***** BLUEGRASS LEGENDS & PIONEERS ***** who have passed on !!

Listed below are some of the people who devoted their lives to Developing and Performing the American Music Style, which has come to be known as BLUEGRASS MUSIC. THIS PAGE IS ALWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, SADLY, !! MORE INFORMATION SOON !! ** tell a friend about cincygrass.com **

THE FOUNDERS

• Bill Monroe, mandolin, singer, songwriter, The Father of Bluegrass, died 1996
• Charlie Monroe, guitar, singer, died 1975
• Birch Monroe, fiddle, died 19??
• James Cleo Davis, Guitar, singer, died 1986. The first Blue Grass Boy, hired in 1938.
• Art Wooten, fiddle, died 1986
• Amos Garren, bass fiddle, died 1977
• Clyde Moody, guitar, singer, died 19??
• Lester Flatt, guitar, singer, died 1979
• Dave Stringbean Akeman, banjo, singer, died 1973. The first banjo player with the Blue Grass Boys. Dave & his wife were robbed and shot to death at their home.
• Howard Watts, bass fiddle, Classic Bluegrass Band, first recorded 1946
• Howdy Forrester, fiddle, died 1987
• Sally Ann Forrester, accordian, bass fiddle, died 1999

THE FIRST & SECOND GENERATION

• Don Reno, banjo, guitar, singer, songwriter, died 1984
• Carter Stanley, guitar, singer, songwriter, died 1966
• Irvin Rouse, fiddle, died 1981
• Jim McReynolds, guitar, singer, died 2002
• Benny Martin, fiddle, singer, songwriter, died 2001
• Joe Meadows, fiddle, died 2003
• Buck Ryan, fiddle, died 1982
• Art Stamper, fiddle, died Jan. 23, 2005
• Jim Eanes, guitar, singer, songwriter, died 1995
• Carl Story, guitar, singer, songwriter, died 1995
• Scotty Stoneman, fiddle, died 1973
• Gene Wooten, dobro, died 2002
• Earl Taylor, mandolin, singer, died 1984
• Harley Gabbard, dobro, singer, died 2003
• Jimmy Skinner, singer & songwriter, died 1979
• Paul Warren, fiddle, died 1978
• Chubby Wise, fiddle, died 1996
• Curly Ray Cline, fiddle, died 1997
• Red Smiley, guitar, singer, died 1972
• Red Allen, guitar, singer, died 1993
• Charlie Moore, guitar, singer, songwriter, died 1979
• Buzz Buzby, mandolin, singer, died 2003
• Hylo Brown, guitar, singer, died 2003
• Mac Magaha, fiddle, died 2003

• Roy Lee Centers, guitar, singer, shot & killed 1974
• Keith Whitley, guitar, singer, died 1989
• John Hartford, banjo & fiddle, singer, songwriter, died 2002
• Roy Husky Jr., bass fiddle, died 1997
• John Duffy, mandolin, singer, died 1997
• Clarence White, guitar, singer, died 1973, hit by a car
• Merle Watson, guitar & banjo, died 1985, farm tractor accident
• Randall Hylton, guitar, singer, songwriter, died 2001
• Charlie Waller, guitar, singer & band leader, died 2004
• Robert Bobby Thompson, banjo, developed chromatic style, died 2005
• Jim Eanes, guitar, singer, songwriter, died 1995
• William Red Rector, mandolin, died 1990
• Bill Napier, banjo, died 2000
• Chubby Anthony, fiddle, died 1980
• Leslie Keith, fiddle, died 1977
• Garland Shuping, banjo, died 2000
• Jake Tullock, bass fiddle, died 1988
• Ed Ferris, bass fiddle, died 1993
• Pee Wee Lambert, mandolin, died 1965
• Don Stover, banjo, singer, died 1996
• Burkette Howard, Buck, Uncle Josh, Graves, The man who put Dobro in Bluegrass, died 2006
• Jimmy Martin, guitar, singer, The King of Bluegrass, 5/14/2005
• Vassar Clements, fiddle, died 2005
• Gordon Terry, fiddle, singer, died April 9, 2006