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CONTENTS Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix 1. The Hills of Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Many Days of My Childhood . . . . . . . . . . 18 3. Brothers in Arms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 4. A Band on the Run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 5. Radio, Records, and Copyrights . . . . . . . . . 49 6. “Come on Along, Join in the Song” . . . . . . . . 57 7. Making Record Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 8. In Search of a Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 9. Lonesome Melodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 10. The Road Turns Rocky . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 11. Hard Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 12. Mercury Falling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 13. Suwannee to Cincinnati . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 14. Folk Tales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 15. The Well-Known Stanley Brothers . . . . . . . . 174 16. Coast to Coast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 17. Starving Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 18. What the Doctor Said . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 19. Smith Ridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Bibliography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Discography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 This page intentionally left blank ...

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