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With an influx of Appalachian migrants who came looking for work in the 1940s and 1950s, Baltimore found itself populated by some extraordinary mountain musicians and was for a brief time the center of the Bluegrass world. Life in Baltimore for these musicians was not easy. There were missed opportunities, personal demons and always the up-hill battle with prejudice against their hillbilly origins. Based upon interviews with legendary players from the Golden Age of Baltimore Bluegrass, this book provides the first in-depth coverage of this transplanted-roots music and its broader influence, detailing the struggles Appalachian musicians faced in a big city that looked down on their “poorest example of poor man's music.“

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the first book to take an in-depth look into how the music that was played in Baltimore came to wield influence across a broad musical landscape --<i>Cybergrass Bluegrass Music News</i>; Newby's work is momentous as it is the first compendium to examine this deeply rooted tradition --<i>Baltimore Magazine</i>.

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Tim Newby is the features editor at Honest Tune Magazine and his work has appeared in a variety of magazines, both online and in print. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland, USA where he is an active part of the city’s thriving live music scene.

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