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Jul 24, 2023 · The genre developed in the Appalachians in the 1940s, largely led by mandolin player Bill Monroe – known as the Father of Bluegrass. Historically, bluegrass music incorporates melodies of traditional folk songs from Scotland, Ireland, and England, played in an American Appalachian fiddle style.
Sep 2, 2020 · Bobby Osborne (b. 1931) and Sonny Osborne (b. 1937) were among the first of what might be called “semi-second generation” bluegrass artists; unlike those who preceded them in the Bluegrass Hall of Fame, neither had performed professionally before 1950.
The International Bluegrass Music Association was founded in Owensboro, Kentucky in 1986. While the IBMA relocated to Nashville years ago, Owensboro has been the home of the Hall of Fame since 1991.
Carlton Haney, from Reidsville, North Carolina is credited with envisioning and producing the first weekend-long bluegrass music festival, which was held in Fincastle, Virginia in 1965. The availability of traditional music broadcasting and recording, nationwide bluegrass festivals, and movie, television, and commercial soundtracks featuring ...
Considered “The Father of Bluegrass Music,” Earl Scruggs was born and raised in the mountains of North Carolina - Cleveland County, to be exact. Mastering the banjo at an early age, Scruggs later joined Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys and earned wide acclaim for his “Scruggs-Style Picking.”
Sep 16, 2019 · Born Sept. 13, 1911, on a farm near Rosine, Ky., William Smith Monroe was the youngest of eight children of James Buchanan Monroe and Melissa Vandiver Monroe. It was a highly musical family,...
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Sep 18, 2023 · Bluegrass music is roots music from the American South. It’s essentially a blend of blues and gospel from African-Americans and string band music from Scots-Irish traditions. Like several other related Americana subgenres, its early development was in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
