Monday, September 9, 2013

Documentary: Bill Monroe

Reprinted from http://jazzwax.com

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When you think of bluegrass music, you probably imagine guys with long beards in coveralls playing twanging guitars and banjos, a fiddle and upright bass. You may also assume that much of the music sounds alike. This documentary on Bill Monroe (1911-1996)—known as the "Father of Bluegrass"—will give you a finer sense of the music's beauty and importance and the man who helped make it special...

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Wall Street Journal alert. In today's Mansion section, I interview light sculptor Bill FitzGibbons on Casa Spectrum, the installation that illuminates the front facade of his house in San Antonio, Texas. Go here or please buy the paper. More on Bill here. [Pictured above: Bill's LightRails installation]
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Used with permission by Marc Myers

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