The Blue Grass Music
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys
This pioneer invented the style of music we know today as bluegrass. During the late thirties and into the early 40’s Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys (from whom the style derived its name) experimented with instrumental techniques on the guitar, bass, fiddle and mandolin and created a sound which would later be known as bluegrass. (more…)