John Wright is the John Evans Professor of the Latin Language and Literature at Northwestern University and a columnist for Banjo Newsletter.

Winner of an International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Print Media Personality Award."Praise be to John Wright for putting together the best, the most fascinating book on southern country music."--Pete Seeger, Sing Out! "Oral history makes the Stanley saga take on depth and movement. . . . [A] remarkable chronicle of a truly well spent, honorable life."--Rich Kienzle, Country Music "If you have any interest at all in music, where it was and where it is going, you need this book and you ought to get it."--Tom T. Hall

John Wright is the John Evans Professor of the Latin Language and Literature at Northwestern University and a columnist for Banjo Newsletter.

Winner of an International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Print Media Personality Award."Praise be to John Wright for putting together the best, the most fascinating book on southern country music."--Pete Seeger, Sing Out! "Oral history makes the Stanley saga take on depth and movement. . . . [A] remarkable chronicle of a truly well spent, honorable life."--Rich Kienzle, Country Music "If you have any interest at all in music, where it was and where it is going, you need this book and you ought to get it."--Tom T. Hall

John Wright is the John Evans Professor of the Latin Language and Literature at Northwestern University and a columnist for Banjo Newsletter.

Winner of an International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Print Media Personality Award."Praise be to John Wright for putting together the best, the most fascinating book on southern country music."--Pete Seeger, Sing Out! "Oral history makes the Stanley saga take on depth and movement. . . . [A] remarkable chronicle of a truly well spent, honorable life."--Rich Kienzle, Country Music "If you have any interest at all in music, where it was and where it is going, you need this book and you ought to get it."--Tom T. Hall