Tag Archives: Traditional Bluegrass

The Lilly Brothers, Charles Everett and Bea, played old-time/bluegrass music jointly for over three decades. They could best be appreciated in New Britain, where these were a fixture within the downtown Boston music picture from the first ’60s through 1980. Charles Everett and old sibling Mitchell Burt “Bea” Lilly had …

Tennessee-born bluegrass prodigy Cody Kilby initial attracted attention being a two-time Juvenile Nationwide Banjo, Electric guitar and Mandolin champion; he also gained widespread interest through some appearances over the Grand Ole Opry. In 1997, at age simply 16, Kilby documented his debut record, Just Me.

Based from the hill country in North Georgia, bluegrass gospel group Barry Scott & Second Blowing wind was shaped in the past due 2000s by guitarist vocalist Scott, who acquired spent 9 years with fellow spiritual pickers Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. Rounded out by vocalist/dobro participant Travis Houck, vocalist/banjo participant …

Known as an excellent mandolinist in his very own right, and a member of the brand new Osborne Brothers group, Bobby Osborne provides often been from the leading edge of bluegrass. (Would that be considered a lawn mower edge?) However the tale of his musically wealthy life leads back again …

Intensifying bluegrass band the Kentucky Colonels had a brief but renowned career through the folk revival from the past due ’50s and early ’60s. The music group was shaped in LA in the first ’50s by brothers Roland, Eric, and Clarence Light and their sister Joann. When Joann lowered out, …

Bluegrass fiddler Kenny Baker was created on June 26, 1926, in Burdine, Kentucky. Both his dad and grandfather had been fiddlers, and by eight yrs . old, Kenny himself acquired found the instrument. Following a stint within the Navy, Baker came back to Kentucky, where he proved helpful within the …

Bill Monroe may be the dad of bluegrass. He developed the style, developed the name, as well as for almost all from the 20th hundred years, embodied the talent. You start with his Blue Lawn Boys within the ’40s, Monroe described a hard-edged design of nation that emphasized instrumental virtuosity, …

Jimmy Murphy is among the more enigmatic statistics to emerge from the nation/rockabilly picture of the first to middle-’50s. A virtuoso guitarist along with a gifted and influenced songwriter, he previously a knack for composing and carrying out quirky, clever tracks that connected into uncommon thematic perspectives — his 1st …

With a unique sound marked from the blazing (and frequently hilariously comic) banjo theatrics of Little Roy Lewis, a large bass drum, and robust harmonies from a contingent of identically dressed Lewis daughters, the Lewis Family has continued to be an institution of Georgia music and of the bluegrass festival …

Blessed in Newton, NEW YORK, Hicks used the fiddle after getting dropped because the mandolin participant in his brother’s music group. Self-taught, Hicks’ determination paid when he was brought into Costs Monroe’s Bluegrass Children in 1954, gaining Monroe’s deep respect. In 1960, he shifted from Monroe to become listed on …