You know, it’s odd, but Eddie never seems to get the credit for a lot of things he’s done over the years,” Martha Adcock earnestly explains the impetus behind her forthcoming book on the life, times and exploits of her celebrated husband and partner, Eddie Adcock. “He’s been a ground breaker in a lot of different areas—he’s influenced banjo playing and banjo players, he changed the sound of the Country Gentlemen who went on to dramatically influence bluegrass and he helped foster the birth of Newgrass music. Oddly enough, all this seems to get lost in the shuffle sometimes. He’s not a big credit taker. He’s not a guy who blows his own horn, so that’s a job I’ve tried to assume over the last couple of years.”

“You old horn-blower, you,” Eddie chuckles, somewhat embarrassed by all the accolades, but demonstrating exactly why the duo is often called the “Sonny and Cher” of bluegrass.

“Aw, hush,” Martha replies without missing a beat, a woman who long ago learned how to manage one of the most untamed men in all high, blue and lonesome-dom. “Eddie’s lived through some exciting times in the music and just setting some of that down is my goal....


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