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Bluegrass music is a genre of American roots music that developed in the 1940s in the Appalachian region of the United States. [1] The genre derives its name from the band Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys . [ 2 ]
The Music of Kentucky is heavily centered on Appalachian folk music and its descendants, especially in eastern Kentucky. Bluegrass music is of particular regional importance; Bill Monroe, "the father of bluegrass music", was born in the Ohio County community of Rosine, and he named his band, the Blue Grass Boys, after the bluegrass state, i.e., Kentucky.
Blue Grass Music — MGM Bluegrass Instrumentals — 1963 Cuttin' Grass Osborne Brothers Style — 1965 Voices In Bluegrass — Decca 1966 Up This Hill And Down — 1967 Modern Sounds Of Bluegrass Music — 1968 Yesterday, Today & the Osborne Brothers: 34 1969 Up to Date and Down to Earth: 27 1970 Ru-beeeee: 44 1971 The Osborne Brothers: 31 ...
Of course, bluegrass connected him to Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, Stanley and a brief but groundbreaking tenure with Kentucky banjo great J.D. Crowe before a late ’70s stay in Emmylou Harris’ Hot ...
Bluegrass Breakdown: The Making of the Old Southern Sound. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-07117-4; Ewing, Tom. 2018. Bill Monroe: The Life and Music of the Blue Grass Man. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-04189-1; Erbson, Wayne. 2003 Rural Roots of Bluegrass: Songs Stories and History : Native Ground Music.
(1964). The band featured the influential bluegrass guitarist Clarence White, who was largely responsible for making the acoustic guitar a lead instrument within bluegrass, [2] and who later went on to join the Los Angeles rock band the Byrds. [3] The Kentucky Colonels disbanded in late 1965, with two short-lived reunions taking place in 1966 ...
Folk music " Shady Grove " ( Roud 4456) [ 1 ] is a traditional Appalachian folk song , [ 2 ] believed to have originated in eastern Kentucky around the beginning the 20th century. [ 3 ] The song was popular among old-time musicians of the Cumberlands before being widely adopted in the bluegrass repertoire. [ 4 ]
The band performed in all 50 U.S. states, and particularly in Alaska during the winters where "people really needed music." [8] In 1980, Alaska Airlines sponsored the McLain Family Festival (January 11–12); inside West Anchorage High School, away from the −40 °F (−40 °C) weather, the family was joined on stage by the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra and future McLain band member Michael ...