RADAR: Cool Bluegrass Reads

This will be quick:

3 things I think you must read.

• Chris Thile Interview conducted by none other than David Grisman (articly by Michael John Simmons via The Fretboard Journal. Literally 2 hours of two mandolin masters talk about their music and their instrument.. MUST READ.
• Great book: “Blind But Now I See: The Biography of Music Legend Doc Watson” by Kent Gustavson. You can get an excerpt from the book’s website and of course you can grab it from Amazon. Review forthcoming.
• Another great Bio about to be released: The story of legendary banjo picker, Wade Mainer in a book entitled, “Banjo on the Mountain – Wade Mainer’s First Hundred Years”

In case you don’t know Wade, from The Bluegrass Blog:

Born in North Carolina in 1907, Mainer performed professionally from 1934 until 1953, originally in his brother, fiddler J.E. Mainer’s band (Mainer’s Mountaineers), and later with his own group, The Sons Of The Mountaineers. His hey day was during the popularity of “hillbilly music” in the 1930s and ’40s, but he left music to work for General Motors in the 1950s. Since that time, he has recorded only a few albums of Gospel music and toured sporadically with his wife, Julia. He has played very little since he retired in 1993.

And one great thing you should watch:

Have a nice day!

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