American bluegrass musician, songwriter (1911–1996)
This article is about the American musician. For other people named Bill Monroe, see Bill Monroe (disambiguation).
Bill Monroe
Monroe (left) and his brother Charlie in 1936
Background information
Birth name
William Smith Monroe
Born
(1911-09-13)September 13, 1911 Rosine, Kentucky, U.S.
Origin
Kentucky, U.S.
Died
September 9, 1996(1996-09-09) (aged 84) Springfield, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres
Bluegrass
gospel
country
blues
folk
Instrument(s)
Mandolin, guitar
Years active
1927–1996
Labels
Bluebird
Columbia
Decca
MCA
RCA Victor
Musical artist
William Smith Monroe (/mənˈroʊ/; September 13, 1911[1] – September 9, 1996)[2] was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter, and created the bluegrass music genre. Because of this, he is often called the "Father of Bluegrass".[3]
The genre takes its name from his band, the Blue Grass Boys, who named their group for the bluegrass of Monroe's home state of Kentucky. He described the genre as "Scottish bagpipes and ole-time fiddlin'. It's Methodist and Holiness and Baptist. It's blues and jazz, and it has a high lonesome sound."[4]
^Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (1st ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 1729–1730. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
^Cite error: The named reference Flippo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Klein, Bradley. "Bill Monroe: Celebrating The Father Of Bluegrass At 100". NPR.org. NPR. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
^"Bill Monroe". 2022 Monroe Mandolin Camp. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
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Horton and Rosine, much to the benefit of BillMonroe." Shultz also played with Charlie Monroe and gave BillMonroe the opportunity to play his first paid...
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Halls of Fame member BillMonroe who mentored Randall Franks into the Grand Ole Opry family. After teaching Franks one on one, Monroe arranged for his youth...
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