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Bill Monroe (September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) developed the style of country music known as bluegrass, which takes its name from his band, the “Blue Grass Boys,” named for his home state of Kentucky. Monroe’s performing career spanned 60 years as a singer, instrumentalist, composer and bandleader. He is often referred to as “the father of bluegrass.”

In the rock (and roll) community, Bill Monroe may be best known via one of Elvis Presley’s earliest recordings at Sun Records, that of Monroe’s ‘Blue Moon of Kentucky’. Patsy Cline also made a highly regarded version of this song.

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1	Blue Moon Of Kentucky	161
2	I Saw The Light	67
3	Kentucky Waltz	47
4	Footprints In The Snow	46
5	Orange Blossom Special	40
5	New Mule Skinner Blues	40
7	In The Pines	33
8	I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky	32
9	Uncle Pen	30
10	Toy Heart	27
11	Rocky Road Blues	21
12	Bluegrass Breakdown	19
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uriahdeath wrote:
November 2011

The father and long standing king of bluegrass, even if he has been dead since 1996. I got to see him several times when he was alive, always entertaining. Always had a killer band, if you played with Bill, you HAD to be able to play. People like me that like progressive metal, (and some progrock) check out some of the stuff they were playing back in the 40s, and 50s. That was pretty intense back in it's day. Bill was always a master on the mandolin, and surrounded himself with other people that were masters of their respective instruments.

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juepucta wrote:
September 2011

Happy birthday, sir.

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cadaver11 wrote:
July 2011

He created bluegrass? Thank the Lord for him.

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PThomasAnderson wrote:
April 2010

Thanks for the photo mosesxan

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teddyrubmyskin wrote:
December 2009

you're gonna die........

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leekpie wrote:
October 2009

Fucking YES.

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sophoula wrote:
August 2009

<3

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matthewgregory wrote:
May 2009

"New River Train..." I can't stop singing it.

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MonsieurFloyd wrote:
May 2009

This rules

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NOOBSTERpots wrote:
May 2009

Его старший брат Charlie Monroe на мой взгляд получше будет!!!

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malkeschmied wrote:
December 2008

The real thing!!!

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GJG3 wrote:
September 2008

HI

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shootster wrote:
June 2007

Poison Love Did Bill Monroe Sang These?

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mosesxan wrote:
June 2007

I was in Kentucky two weeks ago for a wedding. On the interstate, I passed a sign pointing to Bill Monroe's birthplace, so I promptly turned the car around and decided to go see it since I had some time to kill. Unfortunately, it was closed. I took a picture of the sign though: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/250/519341911_80ba707ec3.jpg

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December 2006

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