Nick Barraclough traces the story of bluegrass, from its inception through to the growing international status it holds today, by talking to performers and playing some of the most important music recorded along the way.
In the 1970s bluegrass music attained new levels of sophistication as the music headed out of the country and into the cities. Bands like Country Gazette toured in Europe, the Country Gentlemen set new standards of instrumental and vocal wizardry, and Duelling Banjos became the first bluegrass instrumental to make the charts in the UK.
A Smooth Operations production