McLain Family Band

Bluegrass Ambassadors - The McLain Family Band in Appalachia and the World, by Paul O. Jenkins, is now available from West Virginia University Press. The book purports to be the first book-length history of the McLains' long and profound legacy in

We often speak here about family bands, as they have been a part of bluegrass music from the very beginning. Among the first hillbilly groups to gain notoriety in the US were the hugely influential Carter Family, and The Stonemans.