Come Hither to Go Yonder: Playing Bluegrass with Bill Monroe

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© 2005 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 c p 6 5 4 3 2 ∞ This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Black, Bob, banjoist. Come hither to go yonder : playing bluegrass with Bill Monroe / Bob Black; foreword by Neil V. Rosenberg. p. cm. — (Music in American life) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-252-03002-8 (cloth : alk. paper)/isbn 978-0-252-03002-4 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn 0-252-07243-x (pbk. : alk. paper)/isbn 978-0-252-07243-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Black, Bob, banjoist. 2. Monroe, Bill, 1911– . 3. Banjoists—United States—Biography. 4. Bluegrass musicians—United States—Biography. I. Title. II. Series. ml419.b53 2004 787.8'81642'092—dc22 2004030071 This฀book฀is฀dedicated฀to฀those฀฀ who฀“wore฀the฀hat.” Pickin’฀on฀the฀strings,฀tapping฀of฀your฀feet, Well,฀these฀are฀age-old฀things,฀but฀who฀can฀say฀how฀sweet. When฀there’s฀a฀ring฀around฀the฀moon;฀long,฀long฀time฀’til฀day, Play฀me฀one฀more฀tune;฀please฀don’t฀go฀away. —Greg Brown (“Ring around the Moon”) ...