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After the Monroe Brothers disbanded in 1938, Bill Monroe formed The Kentuckians in Little Rock, Arkansas, but the group only lasted for three months. [1] Monroe then left Little Rock for Atlanta, Georgia , to form the first edition of the Blue Grass Boys, [ 1 ] with singer/guitarist Cleo Davis , fiddler Art Wooten, and bassist Amos Garren .
The Bill Monroe Farm is a historic farm attributed to being the birthplace of Bill Monroe, creator of the bluegrass music genre. The farm is 1,000 acres (4.0 km 2 ) and is located near Rosine in Ohio County , Kentucky .
Rosine (/ r oʊ ˈ z iː n /) is an unincorporated community in Ohio County, Kentucky, United States. [3] Bill Monroe, The Father of Bluegrass, is buried in the Rosine Cemetery and memorialized with a bronze cast disk affixed to the barn where his music remains alive.
Bessie Lee Mauldin (December 28, 1920 – February 8, 1983) [1] was an American bluegrass bassist, singer, songwriter, and a member of the bluegrass band “Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys” from 1953–1964. [2] Bessie Lee was nicknamed "The Carolina Songbird" by Bill Monroe.
William Blanc Monroe Jr. (July 17, 1920 – February 17, 2011) [1] was an American television journalist for NBC News. He was the executive producer [ 2 ] and fourth moderator of the NBC public affairs program Meet the Press (1975–84), succeeding Lawrence E. Spivak , the program's co-founder and third moderator.
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His long tenure with Bill Monroe included banjo player Bill Keith's development of the "melodic" method of banjo playing that included note for note representations of fiddle tunes on the banjo. He recorded many albums [ 5 ] for various record labels, including County Records , Jasmine, Rounder Records , Ridge Runner Records , and most recently ...
The Bill Monroe Museum is a project of Ohio County and the Ohio County Tourism Commission It is the only Museum dedicated entirely to the life and legacy of Bill Monroe and the early foundations of bluegrass music .