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The Monroe Brothers

The Monroe Brothers began like a trio of Birch, Charlie, and Expenses Monroe on fiddle, guitar and mandolin respectively, performing sq . dance songs in addition to traditional and gospel figures. In 1932, Expenses and Charlie started touring professionally using the WLS touring organization as dancers, showing up using the …

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Birch Monroe

b. 16 Might 1901, on the plantation near Rosine, Ohio State, Kentucky, USA, d. 15 Might 1982. Birch was the fiddle-playing elder sibling of Costs Monroe who, following the loss of life of his parents, transferred to Detroit with sibling Charlie Monroe. Right here, they worked for a while in …

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