{"product_id":"9781476619521","title":"Bluegrass in Baltimore: The Hard Drivin' Sound and Its Legacy","description":"With an influx of Appalachian migrants who came looking for work in the 1940s and 1950s, Baltimore found itself populated by some extraordinary mountain musicians and was for a brief time the center of the bluegrass world. Life in Baltimore for these musicians was not easy. There were missed opportunities, personal demons and always the up-hill battle with prejudice against their hillbilly origins. Based upon interviews with legendary players from the golden age of Baltimore bluegrass, this book provides the first in-depth coverage of this transplanted-roots music and its broader influence, detailing the struggles Appalachian musicians faced in a big city that viewed the music they made as the “poorest example of poor man’s music.”","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company, Incorporated Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47172397269232,"sku":"9781476619521","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781476619521_p0.jpg?v=1763608841","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781476619521","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}