By Deborah Kohl Kremer • Enquirer contributor • March 8, 2010
PARK HILLS - A photographic tribute to some of the pioneers and biggest names in Bluegrass music are included in a new book about the genre that started right here in the Commonwealth.
"Kentucky's Bluegrass Music," part of Arcadia Publishing's Images of America series, has just been published by James C. Claypool, professor emeritus at Northern Kentucky University.
Claypool, who speaks regularly for the Kentucky Humanities Council, researched and developed a talk about Kentucky's music history a few years ago, which prompted a curiosity about Bluegrass music. But it was about four years ago when Claypool was aboard the Delta Queen for a speaking engagement when he heard and met the Bluegrass group the Steep Canyon Rangers , when he really turned into a fan.
The group, named Emerging Bluegrass Group of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association in 2006, became fast friends with Claypool, who they now refer to as Ranger Jim.
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