The Music of the Stanley Brothers (Music in American Life)

Synopsis

It Is All Here: Dates And Locations; The Roster Of Players On Well-known And Obscure Sessions Alike; Master/matrix And Catalog/release Numbers, With Reissue Information; A Full Discography Sorting Out The Stanleys' Complex Recording History; The Stories Behind The Music, And Exquisitely Informed Biographical Notes That Place Events In The Context Of The Brothers' Careers And Lives--back Cover. Carter And Ralph Stanley Were Key Figures In The Development Of Bluegrass Music In Postwar America. This Book Studies Their Life And Work. With A Foreword By Neil V. Rosenberg, Discographies, Notes, Bibliography, And Indices. Black & White Photos. Death Is Only A Dream : 1947-1948 -- To Us, That Would Have Been The Impossible : Columbia Records, 1949-1952 -- Some Of Our Best Recordings Were The Mercurys : 1953-1958 -- How Mountain Girls Can Love : The Early King/starday Years, 1958-1962 -- Stone Walls And Steel Bars : The Later King Years 1963-1966. Gary B. Reid, Forword By Neil V. Rosenberg. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 251-257), Discographies, And Index.