Posts Tagged ‘Bill Monroe’

The Blue Grass Music

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

bluegrass_music_headBill 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…)