Tag: Bill Monroe

Bill Monroe bust on display at Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame

Thanks to a long term loan from the Grand Ole Opry, the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum now has…

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Celebrating Bill Monroe as an autobiographical singer/songwriter

This special anniversary remembrance of Bill Monroe is a contribution from Richard D. Smith, author of the definitive biography of Big…

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Can’t You Hear It Callin’ wins Podunk Songwriters Contest

Earlier this month during the 25th annual Podunk Bluegrass Festival in Goshen, CT, the winners of their Podunk Songwriters Contest were…

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Brayden Williamson pays tribute to Bill Monroe

Bluegrass singer Brayden Williamson has long appreciated the legacy that Bill Monroe left, and has done much to build on that…

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On The Bus with Bill Monroe: My Five-Year Ride with the Father of Blue Grass – Mark Hembree

Over the last few decades there have been several books written about the Father of Bluegrass. While some such as Tom…

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Roland White remembered – his life in music

Roland and Clarence White/Roland White and Diane Bouska – photo by Nicole Christianson Pioneer, multi-instrumentalist and singer Roland White, primarily a…

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Custom mandolin case for Doyle Lawson made by Cody Shuler

We told you in November about the Gibson Bill Monroe Hall of Fame mandolin presented to Doyle Lawson at the Station…

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Bill Holden passes

One of the Blue Grass Boys of the mid-1970s, Bill Holden, passed away suddenly in Knoxville, Tennessee on November 15, 2021…

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On the Bus with Bill Monroe by Mark Hembree

When, in June 1979, Chicago-born Mark Hembree approached Bill Monroe about taking over as the permanent replacement for Randy Davis, Hembree…

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On This Day #66 – First Bill Monroe recording with Flatt & Scruggs

On September 16, 1946, Bill Monroe recorded for the first time with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs.   These two evening…

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