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- ↑ "Indiana at 200: Bean Blossom is synonym for bluegrass in Indiana". News-Sentinel, By Andrea Neal, November 15, 2016
- ↑ Bill Thomas (1974). Tripping in America: off the beaten track. Chilton Book Publishing Company. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-8019-5772-7.
- ↑ Indiana Festivals . Indiana University Press. 1 January 1976. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-253-14157-6.
- ↑ "Bean Blossom 2015 – Day 4". Bluegrass Today, June 18, 2015 by Daniel Mullins
- ↑ Thomas A. Adler (15 May 2011). Bean Blossom: The Brown County Jamboree and Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Festivals. University of Illinois Press. pp. 138–. ISBN 978-0-252-09544-3.
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