BACKLINE From Spartanburg, South Carolina. Formed in 2016 by Katelyn Ingardia (guitar/lead vocals), Travis Tucker (Dobro™), Louise Hughes (mandolin), Zachary Carter (banjo) and Jason Belue…
THE BAD LIVERS Originally from Austin, Texas. A fusion of Tex-Mex, cajun, reggae, rock, blues, country and bluegrass. Band includes an accordion, drums and a…
BRITTANY BAILEY From Junction City (near Eugene), Oregon. At age 12, performed on stage with Alison Krauss and Union Station. 1996, sang with an Oregon…
CALEB BAILEY From Grottoes, Virginia (Shenandoah Valley) Mid-2000’s, played in a band called Allegheny Blue. Grew up in a musical family. His great uncle played…
JAMES BAILEY From Keysville, Virginia. 1974, 1976-1979, 1986-1988, played banjo with the Country Gentlemen. Has also worked with Ricky Skaggs, Del McCoury, Doyle Lawson, U.S.…
RICHARD BAILEY From Memphis. Lives in Nashville. First band: The Tennessee Gentlemen (Memphis). As a sideman, he has performed with Bill Monroe, Roland White, Vassar…
JESSIE BAKER From Martinsville, Indiana. Lives in Georgetown, Kentucky. At age 11, learned banjo and began performing with his brother Taylor (mandolin) as The Baker…
THE BAKER BOYS From Martinsville, Indiana. Features brothers Jessie (banjo) and Taylor (mandolin) Baker. Taylor is 2 years older than Jessie. Began performing in 2002…
KENNY BAKER From Jenkins, Kentucky. During much of his career, he lived in Gallatin, Tennessee. 1957-1984, played fiddle with Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass…
BUTCH BALDASSARI (See also WEARY HEARTS, NASHVILLE MANDOLIN ENSEMBLE) From Scranton, Pennsylvania. Lives in Nashville. A mandolinist who grew up listening to the music of…
BARRY BALES From Kingsport, Tennessee. A bass player who is best known for his tenure with Alison Krauss and Union Station (since 1990). He was…
THE BALOS FAMILY From Buchanan, Michigan. A family of nine who travel the country singing and playing gospel music. Michael (dad on guitar) and Ramona…
BALSAM RANGE From Clyde, North Carolina. Formed in 2007 by Marc Pruett (banjo), Caleb Smith (guitar), Darren Nicholson (mandolin), Tim Surrett (bass and resonator guitar)…
BAND OF RUHKS From Nashville. Formed in 2013 as “The Rambling Rooks” by Ronnie Bowman (bass), Don Rigsby (mandolin) and Kenny Smith (guitar). The three…
THE BANKESTERS From Carbondale, Illinois. Began performing as a family band in 2004. The original band featured mom and dad Dorene (guitar) and Phil (guitar)…
THE BARBED WIRE CUTTERS From Bellingham, Washington. Members of the band: Korby Lenker (guitar), Bruce Shaw (mandolin), Adam Carp (banjo), Josh Brahinsky (fiddle) and Christopher…
JUNIOR BARBER From Plattsburgh, New York. He played drums and electric guitar in rock bands before eventually turning to the Dobro™ guitar. 1993-2002, worked for…
DAVID BENEDICT From Cambridge, Massachusetts (originally from Clemson, South Carolina). 2013, graduated from Bryan College (Chattanooga, TN) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mandolin…
JEFF BARBRA AND SARAH PIRKLE From Walland, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains. A husband and wife duo who perform primarily acoustic or Americana music…
RUSS BARENBERG From southeast Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia. Moved to Nashville in 1986. Guitarist who plays bluegrass laced with jazz, folk, cajun, celtic, carribean and latin…
JASON BARIE From Tampa, Florida. Lives in Portland, Tennessee. Began playing fiddle at age 10. 6-time winner of the Florida State Fiddle Championship. 2002-7, worked…
DANNY BARNES See also THE BAD LIVERS. From Temple, Texas (between Dallas and Austin). Now lives in Washington State (Seattle/Puget Sound). A banjo virtuoso, he…
MICHAEL BARNETT From Nashville, Tennessee. Learned to play violin at age 4. At age 15, joined Jesse McReynolds and the Virginia Boys, playing fiddle. That…
THE BARTLEY BROTHERS (RICK AND SHAYNE) From Georgetown, Kentucky. Formed in 2010 by brothers Rick (banjo, mandolin, guitar) and Shayne (mandolin, guitar). Rick has worked…
BASHFUL BROTHER OSWALD Born and raised in Sevierville, Tennessee (Great Smoky Mountains). Lived in Madison, Tennessee most of his professional life. Real name: Beecher Ray…
THE BASS MOUNTAIN BOYS From Burlington, North Carolina. Formed in 1974. Band members: Mike Wilson (guitar), Mike Aldridge (mandolin), Mike Street (bass), Johnny Ridge (fiddle,…
TERRY BAUCOM (AND THE DUKES OF DRIVE) From Monroe, North Carolina. He is known as one of the top Scruggs-style banjo players in bluegrass music. …
DONAL BAYLOR From Capital City, Canberra, Australia. 1985-6, won the Australian National Fiddle Contest. He also was a runner-up in the National Flat-pick Guitar Championship.…
THE BE GOOD TANYAS From Vancouver, BC, Canada. Band members met while working as tree planters in BC’s Kootenay Mountains. Formed the band in 1999.…
DARREN BEACHLEY From Brunswick, Maryland. 1988, first pro band: South Central Bluegrass 1991, played Dobro™ with Bill Harrell and the Virginians. 1998, joined Norman Wright’s…
THE BEACON HILLBILLIES From Boston, Massachusetts. A string band formed in 1994 by mandolinist Jim (Jimmy) Ryan. Also in the band: John McGann (winner of…
BEARFOOT From Anchorage, Alaska. 2000, formed by a group of young music camp counselors who were drawn to bluegrass and traditional music. For several years…
JANET BEAZLEY From San Juan Capistrano, California. Originally from Bakersfield. Plays banjo with Chris Stuart and Backcountry and performs in a duo with Chris Stuart…
MAC BENFORD (AND THE WOODSHED ALL-STARS) From Ithica, New York. A banjo player who played in the traditional clawhammer style. 1967, moved to San Francisco…
RICHARD BENNETT From Johnson City, Tennessee. Age 11, played guitar on the Martha White Caravan for the Rose Brothers. Age 15, played guitar with fiddler…
KRISTIN SCOTT BENSON From Union, South Carolina. Lives in Boiling Springs, SC with her husband Wayne (of IIIrd Tyme Out) Began playing mandolin at age…
WAYNE BENSON From Charlotte, NC. Lives in Boiling Springs, SC. Full name: John Wayne Benson. He is married to Kristin Scott Benson. Started playing mandolin…
CARL BENTLEY Originally from McDowell, Ky. Currently lives in Indiana. Started singing in church at age 5. Learned guitar and wrote first song at age…
DIERKS BENTLEY From Phoenix Arizona. Lives in Nashville. 2003, signed with Capitol Records. launching a very successful country music career. 2004, his first two albums…
TOTTE BERGSTROM From Sweden. Pronounced “Totty.” 1969, performed with a group called Country Express. 1970’s, had a bluegrass group called The New Strangers. Was influenced…
BYRON BERLINE From Caldwell, Kansas. Currently lives in Guthrie, Oklahoma. Three-time national fiddle champion (the Weiser Old Time Fiddle Championships). Began playing fiddle at age…
BARRY BERRIER From Mt. Airy, North Carolina. First band: “Interstate Exchange” with friends Sammy Shelor and Alan Bibey. Early 80’s, formed “Summer Wages” with Craig…
HEATHER BERRY (THE HEATHER BERRY AND TONY MABE SHOW) From Sherando, Virginia (Shenandoah Valley). Began singing in church at age 5. First instrument: autoharp. Performed…
JOHN BERRY From Nashville, Tennessee. He was born in South Carolina and raised in Georgia. 1992-1995, had several hit country records including ” Your Love…
HUNTER BERRY From Elizabethton, Tennessee. Learned fiddle at age 4. Taught by Benny Sims and David Yates. 2001, joined Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver at age…
CARROLL BEST From Haywood County, North Carolina One of the earliest “melodic” or “chromatic” style banjo players, who began playing fiddle tunes note-for-note on the…
AARON BIBELHAUSER (THE BIBELHAUSER BROTHERS) From Louisville, Kentucky. Name is pronounced “Bee-bull-how-zer.” A singer/songwriter/guitarist who has written songs recorded by Balsam Range, Del McCoury, Michael…
ALAN BIBEY (AND GRASSTOWNE) Mandolin player from North Carolina. 1982, won the mandolin championship at the World’s Fair in Knoxville. 1983, played with Wes Golding’s…
BIG COUNTRY BLUEGRASS From Independence, Virginia. Formed by Tommy and Teresa Sells in 1987. Perform what some call “Galax” or “Mt. Airy” bluegrass: a very…
BIG HILLBILLY BLUEGRASS From the Baltimore/Washington D.C. area. Formed by guitarist Bob Perilla. Band has included Mike Munford (banjo) and Tad Marks (fiddle). For years,…
THE BILLS From Victoria, B.C., Canada Formed in 1996 as the Bill Hilly Band. Original members Marc Atkinson and Scott White (guitar, mandolin, fiddle) had…
THE BISCUIT BURNERS From Asheville,North Carolina. Formed in 2002 by Lizzie Hamilton (fiddle), Shannon Whitworth (guitar), Rocky Whittington (banjo) and Mary Lucey (bass). Hamilton had…
LAWRENCE BISHOP From Monroe, Ohio. He is the founding pastor of the Solid Rock Church in Monroe. He played mandolin and wrote numerous bluegrass/country gospel…
THE BLACK MOUNTAIN BLUEGRASS BOYS From Pocahontas County, West Virginia. Formed in 1969 by Richard Hefner (banjo), Bill Hefner (guitar/mandolin), Harley Carpenter (guitar), Glen Irvine…
CURTIS BLACKWELL AND THE DIXIE BLUEGRASS BOYS From Long Creek, South Carolina. Formed in 1960 when seventeen-year-old guitarist/singer Curtis Blackwell with his brother Haskell (bass)…
THE BLADERUNNERS From Riverside County, California. Formed in 1998. 1999, released Introducing the BladeRunners album (no label) 2000, represented Southern California in the Pizza Hut…
GREG BLAKE From Kansas City, Missouri. He has also has lived in Colorado, West Virgina, South Carolina, North Carolina. A singer and guitarist who has…
NORMAN BLAKE From Chattanooga, Tennessee but grew up in Sulphur Springs and Rising Fawn, Georgia. Best known as a guitarist and mandolinist. He plays all…
ASHLEY BLANKENSHIP (AND BLADES OF BLUE) From Floyd, Virginia 2005, joined a local band called Statement, singing lead vocals. 2010, formed new band Blades of…
AUDIE BLAYLOCK AND REDLINE Born in El Paso, Texas; grew up in Lansing, Michigan. Lived in Garrett, Indiana. 1983, first pro gig: playing mandolin with…
THE BLIND CORN LIQUOR PICKERS From Lexington, Kentucky. A “slam-grass” band featuring Joel Serdenis (mandolin), Todd Anderson (bass), Tom Fassas (guitar), Travis Young (banjo). Motto:…
THE BLINKY MOON BOYS From Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia (band members commute to performances). Formed in 1989 at the Winterhawk Bluegrass Festival (New York). Perform…
RON BLOCK From Torrance, California. Lives in Nashville His father owned a music store (Hogan’s Music) in Southern California. He grew up literally surrounded by…
BLUE AND LONESOME From the San Francisco Bay area (Petaluma, CA). A traditional band formed in 2007 by mandolin player Ed Neff. Also includes Mike…
THE BLUEGRASS 45 From Kobe, Japan A legendary band from Japan that formed in 1967 and made its American debut in 1971 at Bill Monroe’s…
THE BLUEGRASS BAND Formed originally in 1972 by Joseph “Butch” Robins, a former member of Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys (banjo). Other members: Alan O”Bryant…
THE BLUEGRASS ALBUM BAND A recording band featuring Tony Rice, guitar; J.D. Crowe, banjo; Doyle Lawson, mandolin; Bobby Hicks, fiddle; Todd Phillips, bass; Jerry Douglas,…
THE BLUEGRASS ALLIANCE From Louisville, Kentucky. Formed in 1968 by Dan Crary (guitar), Wayne Stewart (mandolin), Buddy Spurlock (banjo), Lonnie Peerce (fiddle) and Harry Shealor…
THE BLUEGRASS BROTHERS From the Salem/Roanoke, Virginia area. Formed in 1992 by brothers Robert (banjo) and Victor Dowdy (bass). They were later joined by Victor’s…
THE BLUEGRASS CARDINALS (See also DAVID PARMLEY) Originally from Los Angeles, California. Moved to Virginia in 1976. Formed in 1974. Original members: Don Parmley and…
BLUEGRASS ETC Formed in San Diego, California in 1980 A trio featuring John Moore (guitar, mandolin) and Dennis Caplinger (banjo, fiddle). Other members of the…
BLUEGRASS EXPRESS From Custer Park, Illinois. Formed in 1980 by Gary and Greg Underwood (guitar and bass, father and son, respectively). Later Greg’s son Jacob…
THE BLUEGRASS INTENTIONS From Northern California. Formed in 2001 as a project band. Features Eric and Suzy Thompson (guitar, fiddle), Alan Senauke (guitar) and Bill…
THE BLUEGRASS OUTLAWS From Sevierville, Tennessee. Formed in 2016 by Chris Monk (banjo) and his wife Becky Webb Monk (bass). Becky is sister to Darrell…
THE BLUEGRASS MARTINS From Jefferson City, Missouri. A family band featuring the Martin siblings Anne (bass), Dale (guitar), Janice (banjo), Lee (mandolin), Jeana (fiddle) and…
THE BLUEGRASS PATRIOTS From Fort Collins, Colorado. Formed in 1980 by banjo player Ken Seaman with Glenn Zankey (guitar), Dan Rogers (bass), Dan Mitchell (fiddle)…
THE BLUEGRASS REGULATORS From Portland, Oregon. Formed in 2009 by Luke Dewhirst (banjo), Martin Stevens (fiddle/mandolin), Molly Adkins (guitar), Jake Dewhirst (guitar) and Josh Adkins…
THE BLUEGRASS THOROUGHBREDS From Winchester, Kentucky. A family band featuring the Malicote Family: James, his wife Marcie, daughter Marcie Kaye. They work on a horse…
BLUE HIGHWAY From Johnson City, Tennessee First gig: 12/31/94 (New Year’s Eve). Band members: Tim Stafford (guitar), Wayne Taylor (bass), Shawn Lane (mandolin), Jason Burleson…
BLUE MAFIA From Eaton, Indiana. Formed in 2011 by husband/wife team Dara mandolin) and Tony Wray (guitar). Other members: Cody Looper (banjo), Mike Gregory (bass),…
BLUE MOON RISING From East Tennessee. Formed in 2000 by Chris West. 2002, released first album Where Wood Meets Steel (no label). Members (2005): Randall…
BLUE MULE From Roanoke, Virginia. Formed in 2003. Took their name from the Peter Rowan song “Blue Mule” (which he recorded with Muleskinner and Old…
BLUE MULE (Canada) From Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Formed in 1980 by Peter Deachman and Geoff Somers. 1992, won the Winterhawk band contest. 1993, Deachman was…
BLUERIDGE From North Carolina. Formed in 1998 by Terry Baucom, Alan Bibey, Randy Graham and Jimmy Haley. Nucleus of the group formed in 1985 as…
BLUE ROSE From the San Francisco, CA area. An all-female folk group featuring Laurie Lewis, Cathy Fink, Sally Van Meter, Molly Mason and Marcy Marxer.…
THE BLUE SKY BOYS A “brothers duet” from Hickory, North Carolina featuring Bill and Earl Bolick. One of the most popular and durable country music…
GINGER BOATWRIGHT Born in Columbus, Mississippi; grew up in Palmetto, Alabama. Lived in Nashville for 26 years, then moved to Chugiak, Alaska. 1969, she was…
CINDY BOEHLER From Limon, Colorado. Lives in Nebraska. A singer/songwriter who after raising her children began a career in bluegrass music with the release of…
DAN BONER From Elizabethton, Tennessee. He is originally from New Jersey. At age 11, he performed with a group called “The Strings of Gospel.” A…
TROY BOONE From Erwin, Tennessee. Began performing bluegrass music as a teenager. Began playing banjo, then guitar, then chose mandolin as his primary instrument. 2013,…
BOONE & FOSTER From east Tennessee. A duo featuring Troy Boone (mandolin) and Aaron “Frosty” Foster (guitar). They began playing together at the Ole Smokey…
BOONE CREEK Formed in 1975 by Ricky Skaggs (mandolin/fiddle) and Jerry Douglas (Dobro™). Other members: Terry Baucom (banjo) and Wes Golding (guitar). 1977, released Boone…
THE BOOHERS (THE BOOHER FAMILY) From Johnson City,Tennessee. Formed in 2000. Gary Booher (banjo) and his wife Lora (guitar) lead the band with sons Jamie…
BORROWED TYME From Indiana (south of Indianapolis). Formed in 2015 by Roger Brown (Mandolin), Josh Woods (Banjo), Caleb Garrett (Bass) and Joey Coppage (Guitar). Garrett…
BRYAN BOWERS From Yorktown, Virginia. Moved to Seattle, Washington in 1971. Learned to play autoharp after hearing Mike Seeger of the New Lost City Ramblers.…
JIMMY BOWEN (AND SANTA FE) From Charlotte, North Carolina. Lives in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee Began performing at the age of 8 Has a degree in…
JOHN R. BOWMAN From Mt. Airy, North Carolina; lives in Hendersonville, Tennessee Plays all the bluegrass instruments: banjo, guitar, mandolin, fiddle, bass 1991, joined Doyle…
RONNIE BOWMAN From King, North Carolina. Lives in Bassett, Virginia. Real name: William Franklin Bowman. First band: “The Carolina Travelers.” Also performed with his parents…
BOWREGARD From Boulder, Colorado. Formed in 2018 by Max Kabat (guitar), James Armington (banjo), Colleen Heine (fiddle) and Zachary Smith (bass). Justin Konrad (Dobro™) joined…
THE BOXCARS Members of this band are from East Tennessee, East Kentucky, Virginia. Formed in 2010 after the dissolution of the Dan Tyminski Band (of…
FURMAN BOYCE (AND THE HARMONY EXPRESS) From Greer, South Carolina. Plays guitar and mandolin. Early in his career, he worked with Carl Story and Charlie…
KATHY BOYD AND PHOENIX RISING From Taulatin, Oregon. Features Kathy Boyd (bass, lead vocals), Tim Crosby (mandolin, fiddle, and guitar), Tom Tower (banjo and Dobro™)…
THE BOYS FROM INDIANA From Sunman, Indiana. Formed in 1973 by three brothers—Aubrey, Tom and Jerry Holt and their uncle Harley Gabbard. Tom and Jerry…
DALE ANN BRADLEY From Pineville, Kentucky. Her father was a coal miner and a Baptist minister. Began performing at age 14 with a group called…
BRAND NEW STRINGS From East Tennessee. Formed in 2008 by Randall Massengill (guitar), Tim Tipton (bass), Mike Ramsey (mandolin), Stuart Wyrick (banjo) and Matt Leadbetter…
BRANDED BLUEGRASS From Kokomo, Indiana. Formed in 1986. Band members: Larry Norfleet (guitar and mandolin), Tristen Norfleet (mandolin, bass, guitar), Jesse Norfleet (dobro, banjo), Derek…
LOUISA BRANSCOMB Originally from upstate New York. Has also lived in the state of Alabama, Washington and at her farm “Woodsong” in Northern Georgia. She…
CHRIS BRASHEAR (AND THE PERFECT STRANGERS) From Pelham, Massachusetts. Grew up in Ozark, Missouri. 1988, moved to Oregon and played fiddle with Kentucky Rose. 1992,…
BREAKAWAY From Burlington, Vermont. Formed in 1988 by banjo player Scott Hopkins. 1994, won first place in the band contest at Winterhawk Bluegrass Festival (NY).…
BREAKING GRASS From Booneville, Mississippi. Formed in 2010. Band members: Cody Farrar (guitar/lead vocals/songwriter), Tyler White (fiddle), Thelton Vanderford (banjo), Zach Wooten (mandolin), and Britt…
THE BRESSLER BROTHERS From Eminence, Missouri. Brothers Andy (guitar) and Alvin (vocals) Bressler. 1965, began performing on the Current River Opry in Summersville, MO. 2000,…
GARY BREWER (AND THE KENTUCKY RAMBLERS) From Louisville, Kentucky. Played rock music until “I got run over by a car,” he says. While in the…
PAUL BREWSTER From Knoxville, Tennessee. Lives in Nashville. First band: The Dixie Rebels (in Knoxville). 1976-1978, worked with the Knoxville Grass. 1978, joined the Pinnacle…
FLETCHER BRIGHT From Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. A fiddler who formed a band in 1945 called The Dismembered Tennesseans. They are still together. The band was…
GENA BRITT (TEW) From Bisco, North Carolina. Plays banjo and sings lead & harmony vocals. 1990, at age 18 moved to Nashville and worked with…
JESSE BROCK From Bowling Green, Kentucky. Began singing and playing mandolin at age 9 in his family’s band. First band: Stonewall Bluegrass. 1992, joined the…
DAVID BROMBERG From Philadelphia, PA grew up in New York City. Has also lived in San Francisco, Chicago and currently, Wilmington, Delaware. As a teenager,…
THE BROMBIES From Los Angeles, California. A bluegrass/folk duo featuring Jo Ellen and George Doering (guitar and mandolin). Formed in the late 1980’s. They named…
THE BROTHER BOYS From Johnson City, Tennessee. A duo featuring Eugene Wolf and Ed Snodderly. Snodderly is a musician, songwriter, actor and owner of one…
THE BROTHERS BARTON From Bakersfield, CA. Paul and Loren Barton are brothers who play mandolin and guitar respectively. 1996, Paul won “instrumentalist of the year”…
THE BROTHERS COMATOSE From San Francisco, California. Formed in 2008 by brothers Ben and Alex Morrison (guitar and banjo respectively). Other members: Greg Fleischut (mandolin),…
ALISON BROWN Native of Connecticut; grew up in La Jolla, California. Lives in Nashville. A graduate of Harvard University; has an MBA in finance from…
DEWEY AND LESLIE BROWN (AND THE CAROLINA GENTLEMEN) From Burlington, North Carolina. A husband and wife duo. They were married in 2007. Dewey Brown was…
HYLO BROWN From River, Kentucky. Recorded for Capitol Records (1954-1961). Band: the Timberliners. Also had a band at one time called “The Buckskins” (named after…
JEFF BROWN (AND STILL LONESOME) From Cedar Bluff, Virginia. Guitarist and vocalist Brown began playing as a youngster in a band with his brother called…
TOMMY BROWN (AND THE COUNTY LINE GRASS) From Shepherdsville, Kentucky. Brown plays banjo and sings lead vocals with his band the County Line Grass (formed…
STEVE BRUCE From LaFollette, Tennessee. He is pastor of the Faith Way Assembly Of God Church (since 1991). He also plays the banjo and has…
BRUSH ARBOR From San Diego, California. Had success in the early 1970’s with several top-40 country songs like “Proud Mary” and “Brush Arbor Meeting” (Capitol…
MIKE BUB From Scottsdale, Arizona. Moved to Nashville in 1989. 1985, formed Weary Hearts band with Ron Block, Eric Uglum and Butch Baldassari. Played bass.…
JIM BUCHANAN From North Carolina. Lives in Nashville. A dynamic fiddler best known for his work with Jim and Jesse and the Virginia Boys. He…
BUFFALO GALS From Syracuse, New York. Formed in 1972 by Martha Trachtenberg (guitar), Nancy Josephson (bass), Susie Monick (banjo), Carol Siegel (mandolin) and Sue Raines…
THE BULLAS (LUKE AND JENNY ANNE BULLA) Originally from Grants Pass, Oregon; 1998, moved to Nashville. A family band featuring parents Brad and Carol Bulla,…
BECKY BULLER From St. James, Minnesota. She began performing at age 10 with her parents in a band called Prairie Grass. 1996, she won the…
CURTIS BURCH From Montgomery, Alabama. Lives in Bowling Green, Kentucky. 1971, a founding member of the New Grass Revival (left the group in 1981). Played…
AARON BURDETT From Saluda, North Carolina. A singer/songwriter who blends Americana, country, blues, bluegrass, and folk. He has won numerous songwriting competitions and was listed…
RACHEL BURGE AND BLUE DAWNING From West Virginia. Majored in music at Glenville State College and played mandolin in the GSC Bluegrass Band. After college,…
THE BURNETT SISTERS BAND From Boone, North Carolina A family band featuring sisters Kathleen (guitar), Anissa (fiddle), Anneli (fiddle/mandolin) and Sophia (bass) Burnett. Multi-instrumentalist Colin…
CHRIS BURTON From Roanoke, Virginia. A banjo player and songwriter who performs with a regional band called Exit 109. 2006, released solo project Way I…
BUZZ BUSBY (AND THE BAYOU BOYS) From Eros, Louisiana. Moved to Washington D.C. Real name: Bernard Busbice He was one of the first to popularize…
SAM BUSH (See also NEW GRASS REVIVAL) From Bowling Green, Kentucky. Lives in Nashville. Leader of The New Grass Revival for twenty years. Dubbed “the…
EDDIE RAY BUZZINI From Mooresville, North Carolina. His given name is Ettore Buzzini. Born in 2007 into a multi-lingual family. His father is Swiss-Italian and…
SENATOR ROBERT BYRD From Sophia, West Virginia. He was born in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Served as U.S. Senator from West Virginia for 41 years. He…