Re: Bill Monroe/Can't You Hear Me Calling
One thing I have come away with after reading this biography, and others, not only on Monroe but on other very talented, creative people is that they are all human, not robots or gods. They are, apart from prodigious talent in one area or another, just like you and me. Some have peculiar foibles, various 'failings' or other 'defects' - none of them are perfect. Applies to everyone from Einstein to Charlie Parker to Django to Bill Monroe and beyond. I don't really see how the 'peripheral' things can in any way diminish their other achievements, which in my view, stand on their own. They may have quite an important role in understanding their work, however.
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