Bluegrass in Baltimore

<p> 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 viewed the music they made as the poorest example of poor man's music.</p>