Obituary

Legendary bluegrass fiddler Jim Shumate has died at 91 years of age. As a young man, he served as a member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys in the early 1940s, just prior to the addition of Flatt & Scruggs to

Tommy Scott, who worked to the self-applied motif as America's Last Real Medicine Show, passed away on Monday, September 30 of complications following injuries sustained in an automobile accident on August 10.  He was 96 years old. Born in Stephens County,

Manitoba has lost one of its popular bluegrass performers. Banjo player Gene Bretecher passed away on September 15, drowning in Shuswap Lake after falling from his boat while fishing. He was 74 years old. Gene had played the banjo since he was a

If there's such a thing as a Matriarch of Bluegrass, Margaret Holt would certainly be in the running. We have learned from her family that she died on Sunday, September 8, at the age of 96. Her sons Aubrey, Jerry, and Tom

Leo Duffy, one half of the English bluegrass duo, the Duffy Brothers, passed away on Saturday, August 17 from bowel cancer, which had only very recently been diagnosed. The Duffy brothers, Leo (banjo) and Ray (guitar), mixed bluegrass music – with

A quick update on the death of long-time fiddler and bass player Bobby Sloan, who died on August 12 from rectal cancer at 77 years of age. Knowing of the seriousness of his health, Bobby Slone had previously requested that at

We have learned that fiddle and bass player Bobby Slone passed away yesterday (12 August). He was suffering with cancer and had been ill for some time. Slone is most famous for his part in the J.D. Crowe and the New

One of the most influential men in the history of American music has passed away. Primarily known for his work in country music, Cowboy Jack Clement's influence runs the gamut including country, rock and roll, folk, bluegrass, and more. A

On this day …. On July 21, 1998, ace British mandolin player Andy Townend passed away in the Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, after a short illness. He was aged 46. Born on January 12, 1952, he was a

Dwight Moody, noted fiddler, music businessman, and pastor, passed away this morning at the age of 83. He had developed a respiratory virus in December of 2011 while touring in Europe, from which he never fully recovered, and was living in