Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
William Smith Monroe ( mən-ROH; September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter who created the bluegrass music genre. For this reason, he is often called the "Father of Bluegrass". The genre takes its name from his band, the Blue Grass Boys, who named their group for the bluegrass of Monroe's home state of Kentucky. He described the genre as "Scottish bagpipes and ole-time fiddlin'. It's Methodist and Holiness and Baptist. It's blues and jazz, and it has a high lonesome sound."
Genre: bluegrass, traditional-country, newgrass
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Top Tracks
- Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8)
- It's Mighty Dark to Travel
- Bluegrass Breakdown (Live)
- I Saw the Light (Live)
- Sitting Alone in the Moonlight
- Wishing Waltz
- Dark As the Night, Blue As the Day
- I Believed in You Darling
- Changing Partners
- Tomorrow I'll Be Gone
- Country Waltz
- I Hope You Have Learned
- A Mighty Pretty Waltz
- Highway of Sorrow
- Pike County Breakdown
- Lonesome Truck Driver's Blues
- Rotation Blues
- Cabin of Love
- Six White Horses
- Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8)
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