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BILL MONROE

June 7, 2011 by blue  
Filed under Bluegrass music

Bill Monroe 2002 Folk Alliance International Lifetime Achievement Award Bill Monroe was a Kentucky mandolin player and songwriter whose influence on country music earned him the nickname “The Father of Bluegrass.” Monroe was the youngest child in a family of amateur musicians. His parents died when he was a boy, and Bill went to live [...]

Bill Monroe (1911-1996) – Bluegrass Breakdown

April 27, 2011 by blue  
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Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys – Bluegrass Breakdown William Smith Monroe (September 13, 1911 September 9, 1996) The creator of modern “Bluegrass” music, and a Country-Western legend. Bill Monroe may have been one of the most influential musicians of the 20th Century. Wiki-bio en.wikipedia.org This was recorded live in Wilmington, Delaware June 3, [...]

Dan Tyminski Band – The Boy Who Wouldn’t Hoe Corn – 43rd Bill Monroe Bluegrass Festival

April 10, 2011 by blue  
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Dan Tyminski Band playing “The Boy Who Wouldn’t Hoe Corn” at the 43rd Bill Monroe Bluegrass Festival in Bean Blossom, Indiana

Bill Grant’s 2000 Bluegrass Festival, pt 7

November 18, 2010 by blue  
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Bill Grant’s Festival in August, 2000, at Salt Creek Park, Hugo, Oklahoma, featured many fine bluegrass musicians. In part 7, see the Gary Waldrep Band and the final evening performance by Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys.

41st Annual Bill Monroe Bluegrass festival

November 10, 2010 by blue  
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song is Wildwood Flower put to my Bluegrass festival pics

Bill Grant’s 2000 Bluegrass Festival, pt 5

November 8, 2010 by blue  
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Bill Grant’s Festival in August, 2000, at Salt Creek Park, Hugo, Oklahoma, featured many fine bluegrass performers. In part 5, see Bill Grant and Delia Bell.

Buffalo Bill

October 12, 2010 by blue  
Filed under Bluegrass instruments

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Children
Four children, two of whom died young: Kit died of scarlet fever in April, 1876, and his daughter Orra died in 1880
William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody (February 26, 1846 January 10, 1917) was an American soldier, bison hunter and showman. He [...]

Bill Monroe – Blue Moon Of Kentucky

September 24, 2010 by blue  
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ACL 1980

Bill Cheatham Bluegrass Flatpicking Guitar Lesson

September 20, 2010 by blue  
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Tabs available @ banjobenclark.com and tons of free learning material @ http . This is my intermediate/advanced version of the classic fiddle tune, Bill Cheatham! Hope you enjoy!

1984 Interview with Don Reno and Bill Vernon Part 5

July 25, 2010 by blue  
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This is part 5 of an interview with Don Reno on the Bill Vernon Bluegrass Radio Show. The songs have been edited out due to time. Join the Don Reno Fan Club: launch.groups.yahoo.com For my Reno style instructional 5 DVD set please visit www.renopicker.com

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