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Pages in category "Bluegrass musicians from West Virginia" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
This is an alphabetical list of bluegrass musicians. For bands, see the List of bluegrass bands . This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Tim O'Brien was born on March 16, 1954, and raised in Wheeling, West Virginia, the youngest in a family of five children.At the age of 12, he first heard a Bob Dylan record, played by his older sister Mollie, afterwards deciding to take up music.
West Virginia consists of a mostly rural region, although its few relatively urban centers are prominent spots of musical innovation. The Capitol Music Hall , in Wheeling , is the oldest performing place of its kind in the state, and has hosted a wide variety of acts, from national tours to the local Wheeling Symphony Orchestra .
Influenced by the traditional music they heard in their youth, Bea began playing the guitar and Everett the mandolin. In 1938, they made their radio debut on the Old Farm Hour show at WCHS in Charleston, West Virginia. Other radio works followed at WJLS in Beckley, West Virginia and on several other Southern radio stations during the 1940s.
Each band on this list either has published sources — such as a news reports, magazine articles, or books — verifying it is a performing or recording bluegrass band and meeting Wikipedia's notability criteria for bands, or a Wikipedia article confirming its notability. For individual musicians, see the List of bluegrass musicians.
Larry Eugene Sparks, (born September 25, 1947) is an American Bluegrass singer and guitarist.He was the winner of the 2004 and 2005 International Bluegrass Music Association Male Vocalist of the Year Award. 2005, won IBMA for Album of the Year and Recorded Event of the Year for his album "40," celebrating his 40th year(2003) in bluegrass music.
Today she is a respected bluegrass musician, playing both straight-ahead bluegrass and more progressive forms of music. She has worked with legends such as Mac Wiseman , Kenny Baker, Josh Graves, and Eddie & Martha Adcock to current artists such as Peter Rowan , Laurie Lewis , Dudley Connell , and Don Rigsby, and the Brother Boys.