PETE GOBLE

• Grew up in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. Later moved to Detroit, Michigan.
• Best known as a writer of bluegrass songs.
• His songs have been recorded by the Bluegrass Cardinals, The Osborne Brothers, Hot Rize, Larry Sparks, Doyle Lawson, the Country Gentlemen, the Lewis Family and many other artists.
• Award-winning compositions: “Tennessee 1949” (Song of the Year, 1988) and “Colleen Malone” (Song of the Year, 1991). These and many other bluegrass standards were co-written by both Goble and his writing partner Leroy Drumm (who died in 2010).
• As a performer, recorded two albums with banjo player Bill Emerson, singing lead and playing guitar.
• 1995, released Webco Classics Volume 1: Emerson & Goble, a collection of their best material from previous recordings (Webco/Pinecastle).
• 1996, suffered serious injuries when his single engine airplane crashed.
• 2002, received a Distinguished Achievement Award from the IBMA.
• 2005, released When I’m Knee Deep in Bluegrass (Fireheart Records).
• 2018, passed away at the age of 86.
• 2022, he was inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame.