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The word "bluegrass" first appeared around this time to describe the sound of Monroe and similar artists such as Flatt and Scruggs, the Stanley Brothers, Reno and Smiley, Jim and Jesse, and the Osborne Brothers. While Flatt and Scruggs immediately recognized the potential for a lucrative new audience in cities and on college campuses in the ...
Josh Graves (September 27, 1927 Tellico Plains, Monroe County, Tennessee – September 30, 2006), born Burkett Howard Graves, was an American bluegrass musician.Also known by the nicknames "Buck," and "Uncle Josh," he is credited with introducing the resonator guitar (commonly known under the trade name of Dobro) into bluegrass music shortly after joining Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the ...
James Dee Crowe (August 27, 1937 – December 24, 2021) was an American banjo player and bluegrass band leader. He first became known during his four-year stint with Jimmy Martin in the 1950s. Crowe led the bluegrass group New South from 1971 until his death in 2021.
[2] [1] The cause of death was kidney failure. [1] Mac Wiseman recorded splendid and often groundbreaking music for more than seventy years, remaining relevant and productive even in his nineties. He was a titan of bluegrass music's first generation, though bluegrass never defined him.
Osborne was a member of the Grand Ole Opry (1964) and inductee to the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame (1994). After retiring in 2005 due to rotator cuff surgery, [3] Osborne wrote a regular column for Bluegrass Today and continued to correspond with fans. At the time of his death, Osborne was signed with Compass Records. [4]
Clarence White (born Clarence Joseph LeBlanc; June 7, 1944 – July 15, 1973) [1] was an American bluegrass and country guitarist and singer. [2] [3] He is best known as a member of the bluegrass ensemble the Kentucky Colonels and the rock band the Byrds, as well as for being a pioneer of the musical genre of country rock during the late 1960s. [3]
Live recording of the 7th Annual Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival; includes five tracks from Jim and Jesse 1974 [12] Jesus is the Key to the Kingdom (Old Dominion, 1975) Jim and Jesse and the Virginia Boys: 1975: The Jim & Jesse Show - Live in Japan [13] (2-LP set - Old Dominion, 1975) Jim and Jesse: 1976 [13] Songs About Our Country (Old ...
Magnificent Bluegrass Band (1978) Feudin' Again (1979) — with Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith; The Bluegrass Cardinals Live & On Stage (1980) — with 7 tracks by guests Don Reno & the Tennessee Cut-Ups; 30th Anniversary Album (1980) The Original Dueling Banjos (1983) — with Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith; Still Cutting Up (1983)