About the Author:
Fred Hill is the author of OUTRUNNING YOUR SHADOW: CARING FOR DYING PARENTS (1999, VanMeter Publishing). He has also published scholarly articles, poetry, and over 50 short stories. His background in bluegrass includes experience as a radio DJ in Kentucky and Vermont and as a musician in bluegrass and other musical styles. Hill also taught high school social studies in New Hampshire. Today he lives in Indiana, picks a little banjo, is working on several other bluegrass publishing projects.
Review:
"GRASS ROOTS begins at the beginning, tracing the origin of bluegrass to the stringbands and fiddlers of Appalachia, who were influenced by Irish and Scottish reels. [From there] Hill chronicles the rise to fame of the many bluegrass luminaries.... The book is handsome -- the art staff of Vermont Life magazine did the layout -- and the cover was thoughtfully conceived. GRASS ROOTS gives a nostalgic view of a nostalgic music." -- Burlington Free Press
"GRASS ROOTS is a treasure, and I'm proud of it. [It is] very well written, and interesting to read. It is well put together. There is enough good pictures to make it eye catching, and enough interesting material to hold one's attention. I would highly recommend it, and shall do so in the JIM & JESSE Newsletter which I am currently putting together." -- Jean S. Osborne, President, JIM & JESSE Fan Club
"I must say Mr. Hill certainly did a great deal of research... to write such an informative piece of literature. I am sure bluegrass fans all around the country would be pleased to have this book in their collection. The pictures alone are well worth the price of the book." -- Sharon Volles, Central New York Bluegrass Association
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