Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame

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Bluegrass Honorees: [The Carter Family] A.P., Sara & Maybelle Carter; [The Monroe Brothers] Bill & Charlie Monroe; [Flatt and Scruggs] Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs; [The Stanley Brothers] Carter Stanley & Ralph Stanley; [Reno and Smiley] Don Reno & Red Smiley; [Jim and Jesse] Jim & Jesse McReynolds; [The Osborne Brothers] Sonny & Bobby Osborne; Jimmy Martin, Cubby Wise, Stringbean, Mac Wiseman, Doc Watson, Merle Watson, Josh Graves, John Hartford, Sam Bush, Ricky Skaggs, Alison Kraus.Old-Time Honorees: Eck" Robertson, Fiddlin' John Carson, Henry Whitter, G. B. Grayson, Ernest V. Stoneman, Vernon Dalhart, Buell Kazee, Carson Robison, Cousin Emmy, Coon Creek Girls, Dock Boggs, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Darby & Tarlton, Uncle Dave Macon, Sam & Kirk McGee, Arthur Smith, Mac & Bob, Gid Tanner, Riley Puckett, Clayton McMichen, Lowe Stoker, Fate Norris, Charlie Poole, Posey Rorer, Roy Harvey, Bradley Kincaid, Jimmie Rodgers, Hobart Smith, Clarence Ashley, Roscoe Holcomb, Grandpa Jones, [The Delmore Brothers] Alton & Rabon Delmore; [The Blue Sky Boys] Bill & Earl Bolicks; [The Louvin Brothers] Ira & Charlie Louvin.

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How Bluegrass Are You? Your Result: Ultimate Bluegrasser

You've been singing Flatt & Scruggs since you were in diapers. You can pick a guitar, banjo, fiddle, dobro, mandolin, and a bass (and if you can't you should!) Your custom modified camper with the banjo shaped door handles adds a nice touch. Keep it going, Bill would be proud!

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Bluegrass Timeline 1972 - 2000 (Part 4)

1972John Boorman's film DELIVERANCE features a version of Reno and Smith's "Feudin' Banjos" called "Duelin' Banjos." The Newgrass Revival's first record is released. The band's longhaired, hippie appe...
Posted by Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:28:00 PST

Bluegrass Timeline 1961 - 1971 (Part 3)

1961Jim and Jesse McReynolds, known onstage as Jim & Jesse, a traditional brothers duet from Virginia who have appeared on radio stations around the Midwest and Southeast since the 1940s, perform ...
Posted by Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:26:00 PST

Bluegrass Timeline 1941 - 1960 (Part 2)

1945Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs join the Blue Grass Boys.1946With the addition of Scruggs and Flatt, the "classic" line-up of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys is fixed: Monroe on mandolin, Scruggson ba...
Posted by Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:24:00 PST

Bluegrass Timeline 1900 - 1940 (Part 1)

1900The expression "hillbilly" is coined in an article in the NEW YORK JOURNAL; the phrase "hillbilly music" becomes synonymous with music popular in the rural South. Other names for this sound includ...
Posted by Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:22:00 PST

"The King of Bluegrass" Jimmy Martin 1927 - 2005

The New York Times - May 17, 2005Jimmy Martin, 77, a Bluegrass Stalwart, Is Dead Jimmy Martin, whose high tenor voice, driving guitar and plucky personality made him an exemplar of bluegrass music for...
Posted by Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:58:00 PST

"The Father of Bluegrass Music" Bill Monroe 1911 - 1996

The New York Times - September 10, 1996Bill Monroe Dies at 84; Fused Musical Roots Into BluegrassBill Monroe, who helped lay the foundation of country music as the universally recognized father of blu...
Posted by Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:03:00 PST

Don Reno 1926 - 1984

Virtually unrivalled among his contemporaries for his mastery of the five-string banjo, Don Reno teamed with Red Smiley to create some of the finest bluegrass recordings of the postwar era -- a superb...
Posted by Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:26:00 PST

Bluegrass Legend Lester Flatt

The New York Times - May 12, 1979Lester Flatt, Singer and Guitarist in Duo with Earl Scruggs, DiesLester Flatt, the veteran singer and guitarist who performed for 25 years with the bluegrass duo of Fl...
Posted by Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:38:00 PST

The First Family of Country Music - The Carter Family

The Billboard - November 14, 1960Veteran Folk Singer DiesKINGSPORT, Tenn. A. P. Carter, 68, originator of the folk-singing Carter Family, popular from the late 1920's with their recordings on the RC...
Posted by Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:54:00 PST

The Monroe Brothers

The Monroe Brothers began as a trio of Birch, Charlie, and Bill Monroe on fiddle, guitar and mandolin respectively, performing square dance songs as well as traditional and gospel numbers. In 1932, Bi...
Posted by Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:49:00 PST