The Sunny Side of Appalachia: Bluegrass from the Grassroots
by B. L. Dotson-Lewis
Original and authentic describes the work of B. L. Dotson-Lewis, West
Virginia author. Born in the coalfields of Southwest Virginia and
raised in the coalfields of Wet Virginia. This author strikes out on her
own to give the mountain people a voice through oral histories,
photos and narratives. Book three explores the exciting world of Bluegrass
Music from the Grassroots. Uncut, verbatim and in
original dialect, the early years of the struggling musician comes alive.
Ride along with Bobby Osborne, Jesse McReynolds, Everett Lilly, and Melvin Goins
to the one-room schools and the honky tonks
or stand at drive-in theatres where they first played.
Near starvation, heartache nor uncooperative record companies top these
musicians from telling the stories of the mountain people in
the high lonesome sound of BLUEGRASS MUSIC.
11/14/08
Table of ContentsEdgar & Eunice Kitchen -
Music in the Mountains
Bill Monroe - narrative
Jason Bragg - Laurel Creek Bluegrass Band
Anita Fisher - Anita Fisher Band
Jamie Dailey - Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
(now, Dailey & Vincent)
Larry Gillis - Larry Gillis Band
Melvin Goins - Melvin Goins & Windy Mountain
Ben Greene - Carolina Road Band
Pete Hart - Hart Brothers
Lorraine Jordan - Caroline Road Band
Tom Langdon - Carolina Sonshine Band
Danny Stanley - Carolina Sonshine Band
Bobby Osborne - Bobby Osborne & Rocky Top
X-Press
Larry Stephenson - Larry Stephenson Band
Danny Davis - Ralph Stanley II Band
Tony Holt - Wildwood Valley Boys
Aubrey Holt - Wildwood Valley Boys
Jesse McReynolds - Jesse McReynolds
& the Virginia Boys
A letter from Joy McReynolds
God Sent an Angel - story by Kevin,
Drema & Patrick Bowles
Robert & Ella Pendarvis
Michael Stanner
Burl Willis
Everett Lilly - The Worlds Original Lilly Brothers
Bill Dorsey