Attend the McLain Family Band's Woodsongs Old-Time Radio Hour on

September 14th, 2017, 6:15pm

Phelps-Stokes Auditorium

Known internationally for its traditional music repertoire, The McLain Family Band enchants audiences with wide range of Bluegrass classics. This special public television and radio broadcast will be recorded by the WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour. Co-Sponsored with the Office of the President. Stephenson Memorial Concert.

If you liked the performance, check out the book we have available on display near the cafe!

Pretty Good for a Girl by Murphy Hicks Henry
Call Number: Call Number 781.642 H523p 2013
Publication Date: 2013
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 as Alison Krauss, Rhonda Vincent, and the Dixie Chicks. Drawing from extensive interviews, well-known banjoist Murphy Hicks Henry gives voice to women performers and innovators throughout bluegrass's history, including such pioneers as Bessie Lee Mauldin, Wilma Lee Cooper, and Roni and Donna Stoneman; family bands including the Lewises, Whites, and McLains; and later pathbreaking performers such as the Buffalo Gals and other all-girl bands, Laurie Lewis, Lynn Morris, Missy Raines, and many others.
 
Also check out all of the Special Collection items we found about the McLain Family Band!