\u003e List of Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864292503895,"sku":"9780252085604","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252085604.jpg?v=1722271261","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/industrial-strength-bluegrass-9780252085604","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}