Bluegrass festivals -- Kentucky.

Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of bluegrass music performance recordings from the Cincinnati / Dayton, Ohio area, Kentucky, and Virginia, 1973-1980. The recordings were donated to Berea by Lukas Murphy. They were made by his father, Ron Murphy who provided the sound for the events. Venues include bluegrass music festivals, college campus concerts, and bars. These recordings help document the thriving bluegrass music scene that had developed in the industrial region of Cincinnati, Dayton,...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of audio recordings of performances by various artists at Mac Wiseman’ First Annual Renfro Valley Bluegrass Festival which was held July 9, 10, and 11, 1971 at Renfro Valley in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. Performers,Their Recordings, and Play Lists: Part...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of audio recordings of performances by various artists at Mac Wiseman’s Third Annual Renfro Valley Bluegrass Festival which was held July 13, 14, and 15, 1971 at Renfro Valley in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. Performers, Their Recordings, and Play Lists: Part...

Abstract The McLain Family Band came to be as the result of an interest in Bluegrass music developed by Raymond K. McLain (1928-2003) while Director of Hindman Settlement School in Knott County, Kentucky where he had moved in 1954 with his wife, Betty.  This interest owed much to both family influence and formal academic training.  McLain’s mother had been director of Southern Folk Life Studies at the University of Alabama. He had majored in music theory at Denison University and done graduate work...