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Harold Morrison (January 30, 1931 - December 21, 1993) was an American country music singer-songwriter and session musician.He played banjo, dobro, and guitar on albums with musicians such as Loretta Lynn, Kitty Wells, The Wilburn Brothers, and Tammy Wynette.
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.
Vassar Carlton Clements (April 25, 1928 [1] – August 16, 2005 [2]) was an American jazz, swing, and bluegrass fiddler.Clements has been dubbed the Father of Hillbilly Jazz, an improvisational style that blends and borrows from swing, hot jazz, and bluegrass along with roots also in country and other musical traditions. [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 ...
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]
Bluegrass musician and singer Sonny Osborne, who created the banjo licks on "Rocky Top" as part of the The Osborne Brothers, has died. He was 84.
[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.
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.