Josh Graves
Josh Graves (September 27, 1927 Tellico Plains, Monroe County, Tennessee – September 30, 2006), born Burkett Howard Graves, was an American bluegrass musician. Also known by the nicknames "Buck," and "Uncle Josh," he is credited with introducing the resonator guitar (commonly known under the trade name of Dobro) into bluegrass music shortly after joining Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys in 1955. He was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor in 1997. He joined producers Randall Franks and Alan Autry for the In the Heat of the Night cast CD “Christmas Time’s A Comin’” performing "Christmas Time's A Comin'" with the cast on the CD released on Sonlite and MGM/UA for one of the most popular Christmas releases of 1991 and 1992 with Southern retailers.
Genre: bluegrass, traditional-bluegrass, instrumental-bluegrass
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Top Tracks
- Salty Dog Blues
- Earl's Breakdown
- Salty Dog Blues
- Little Rosewood Casket
- Just Joshin'
- Salty Dog Blues
- A Rose on the Riverbank
- Little Maggie
- Lullaby for Leanne
- Katy Hill
- Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues
- Let Your Love Flow
- Gretna Green (feat. Blake Williams)
- Salty Dog Blues - Instrumental
- Shiloh March - Instrumental
- Brand New Carroll County Blues - Instrumental
- Crossin' the Rockies - Instrumental
- Little Maggie
- Little Home In West Virginia - Instrumental
- Brand New Carrol County Blues - Instrumental
Albums (40)
- 50 Years of Bluegrass, Vol. 4 (2024-07-12)
- 50 Years of Bluegrass, Vol. 2 (2024-07-12)
- Same Old Blues (2024-04-19)
- Come On Train (2024-04-05)
- Eddie Adcock & Talk Of The Town (2023-10-27)
- The Pioneers & Legends Of Bluegrass (2022-06-17)
- Sing Away the Pain (2018-03-16)
- Happy Times (2016-10-06)
- Modern Instrumental Bluegrass Greats (2015-02-09)
- Bluegrass Greats (2013-09-03)
- Instrumental Bluegrass - Dobro (2012-09-04)
- Bluegrass Dobro (2012-09-04)
- Josh Graves (2011-10-30)
- One Day At A Time - 24 Greatest Gospel Hits (2009-07-03)
- Bluegrass Blues (2009-06-22)
- Bluegrass Hall of Fame (2008-06-16)
- 100 Greatest Bluegrass Hits (2008-06-02)
- 36 Bluegrass Hits (2008-06-02)
- The Essential Bluegrass Collection (2008-06-02)
- That's Bluegrass! CMH Records' 20th Anniversary Collection (2008-05-20)
- King of the Dobro (2008-04-08)
- Great American Fiddle Collection (2008-04-01)
- Bluegrass for Beginners (2008-03-25)
- Red, White & Bluegrass (2008-03-25)
- Bluegrass Delivers the Theme from Deliverance (2008-03-25)
- Foggy Mountain Breakdown (2008-03-25)
- Pickin' & Singin': The Ultimate Bluegrass Collection (2008-02-11)
- Saturday Night Shuffle - A Celebration of Merle Travis (2005-06-20)
- True Bluegrass Instrumentals (2005-04-20)
- The Puritan Sessions (2005-04-19)
- World Famous Dobro (1970-01-01)
- Life's Highway (2003-11-18)
- Memories Of Foggy Mountain (2002-02-04)
- Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Vol. III) (2002-01-01)
- Sultan of Slide (2000-06-20)
- Laid Back (1997-04-15)
- A Touch of the Past (1993-09-15)
- Living Legends (1970-01-01)
- First Breath of Spring (1970-01-01)
- Alone At Last (1974-09-20)
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