Industrial Strength Bluegrass

Foreword: Industrial Strength Bluegrass Neil V. Rosenberg
Notes from the Editors
Acknowledgments
A Southwestern Ohio Bluegrass Timeline
1 Appalachian Migration: Setting the Musical Stage in Southwestern Ohio Phillip J. Obermiller
2 Bobby Osborne Remembers How It Was Bobby Osborne and Joe Mullins
3 All the Way to the Fence: Bluegrass Broadcasting in the Miami Valley Daniel Mullins
4 Taking the Music Home: Bluegrass Recording Studios, Record Labels, and Record Stores Mac McDivitt
5 Sing Me Back Home: Early Bluegrass Venues in Southwestern Ohio Larry Nager
6 Using My Bible for a Roadmap: Sacred Bluegrass Music in the Miami Valley Fred Bartenstein
7 Green to Bluegrass: Reflections on an Unlikely Musical Career Lily Isaacs
8 Buckeyes in the Briar Patch: Southwestern Ohio Bluegrass in the 1970s Jon Hartley Fox
9 The Living Arts Center’s East Dayton Roots Rick Good
10 Bluegrass Music and Urban Appalachian Identity in Cincinnati Nathan McGee
11 Distinctive Qualities of Southwestern Ohio Bluegrass Ben Krakauer
Appendix A: Recommended Southwestern Ohio Bluegrass Recordings
Appendix B: For Further Reading
List of Contributors
Index