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Hall, Bill

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BILL HALL (AND NORTHWIND BLUEGRASS)

  • From North Scituate, Rhode Island.
  • Full name: Roger William Hall.
  • Played banjo in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s with the Lilly Brothers, Joe Val and the New England Bluegrass Boys and other New England bands. Also had his own group, Bill Hall and the Northwind Bluegrass.
  • Was also a prolific songwriter with more than 100 songs to his credit.
  • 1984, released “In the Shadow of the Pines” album on Old Homestead Records.
  • Was recognized by the International Bluegrass Music Museum as one of the 200 original pioneers of bluegrass music.
  • Died in 2010 in a farming accident.

Laughlin, Tim

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TIM LAUGHLIN

  • From Bristol, Tennessee.
  • Began playing guitar at age 8; switched to mandolin at age 11.
  • Has worked with Larry Sparks, Hazel Dickens, Appalachian Trail, The McPeak Brothers and the Lynn Morris Band, to name a few.
  • 1985, formed his own band called Plexigrass.
  • 1991, formed the Tim Laughlin Band.
  • Has won more than 100 mandolin competitions, including the Tennessee State Mandolin Championship.
  • 2010, joined Marty Raybon and Full Circle.
  • 2012, joined Big Country Bluegrass playing fiddle and mandolin.
  • 2021, joined The Tennessee Bluegrass Band.

Raven, Eddy

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EDDY RAVEN

  • From LaFayette, Louisiana.
  • Real name: Edward Garvin Futch. In 1962 he changed his name to Eddy Raven when he released his first single at age 17.
  • As a country artist he has had numerous hit records including “I Got Mexico,” “Shine Shine Shine,” “I’m Gonna Get You,” “Joe Knows How to Live,” “In a Letter to You,” and many others.
  • As a songwriter, he has written songs recorded by Elvis Costello, Johnny Cash, Kenny Chesney, Roy Orbison, George Jones, Toby Keith, Waylon Jennings, Lefty Frizzell, Carl Smith, Heather Myles, Brenda Lee, Don Gibson, Faron Young, Jack Greene, Gene Watson, Jerry Jeff Walker, Lorrie Morgan, Roy Acuff, Jerry Reed, Oak Ridge Boys, Connie Smith and Charlie Louvin.
  • He has 30 ASCAP song writing awards, 8 No. 1’s, 14 Top 10’s, 23 Top 100’s, and 24 Albums to his credit.
  • 2017, recorded and released a bluegrass album with Lorraine Jordan and Carolina Road called All Grassed Up (Pinecastle).

Tennessee Gentlemen, The

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THE TENNESSEE GENTLEMEN

  • From Memphis, Tennessee.
  • Formed in 1967 by mandolinist Troy Castleberry, a Memphis fireman.
  • For 10 years, the group practiced and performed every Friday night at The Bluegrass Shack in Memphis. It was a 100-year-old two-room schoolhouse which burned down on July 4, 1989.
  • 1977, released “The Tennessee Gentlemen” album (Southern Tracks).
  • 1980, won eleven awards out of eleven categories at the SPBGMA awards show in Lake Ozark, MO, including Best Band, Best Album, Best Mandolin Player, and Best Contemporary Male Vocalist.
  • 1979, released “Just Us” album (no label).
  • 1980, released “Sunday Morning” album (no label). Group at that time included Donny Catron (guitar), Richard Bailey (banj0) and Steve Gregory (bass).
  • 1981, released “Hey Mr. Train” album (Ridge Runner).
  • 1987, released “Heading West” album (Bluegrass Shack). The group at that time included Wayne Southards (guitar) and Stuart Brownlee (bass), along with Castleberry (mandolin) and Bailey (banjo).
  • 2000, founder Castleberry died at the age of 71.
  • 2003, a new version of the band was organized by former member Donny Catron.
  • 2016, Catron died at the age of 60.

Reno Brothers, The

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THE RENO BROTHERS

  • From Nashville, Tennessee.
  • Formed in 1984, broke up as a band (not as brothers) in 2001.
  • Includes Dale, Don Wayne and Ronnie—the three sons of banjo legend Don Reno.
  • Dale and Don Wayne worked with their father until his death in 1984.
  • Ronnie had formerly sang and played mandolin with Don Reno, Red Smiley and the Tennessee Cut-ups, worked with the Osborne Brothers and Merle Haggard.
  • 1982, Don Wayne and Dale previously played together in a group called The Cripple Creek Quartet which recorded a Grammy-nominated album for Reader’s Digest. It sold more than 100,000 copies.
  • They toured with Vern Gosdin, the Whites, Randy Travis, Billy Joe Royal, Exile, Bill Anderson, Porter Wagoner and others.
  • They were frequent performers on the Nashville Network and CMT.
  • 1988, released self titled album (Step One Records).
  • 1992, released Kentucky Gold album (Webco).
  • 1993, they hosted a TV program on the Americana Television Network called “Reno’s Old Time Music Festival.” (The network folded in 1995). The show was revived by Ronnie Reno a few years later on the RFD-TV Network.
  • 1994, released Acoustic Celebration album (Webco).
  • 1996, released Drawing from the Well album (Webco).
  • 1998, released Three Part Harmony album (Pinecastle).
  • 2001, disbanded with Ronnie forming his own band The Reno Tradition and Don Wayne and Dale playing with Hayseed Dixie.
  • 2004, Don Wayne formed The Reno Revival to teach his father’s banjo technique. Conducts banjo camps and workshops.
  • 2013, Don Wayne and Dale teamed up with Mitch Harrell to record a new album “Reno Bound” (John Boy & Billy) under the name Reno and Harrell, the same name used by their fathers when they worked together.
  • 2021, Don Wayne joined The Farm Hands.

Nickel Creek

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NICKEL CREEK

  • From Vista, California (near San Diego).
  • First appearance: 1989 at the San Diego Bluegrass Festival (Lake Henshaw, CA). They also began making regular appearances at “That Pizza Place” in Carlsbad, CA).
  • They began as a “kid band” featuring Sean and Sara Watkins (brother and sister on guitar and fiddle), Chris and Scott Thile (father and son on bass and mandolin). The three kids were all under 12 at the time.
  • They were mentored and taught by John Moore and Dennis Caplinger of Bluegrass Etc.
  • Their band name came from a tune on one of Byron Berline’s fiddle albums. Nickel Creek is actually a ranch in Texas where Byron wrote the tune. When the ranch owner found out about the Nickel Creek band, he invited them to perform there—their first out-of-state gig.
  • 1991, released first album on cassette “Nickel Creek” (no label). Sean was 14 years old; Chris and Sara were both 10 years old.
  • 1994, released second album on cassette “Little Cowpoke” (no label).
  • First DJ to play Nickel Creek on the radio: Wayne Rice, KSON-FM San Diego!
  • 1995, group was split geographically when the Thiles moved to Murray, Kentucky.
  • 1997, released “Here to There” album (no label).
  • 1997, got first national TV exposure on the Statler Brothers Show (TNN).
  • 1999, recorded Nickel Creek album, produced by Alison Krauss.
  • 2000, had a hit video on CMT. Signed by the William Morris Agency.
  • 2000, won IBMA award for Emerging Artist of the Year.
  • 2001, received two Grammy nominations: Country Instrumental Performance and Bluegrass Album.
  • 2001, worked several shows with Dolly Parton.
  • 2001, won the IBMA award for Instrumental Group of the Year. Chris also won award for Mandolin Player of the Year.
  • 2001, were featured in a double-page photo spread and article in TIME magazine as one of the top 100 “Innovators of the Year.”
  • 2001, was nominated for Vocal Group of the Year and the Horizon Award at the CMA Awards. Performed on the show.
  • 2003, won Grammy Award for This Side album (Best Contemporary Folk Album)
  • 2004, “This Side” album was certified Gold.
  • 2004, did a “Mutual Admiration Society” tour with Glenn Phillips (Toad the Wet Sprocket), Pete Thomas (Elvis Costello) and John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin).
  • 2007, did their farewell tour before disbanding.
  • 2007, Chris Thile formed a bluegrass band called the Tensions Mountain Boys, which later became the Punch Brothers.
  • Since the band breakup: Sara and Sean Watkins have been performing and recording as a duo, as solo artists, as The Watkins Family Hour and The Fiction Family. Sara has appeared on, and guest-hosted Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion radio broadcast. She is also a member of I’m With Her (with Aoife O’Donovan and Sarah Jarosz). Chris has recorded solo projects as well as with the Punch Brothers and became full-time host of NPR’s A Prairie Home Companion (later called Live from Here with Chris Thile).
  • 2014, Nickel Creek reunited to record A Dotted Line album and to tour in support of it, celebrating their 25th anniversary as a band.

Lewis Family, The

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THE LEWIS FAMILY

  • From Lincolnton, Georgia.
  • They were known as “The First Family of Bluegrass Gospel Music.”
  • 1950, they were first known as the Lewis Brothers: Talmadge, Esley and Wallace, along with Dad (Roy) and Miggie.
  • In the mid-fifties, they changed the name of the group to The Lewis Family, and included sisters Miggie, Polly and Janis, brothers Wallace, Talmadge and Little Roy, and Pop (Roy, Sr.)
  • They were one of the first bluegrass groups to feature female vocalists.
  • Over their 50-year career in music, they recorded more than 100 albums of bluegrass gospel music for such record labels as Starday, Canaan, Hollywood, Benson, Crest, Federal, Thoroughbred, Riversong, Gusto, Mountain Home, Music Mill, Sullivan, Daywind, Ember, Nashville, Melodisc and Timberline.
  • 1954, began their own TV show in Augusta Georgia (final broadcast: September 13,1992.)
  • 1993, purchased the late Conway Twitty’s bus and matching trailer.
  • 2000, Pop Lewis was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame (May 24).
  • 2002, they received IBMA’s Distinguished Achievement award.
  • 2003, Mom Lewis died, 2/8.
  • 2004, Pop Lewis died, 3/23.
  • 2006, they were inducted into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame.
  • 2007, Wallace Lewis died 5/16.
  • 2009, after winning two more Dove Awards (Gospel music’s highest award), the Lewis Family officially retired. Little Roy Lewis began performing as a duo with his foster daughter Lizzie Long.
  • 2010, Travis Lewis (son of Wallace) and his son Jameson, Janis Lewis and her son Lewis Phillips formed a new band called The Lewis Tradition and released “Precious Memories” album (Thoroughbred).
  • 2015, they were inducted into the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame (Wilkesboro, North Carolina).
  • 2017, Miggie Lewis died, 12/26.
  • 2018, Polly Lewis died, 8/19.

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Jordan, Tresa

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TRESA JORDAN

  • From Melrose, Florida (central Florida).
  • Moved to Nashville at age 19 to pursue a career in country music, her career was put on hold when she married and had children. Seven years later, after her divorce, she re-married and resumed her singing career.
  • 2006, won a Momentum Award for Country Artist of the Year from Indiehaven.com (a popular Christian music music web community).

Grant, Bill (and Delia Bell)

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BILL GRANT AND DELIA BELL

  • From Hugo, Oklahoma.
  • 1960, Bill Grant and Delia Bell began singing together on a Hugo radio program called The Dixie Hayride. They continued performing together for more than 55 years.
  • Grant is part Choctaw Indian.
  • Bell’s given name: Francis Leona Bell. “Delia” was a nickname.
  • Grant was recognized as “Ambassador of Bluegrass Music” by three Oklahoma governors.
  • Grant lives on a 360-acre cattle ranch near Hugo, which has been in his family for more than 100 years.
  • For more then 30 years (1969-2003), Grant hosted one of the biggest bluegrass festivals in the country on his ranch. He called the festival site Salt Creek Park.
  • Bill Grant and Delia Bell had a band called The Kiamichi Mountain Boys, named after the mountains near their home.
  • 1982, Emmylou Harris produced a solo album for Delia Bell, released on the Warner Brothers label. It reached #35 on the Billboard charts. Emmylou said of Delia Bell: “If Kitty Wells and Hank Williams had had a child—if somehow their voices had been able to spawn a woman singer—Delia Bell would be it.”
  • 2006, they stopped performing for health reasons.
  • 2006, Grant received IBMA’s Distinguished Achievement Award.
  • 2008, Grant was recognized as a “Pioneer of Bluegrass Music” by the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Owensboro, Kentucky.
  • They recorded more than a dozen albums for their own label Kiamichi Records as well as albums by County Records, Rebel Records, Rounder Records and Warner Brothers.
  • 2017, Grant was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.
  • 2018, Delia Bell passed away at the age of 83.
  • 2019, Bill Grant passed away at the age of 90.

Gregory, Clinton

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CLINTON GREGORY

  • From Martinsville, Virginia. Lives in Nashville.
  • As a country singer, he had several songs on the Billboard Top 100 charts including “If It Weren’t for Country Music, I’d Go Crazy” and “Play Ruby Play,” among others.
  • He is a fiddle player and did session work in Nashville.
  • 2012, returned to his bluegrass roots with the release of Roots of My Raising by the Clinton Gregory Bluegrass Band, produced by Scott Vestal.

Flatt & Scruggs

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FLATT & SCRUGGS (LESTER FLATT, EARL SCRUGGS AND THE FOGGY MOUNTAIN BOYS)

  • From Nashville.
  • Considered by many to be the most important bluegrass band in the history of the music, primarily because they perfected the Monroe sound and exposed it to bigger audiences than ever before. They brought bluegrass from the country schoolhouse to the big city—Carnegie Hall in New York City and San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium, to name a few.
  • Flatt and Scruggs were both members of the “original bluegrass band,” Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys (1945-1948).
  • They were members of the Grand Ole Opry for 20 years.
  • They worked together for roughly twenty-one years (1948-1969).
  • Their early work on Mercury and Columbia during the late 40’s and the 50’s are the considered the “essential bluegrass recordings”—the body of work upon which the entire genre is based. Their songs are classics and continue to be recorded and re-recorded by almost every bluegrass band.
  • 1953, began doing early morning radio shows on WSM (Nashville) sponsored by Marth White Flour, and remained as promoters of the company throughout their career. The Martha White Theme as performed by Flatt and Scruggs is heard on Grand Old Opry broadcasts to this day.
  • Rose to popular fame during the urban folk music revival of the early sixties. They performed at folk festivals and college campuses, helping to convert an entire new generation to bluegrass music.
  • Recorded the theme to the CBS-TV show “The Beverly Hillbillies” and made frequent guest appearances on the show.
  • 1966, their recording of “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” was used in the soundtrack for the movie “Bonnie and Clyde” starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.
  • The Foggy Mountain Boys took its name from the song that Flatt and Scruggs used as their theme—a Carter Family song called “Foggy Mountain Top.”
  • Broke up in 1969 due to disagreements regarding musical direction. Scruggs left to play progressive music with his sons in “The Earl Scruggs Revue,” and Flatt left to play traditional bluegrass with “The Nashville Grass.”
  • 1981, they were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
  • 1991, they were inducted individually into the IBMA’s Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame, along with Bill Monroe. Several of their band members (the Foggy Mountain Boys) have also been inducted into the Hall of Fame: Curly Seckler, Josh Graves, Benny Martin, Chubby Wise and Paul Warren.
  • 2007, inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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Armsworthy, Jay (and Eastern Tradition)

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JAY ARMSWORTHY (and EASTERN TRADITION)

  • From California, Maryland (south of Washington DC).
  • A guitarist and singer who began his career playing with Ernie Bradley and Grassy Ridge. Later formed his own band Eastern Tradition.
  • 1995, worked with David Davis and the The Warrior River Boys.
  • For seven years, he hosted a radio program called “Bluegrass on the Bay” on WMDM and WPTX in Lexington, Maryland. He  also has hosted a radio show on World Wide Bluegrass.com, WNNT (VA), and WWSM (PA).
  • 2005, released Making Memories album (no label).
  • 2011, released I Couldn’t Make It Without Him album (Blue Circle), produced by Greg Luck.
  • 2020, released My Best Friend album (Patuxent).