Best selling Author and Bluegrass picker Dr. Tom Bibey of North Carolina brings his book and reads from it, and brings some serious bluegrass pals and does some tasty bluegrass playing. A unique adventure of an in-store; Southern wisdom, great stories, real music. Yup the author and musicians will be signing right after the performance.

The Mandolin Case, by Dr. Tom Bibey

The Mandolin Case is a medical legal mystery solved by the local bluegrass community. It shows the truth but tells no facts. The author searched for indelible human truths that are unchanged over generations. He rejected temporary fads that will fade once out of style. The truth was found in the arts, and not science. It was found by ordinary people and not the rich and famous. It is a story for people weary of exploitation of the humble by the powerful, and a roadmap to thwart the efforts of the greedy. Enjoy.

“Dr. Bibey honors the truth and simplicity of rural southern life and traditional music. Finally, an author resists the hackneyed stereotype to accurately portray the integrity of bluegrass music and the people that love it.”
––Kristin Scott Benson, member of Grascals, IBMA Banjo Player of Year 2008 and 2009

“There is something you can learn from every mandolin player you hear.”
—Sam Bush, King of Newgrass and the right-hand rocking, reggae ruler of the Mandolin Universe.

“Tommy Bibey keeps his feet and his heart in three different worlds: bluegrass music, family medicine, and golf. In ‘The Mandolin Case’ he conflates these three worlds into an arresting story that sheds humane light and his gentle humor on his world and the folks who inhabit it.”
––Ted Lehmann, Bluegrass Photojournalist

I was raised in a valley town between the Cumberland Mountains, I know the characters in the Mandolin Case. Dr Bibey shows them as they are; fun loving musicians, card players and sportsman. These are the people I grew up with. Mix them with a bunch of lawyers and you’ve got one hell of a read. I didn’t want it to end.
—Don Sterchi – Newspaper columnist and free lance writer

“We have known Dr. B for years. He is a good doctor, a serious amateur mandolinist, and a writer. Most of all though, he is a man who cares about his people.”
—Darin and Brooke Aldridge, the Bluegrass Sweethearts.

“Dr. B sure is a pretty good picker for a doctor. We’re all looking forward to his new book, “The Mandolin Case.”
—Woody Platt, the Steep Canyon Rangers.”