Southern Mountain Music: The Collected Writings of Wayne Erbsen

This work represents a lifetime of research by Wayne Erbsen, professor of old-time and bluegrass music at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, who interviewed many legendary figures in Appalachian music. Often the first and only scholar to ever collect their stories, he provides in this book an indispensable history of bluegrass and old-time music in Appalachia for generations to come.

The book begins with stories featuring many pioneers of old-time and bluegrass music. Next are ...