"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 coverCarter 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
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-257), discographies, and index