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Bluegrass Ambassadors - The McLain Family Band in Appalachia and the World (Paperback)
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Bluegrass Ambassadors - The McLain Family Band in Appalachia and the World (Paperback)
Series: Sounding Appalachia
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Bluegrass Ambassadors is the first book-length study of the McLain
Family Band, which has spread the gospel of bluegrass for more than
fifty years. Rooted in bluegrass but also collaborating with
classical composers and performing folk, jazz, gospel, and even
marches, the band traveled to sixty-two foreign countries in the
1970s under the auspices of the State Department. The band's verve
and joyful approach to its art perfectly suited its ambassadorial
role. After retiring as full-time performers, most members of the
group became educators, with patriarch Raymond K. McLain's work at
Berea College playing a particularly important role in bringing
bluegrass to the higher education curriculum. Interpreting the
band's diverse repertoire as both a source of its popularity and a
reason for its exclusion from the bluegrass pantheon, Paul Jenkins
advances subtle arguments about genre, criticism, and audience.
Bluegrass Ambassadors analyzes the McLains' compositions,
recordings, and performances, and features a complete discography.
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