Bean Blossom Its People and Its Music Author:Jim Peva This photographic history of tiny Bean Blossom Indiana highlights many of the interesting people, including Bill Monroe, who have contributed to its success as a venue for the performance of music, including bluegrass, since 1940. The oldest continuous annual bluegrass music festival in the world is held here every year in the month of June. Now... more » played all over the world, bluegrass music has become a unifying force between people of very different backgrounds and Bean Blossom is an important center of this unifying force. The author includes a short story about the friendship between his family and Bill Monroe.« less