The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #24226   Message #275837
Posted By: Rick Fielding
11-Aug-00 - 12:08 PM
Thread Name: review of bio of Bill Monroe
Subject: RE: review of bio of Bill Monroe
Oh well, there are always the stories about Bill's very active sex life. UGHHHH! Now that's a direction I don't wanna go!

Sometimes it's very frustrating to me to read accounts of the lives of important musicians, when I know that the author knows (or cares) little about that form of music. Right off the bat they often betray their ignorance with silly little inaccurate details. Biographies of Stan Rogers, Gordon Lightfoot, Ronnie Hawkins, and Hank Williams are full of them. Joe Klein's "Woody" book was better, but his lack of accuracy about Woody's musical skills and choice of instruments still bothered me.

"MetaNurd"