Long Way Back Home - Bill Monroe and the Making of Bluegrass.(International Bluegrass Music Museum) From: World and I | Date: December 1, 2002| Author: OLSEN, ERIC P. | COPYRIGHT 2002 News World Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The father of bluegrass wove a lonely life and a keen sensitivity to nature into a new musical genre that is now achieving unprecedented popularity.

Rosine, Kentucky (population 65) is not much to look at. A 1930s-era country store, a weathered barn, and a cluster of nondescript houses sum up the charms of this rural hamlet some 120 miles west of Louisville. But for some visitors, the village is hallowed ground--the elusive "home" celebrated in the searching and plaintiv...

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