Generally considered a variant of country music, bluegrass is a hybrid of old-time country and string-band music; British folk songs; improvisation and syncopation, reflecting the influence of blues and jazz; and a wide variety of popular commercial music. Although frequently considered “mountain music,” bluegrass was created by Bill Monroe in Rosine, Kentucky – far from the hills of Appalachia. Key instruments in the genre include the mandolin and the 5-string banjo.
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Recorded in 2003 in Columbia, South Carolina.
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Wall began playing hillbilly and “old-time” music before it was dubbed bluegrass. He was one of eleven children in a family he described as not very musically oriented. As a teen, he cut his teeth...
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Produced by Bill Wells. 1980.
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A song from "Are We Ready for the Calling".
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Betty McDaniel is a life-long educator. She has degrees from the University of North Carolina, Clemson, and the University of South Carolina. She started her teaching career in 1974 and retired in...
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Produced by Bill Wells. Bill Wells - Guitar & Lead Vocal, Virgil Harrison - Fiddle & Vocal, John Cheney - Lead Guitar, Andy Cartoun - Banjo, Bobby Kay - Bass.
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In December of 1985, Bill Wells – a retired Navy man and musician raised in the coal-mining region of southwestern Virginia – opened Bill’s Pickin’ Parlor and Music Shop in West Columbia. He...
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A song from Sugar Hill - Remembering Bob Wills.
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A song from Sugar Hill - Remembering Bob Wills. (Written by Fred Rose)
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A song from the album Sugar Hill - Remembering Bob Wills. (Written by Nate Leath)
