Neil V. Rosenberg is the professor emeritus of folklore at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He is the author of Bluegrass: A History and coauthor of Bluegrass Odyssey and The Music of Bill Monroe.
Bluegrass Print/Media Person of the Year from the International
Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA), 2018
"Bluegrass Generation is a magnificent work whose significance
radiates thoughtfully far beyond its own ambitions. In partitioning
the early-sixties Jamboree from the larger bluegrass narrative, we
are able to reclaim the limited historical visibility that these
actors themselves encountered. Of the many pleasures this book
affords, we can add Rosenberg's light-handed approach to the memoir
genre." --Journal of Folklore Research "This work has historical
import, not only for what it contributes to our understanding of
the emergence of bluegrass music but also for highlighting the
significant role that scholars have on recording music history."
--Indiana Magazine of History "Bluegrass Generation: A
Memoir is well worth the read. Rosenberg’s style is fluid,
clear, and reader-friendly; it is detailed without being stuffy,
interesting without being narrow, and factual without being
opinionated." --Banjo Newsletter "Reading Bluegrass Generation was
an enjoyable reminder of my time at Bean Blossom as a Blue Grass
Boy. It brought back a lot of memories and reminded me of a few
things I'd forgotten, too--and I even learned some things I never
knew!"--Del McCoury "Bluegrass Generation: A Memoir is highly
recommended to all students of bluegrass, but especially anyone who
has fond memories of the Bean Blossom Festivals in the 1960s, 70s
and 80s." --Bluegrass Breakdown "His behind-the-scenes remembrances
give valuable insight into the evolution of the bluegrass genre.
This book is appropriate for both fans and researchers of bluegrass
and country music. Recommended." --Choice "An ode to a time and a
place when college kids and country folks bonded over a love of
bluegrass." --Wall Street Journal "[Neil Rosenberg's] the perfect
guide--our Virgil--to a unique place and time in bluegrass music.
This memoir is as essential reading as Bluegrass: A History"
--Bluegrass Unlimited
"If you want the inside scoop on how bluegrass music came to be,
this is it." --Inland Northwest Bluegrass Music Association
"The audience for this book need not be limited to bluegrass
scholars and enthusiasts. Students of ethnomusicology may find it
invaluable as an informal guidebook for ethnography. Readers who
are dual musician-scholars or arts administrator-scholars will
appreciate the synergy between Rosenberg’s research and industry
activities." --CAML Review
"A wonderful snap shot of a place and time in the history of
bluegrass music. Neil traces his transition from musician to
scholar and along the way offers vivid personal, musical and
business glimpses of bluegrass patriarch Bill Monroe and his
now-legendary Bean Blossom park."--Gary B. Reid, author of The
Music of the Stanley Brothers
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