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Bill Monroe

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

    May 18, 2022 | by Braeden Paul

    Over the last few decades there have been several books written about the Father of Bluegrass. While some such as Tom Ewing's Bill Monroe: The Life and Music of the Blue Grass Man dive deep into Monroe's life journey, others

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  • Roland White remembered – his life in music

    April 6, 2022 | by Richard Thompson

    Roland and Clarence White/Roland White and Diane Bouska - photo by Nicole Christianson Pioneer, multi-instrumentalist and singer Roland White, primarily a mandolin player with a career spanning over six decades, passed away on April 1, 2022, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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  • Custom mandolin case for Doyle Lawson made by Cody Shuler

    January 3, 2022 | by John Lawless

    We told you in November about the Gibson Bill Monroe Hall of Fame mandolin presented to Doyle Lawson at the Station Inn by David Harvey of Gibson. The mandolin, one of only seven ever made, is an exact replica of

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  • Bill Holden passes

    November 23, 2021 | by Richard Thompson

    One of the Blue Grass Boys of the mid-1970s, Bill Holden, passed away suddenly in Knoxville, Tennessee on November 15, 2021 at the age of 71.  William O'Neal 'Bill' Holden was born on July 25, 1950 in Fort Worth, Texas, and

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  • On the Bus with Bill Monroe by Mark Hembree

    October 20, 2021 | by Richard Thompson

    When, in June 1979, Chicago-born Mark Hembree approached Bill Monroe about taking over as the permanent replacement for Randy Davis, Hembree had hair "to the middle of my back," not an ideal candidate it would appear. However, a trim of

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

    September 16, 2021 | by Richard Thompson

    On September 16, 1946, Bill Monroe recorded for the first time with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs.   These two evening sessions, 75 years ago today, were the first involving the aggregation acclaimed as the 'original bluegrass band,' comprising Bill Monroe

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  • Jim Peva passes

    May 17, 2021 | by Richard Thompson

    Very close friend of Bill Monroe's and Bean Blossom attendee for over 55 years, James 'Jim' Peva passed away on May 5, 2021. He was 92 years old.  James Richard Peva was born near Evansville, Indiana, on May 7, 1928, spending

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  • Winners in Lorraine Jordan-Bluegrass Jamboree mandolin contest

    March 2, 2021 | by John Lawless

    Lorraine Jordan autographs the back of the Loar mandolin prize for Jo Jo Murphy Earlier this year Lorraine Jordan launched a mandolin giveaway in celebration of the success of her Pinecastle Records single, Bill Monroe’s Ol Mandolin. Working with her friends at

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  • Scholarship applications open for Monroe Mandolin Camp

    February 8, 2021 | by John Lawless

    More good news for the 2021 bluegrass season... The Monroe Mandolin Camp is planning on holding this year's event in person, at the DuBose Conference Center in Monteagle, TN as has been their custom. Last year the camp had to be

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  • The real Father of Bluegrass: Bill Monroe or Earl Scruggs?

    December 9, 2020 | by Guest Contributor

    This response to our article last week, Who’s the real Father of Bluegrass, is a contribution from Richard D. Smith, a mandolin player based in Somerset County, NJ, and the author of Bluegrass: An Informal Guide and Can't You Hear Me

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