Bluegrass

Bluegrass examines the startling possibility of faith and hope in a world defined by the impermanent and punctuated by pain and death. The story follows Cold Spring, a semiprofessional bluegrass band, from their obscure origins In Pigeon Forge, Pennsylvania, to the national stage. Whilethe band tries for the golden ring of stardom, their home county issuffering from the growing pains caused by the opening of a newInterstate highway and the culture shock caused by a huge influx ofpeople fleeing the city.Fromthe moment real estate mogul Hugh McAdam s helicopter sets down in theparking lot of Chat Dalton s Garage, a struggle for control of thecounty ensues that eventually involves the Governor, scrapple, the DrugEnforcement Agency, ice tongs, the Immigration and NaturalizationService, cops, history books, drug dealers, auctioneers, bluegrassseed, construction workers, bibles, and assorted eccentric locals. Along the way, Dalton discovers that his past, like his beliefs about the future, are not all they appear to be.Spanningone festival season, the sights, sounds, heart and soul of bluegrassmusic and the rural bluegrass community that loves it are the backdropfor a story of lost innocence, rapacious development, endangered love,and the daunting task the locals of Pigeon Forge have in dealing with aparadise lost.