This was posted on one of the email lists that I'm on. I haven't
seen the bus for myself and have no financial interests in it. All
disclaimers apply.

Jim

--- Valerie Fay Mayfield <kentuckygirlinohio@...> wrote:

Help Find A Home for Bill Monroe's Historic 1956 flx Tour Bus, known
as "The Bluegrass Breakdown", new rebuilt 238 Detroit Diesel, new
Transmission, all new air conditioning, repainted back to Bill's
two-toned blue! Makes a cozy home for the musician, I know, my whole
family and I lived on the old bus for 10 months, in Nashville. TN. We
have been touring in the old bus for 6 years, and we really wanted to
keep the old bus. Every musician I have met that worked with Bill
Monroe, has had a interesting story either about driving the old bus,
or their experience's while touring with The Father of Bluegrass! My
family couldn't believe it, we bought the bus without knowing that it
used to be Bill Monroe's. My family is originally from the holler's
of Ky, and the hills of old Va.

What a honor we have had. We have always let fans on it by the
hundred's. After 6 years, we have some interesting stories about our
adventure's, yes we know why they call it the Bluegrass Breakdown,
but everywhere we broke down, someone always showed up and helped us.
Once we were broke down in Pa., and we didn't have enough money, and
the owner of the garage let us go on thru, after he heard us outside
pickin for tips, he said you guys are the real thing!

We recently worked a show with Vassar Clements, and he just loved the
old bus, and made himself right at home on it, I couldn't write down
his stories about the old bus fast enough. I myself grew up in a
family bluegrass band, my parents moved to Ohio to try and escape
poverty. I now have my own family band, which we recently had to
move my from Nashville, back to Ohio due to the loss of my brother
and father and now my mother is on life support. We need a new tour
bus, so we can stay out on the road more. Bill's old bus is kind of
scary in the snow and ice.

There are enough stories about this old bus, and the impact it has
had on Bluegrass Music, to write a book. For more info, contact:
Valerie Fay at http://www.onewayrider.com
or email kentuckygirlinohio@... or valerie@...

=====
Jim Hady
East Tennessee



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