McGrath! That's EXACTLY how it feels sometimes when I listen to this music. Look, it's not that I just ENJOY this stuff....it was absolutely crucial to me feeling any kind of 'belonging' when I was a kid.

I've talked to guys who picked in Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys during the sixties, and some of the stories were chilling. I kept thinking "HOW could someone who was jewish (or even urban, for that matter) stand being around that kind of atmosphere" One of those people said "If you were asked to be a "Bluegrass Boy", whould you have accepted?" The answer is of course..."yes".

Steve, the book is easily obtained at the Albert Campbell Library. Just go on line and ask them to send it to your local library. It'll be there in a few days.

"A ROLLICKING MEMOIR"??!! Jeesus! Some of it is very scary. The part where Broonzy and his Buddies are telling jokes is pretty rollicking, but the part where they're begging Lomax to not release it, ain't rollicking.

Rick