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David Akeman (June 17, 1915 [1] – November 10, 1973) [2] better known as Stringbean (or String Bean), was an American singer-songwriter, musician, comedian, and semiprofessional baseball player [3] best known for his role as a main cast member on the hit television show Hee Haw and as a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
His father also worked as a construction supervisor. When Reid was a young boy his father took him to see Flatt & Scruggs, and Reid has loved bluegrass music ever since. [2] In his early teens, Reid played acoustic bass with the band Bluegrass Buddies, then joined the bluegrass group Southbound, who recorded one album for Rebel Records.
John Marty Stuart (born September 30, 1958) is an American country and bluegrass music singer, songwriter, and musician. Active since 1968, Stuart initially toured with Lester Flatt, and then in Johnny Cash's road band before beginning work as a solo artist in the early 1980s.
Also killed were band manager Oki Wijaya and Dylan Sahara, the wife of the band's lone survivor Riefian "Ifan" Fajarsyah. 2019: 11 March: Argentine singer Sergio Denis suffered a 3-meter (10-foot) fall from the stage in the middle of a song during a show in San Miguel de Tucumán. Unconscious and with a broken shoulder, he was transported to ...
Buller grew up playing bluegrass music with her parents in a Southern Minnesota band called Prairie Grass. She began writing songs in middle school. She studied classical violin with Patti Tryhus at the Mankato (Suzuki) School Of Music in Mankato, Minnesota, and Charles Gray at St. Olaf College. She served as concert master of the Mankato Area ...
William "Dave" Evans (July 24, 1950 - June 26, 2017) was a tenor singer, banjo player, composer, and bluegrass band leader. He was noted for his powerful tenor vocal range and for his style which bridged traditional and contemporary bluegrass. [3]
Eddie Adcock (born June 21, 1938) [1] is an American banjoist and guitarist.. His professional career as a five-string banjoist began in 1953 when he joined Smokey Graves & His Blue Star Boys, who had a regular show at a radio station in Crewe, Virginia.
Mack Magaha (August 1, 1929 – August 15, 2003) was an American bluegrass fiddler best known as a member of Porter Wagoner's band and a long-time backup player in the pioneering bluegrass band Reno and Smiley.