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 therse
musicians from telling the stories of the mountain people in
the high lonesome sound of BLUEGRASS MUSIC.
11/14/08