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Monroe, who sowed seeds of bluegrass music, dies He established its sound with his singing style, mandolin playing
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Bill Monroe, who combined fast-picking mandolin, banjo and guitar
with a "high lonesome" singing style to create the distinctly
American sound known as bluegrass, died Monday. He was 84.
The Father of Bluegrass died at a hospice in Springfield after
suffering a stroke this year.
Monroe influenced bluegrass legends such as Lester Flatt and Earl
Scruggs, as well as newer stars, such as Ricky Skaggs and Alison
Krauss.
Monroe's best known song was "Blue Moon of Kentucky," which he
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MUSICIAN MONROE, 84, FATHER OF BLUEGRASS.(NEWS)(Obituary)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
; Byline: Dan DeLuca The Philadelphia Inquirer Bill Monroe, 84, the ``high lonesome'' singer, mandolinist and uncompromising bandleader who invented bluegrass music and remained its pre-eminent figure for over 50 years, died Monday. Monroe died at the Northcrest Home and Hospice Center in
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The Twilight Time of Bill Monroe
Chicago Sun-Times
; NASHVILLE A banner of Confederate resolution, Bill Monroe limped onstage. The occasion was a milestone: the Flag Day reopening of the historic Ryman Auditorium here. What made it poignant was that the 82-year-old Father of Bluegrass had spent the previous weekend in a hospital, suffering from
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Bill Monroe, Father of Bluegrass, Dies at 84; In Career of More Than 60 Years, He Created Uniquely American Style
The Washington Post
; Bill Monroe, the proud and courtly Kentucky-born singer, composer and mandolin player who was known around the world as the father of bluegrass music, died yesterday in a nursing home in Springfield, Tenn. Monroe, who had suffered a stroke earlier this year, was four days short of his 85th birthday
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Bluegrass pioneer Bill Monroe finally gets a major biography.(Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; Can't You Hear Me Callin': The Life of Bill Monroe, Father of Bluegrass Music, Richard D. Smith (Little, Brown and Company) 384 pages. $25.95. It's hard to believe that 61 years after Bill Monroe made his Grand Ole Opry debut and nearly half a century after bluegrass became a distinct musical
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FATHER OF GENRE SAW HIS INFLUENCE SPREAD Monroe's legacy: bluegrass
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; There's a joke that suggests the regard in which Bill Monroe was held in some circles. Supposedly, God was spotted wearing a white Stetson hat one morning in heaven. There were two angels sitting nearby; one nudged the other and said, "He thinks he's Bill Monroe." Monroe, who died Monday at 84,
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