Bean Blossom

Pp. 228 + illustrations: 29 black- and-white photographs, 5 line drawings, 6 maps.) Thomas Adler's book Bean Blossom: The Brown County Jamboree and Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Festivals ably documents the development of a country music park that pushed the bluegrass festival movement forward. bean blossom and similar parks are important settings for country music, but represent a type of setting that is scarcely mentioned in a world where conversa- tion about music focuses on such items as in- ternet downloads and radio play. however, for decades, places like bean blossom have been locations where people not only perform and listen to the music, but experience the cultures connected to the music styles. in addition to performances by name acts, country music parks are where young acts gain their first stage time, where players play for fun in the camp- ground, where families go to experience live music, and where members of country music communities gather to socialize in country mu- sic environments

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