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  • McLain Family history, Bluegrass Ambassadors, now available

    December 18, 2020 | by John Lawless

    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

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  • The McLain Family Band – a pictorial history

    November 8, 2017 | by John Lawless

    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.

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