***** 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.
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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
