...This chapter turns to recordings: formats where the media still have their limitations and contributions, but the audience has more or less total control over the experience of the performance. Recordings allow performances to go beyond the confines of a live performance and a broadcaster's right...

...This chapter describes the Stanley Brothers’ professional life in the early 1960s. It covers their live performances in New York City in 1961 and 1962; the death of their father Lee Stanley on August 19, 1961; the end of their relationship with major sponsor the Jim Walter Corporation; the rise...