Pretty Good for a Girl: Women in Bluegrass

by Murphy Hicks Henry

Book Overview

The first book devoted entirely to women in bluegrass, Pretty Good for a Girl documents the lives of more than seventy women whose vibrant contributions to the development of bluegrass have been, for the most part, overlooked. Accessibly written and organized by decade, the book begins with Sally Ann Forrester, who played accordion and sang with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys from 1943 to 1946, and continues into the present with artists such...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252079175
• ISBN13: 9780252079177
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"