| Blue Grass Boys History: A Tribute to Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys
In 1938, Bill Monroe and his brother Charlie broke up their successful duet act, the Monroe Brothers. That same year Bill formed his own band, the Blue Grass Boys. In 1939 he joined the Grand Ole Opry and was a member until his death in 1996. For more than half a century, being a Blue Grass Boy was the crowning achievement of many musicians' careers; for others, a stepping stone to establishing their own bands. This site is intendedas a tribute to all the musicians who contributed to the creation of BillMonroe's music, as well as an information resource for research.
The musicians are divided into several groups:
Chronological Index NameInstrumentsDate First Hired Davis, Cleoguitar, mandolin8/1938 Wooten, Artfiddle1939 Millard, Tommyjug, bones, spoons1/1939 Garren, Amosbass4/1939 Magness, Tommyfiddle1940 Wesbrooks, Bill "Cousin Wilbur"bass7/1940 Moody, Clydeguitar, mandolin9/6/1940 Pyle, Peteguitar1941 Forrester, Howard "Howdy "fiddle 6/1942 Akeman, David "Stringbean" banjo 7/1942 Story, Carlfiddle 10/1942 Ethridge, Floyd fiddle 1943 Forrester,Wilene "Sally Ann" accordion1943 Wise, Chubby fiddle, guitar 3/1943 Bradshaw,Curley harmonica, guitar 1944 Watts, Howard "Cedric Rainwater" bass 1944Andrews, Jim tenor banjo 1945 Boyett, Andy "Bijou" bass, guitar 1945 Monroe,Birchbass, fiddle 1945 Shumate, Jim fiddle 1945 Willis, Texguitar 1/1945Flatt, Lesterguitar 3/1945 Forrester, Joe bass 12/1945 Scruggs, Earl banjo12/1945 Stripling, Chick bass 1947 Price, Joel bass 2/1947 Phelps, Jackieguitar, banjo, bass, steel guitar 1948 Thompson, Jack bass1948 Wright,Doyle guitar1948 Martin, Benny fiddle1/1948 Eanes, Jim guitar 3/1948 Reno,Don banjo, guitar 3/1948 Christian, Gene fiddle1949 Clements, Vassar fiddle,bass 1949 Lyle, Rudy banjo 1949 Young, Vern guitar 1949 Wiseman, Macguitar4/1949 Martin, Jimmy guitar 12/1949 Richardson, Larry banjo1950 Taylor, Merle"Red" fiddle 1950 Terry, Gordon fiddle, guitar 1950 Daniels, Vic guitar 1951Drumright, Joe banjo 1951 Sheehan, Oscar "Shorty" bass, fiddle 1951 Vipperman,Johnny guitar 1951 Salyers, South guitar 6/1951 Stanley, Carterguitar 7/1951Bowers, James Garbanjo 8/1951 Clark, Manuel "Old Joe" comedy 8/1951 Mayfield,Eddguitar 10/1951 Cline, Charliefiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin1952 Osborne,Roland "Sonny" banjo 7/1952 Smoak, Jim banjo10/1952 Mauldin, Bessie Lee bass1953 Sandy, Leslie bass, guitar 1953 White, L.E.fiddle 1953 Atkins, Bobbybanjo 1954 Brock, Carlos guitar 1954 Crase, Noah banjo1954 Hicks, Bobby fiddle,banjo, bass, mandolin 1954 Price, Bill guitar 1954 Young blood, Jack fiddle1954 Stuart, Joe fiddle, banjo, guitar, bass, mandolin 8/18/1955 Terry, Arnold guitar 12/1955 Metzel, Bob guitar 1956 Saylor, Lucky guitar1956 Smith, Roger banjo, fiddle 1956 Green, Yates guitar 3/1956 Tate, Clarence "Tater"bass, fiddle 9/1956 Baker, Kenny fiddle 1957 Duncan, Bill guitar1957 Elrod, Jimmy bass, guitar, banjo 1957 Johnson, Enos guitar 1957 Meadows, Joe iddle 1957 Stover, Don banjo 1957 Vanover, Carl guitar 1957 Graves, Ernest guitar 7/1957 Cooke, Jack guitar, bass 1958 Gately, Connie guitar 1958 Johnson, Bob banjo1958 Pennington, Robert Lee "Buddy" banjo 1958 Smith, Charlie fiddle1958 Snead, Earl banjo 1/1958 Adcock, Eddie banjo 4/1958 Potter, Dale fiddle1959 Buchanan, Frank guitar 1960 Church, Porter guitar, banjo 1960 McPeake, Curtis banjo 1960 Ellis, Tony banjo, bass, guitar 1/1960 Smith, Bobby guitar 11/1960Baker, Billy fiddle1961 Lester, Bobby Joe fiddle 1961 Maynard, Jimmy guitar1961 Spicher, Buddy fiddle 1961 Williams, Benny fiddle, guitar 1961 Pendleton, Buddy fiddle 1962 Stanley, Harold "Red" fiddle 1962 Deese, David banjo 7/1962 Hoppers, Lonnie banjo 9/1962 Landers, Jake guitar 1963 McCoury, Delguitar, banjo 2/1963 Keith, Bill "Brad"banjo 3/1963 Arkin, Steve banjo1964 Lineberger, Don banjo1964 Monroe, James guitar, bass 1964 Rothman, Sandy banjo, guitar 1964 Thurmond, Garryguitar 1964 Rowan, Peterguitar 10/1964 Lowinger, Gene fiddle 6/5/1965 Grier, Lamar banjo 9/1965 Greene, Richard fiddle 2/1966Berline, Byron fiddle3/1967 Blackwell, Curtis guitar3/1967 Green, Doug bass,guitar 4/1967 White, Roland guitar 5/21/1967 Robins, Butch banjo 6/1967Jordan, Vic banjo7/27/1967 Yarbrough, Rual banjo 3/24/1969 Yates, Billbass7/1969 Payne, Skipbass 2/1970 Harris, R.C.banjo 1/1971 Hicks, Jack banjo4/1971 Stewart, Travisguitar, bass 5/1971 Jones, Dan guitar 6/1971 Hutchens,Doug bass, banjo 6/26/1971 Fields, Monroe bass 9/1971 Fowler, Bob guitar1973Stevenson, Guy bass3 /1973 Box, Bill guitar7/1973 Kennedy, Gregg bass 7/19/1973Nemerov, Bruce banjo 9/1973 Pedigo, Ben banjo 9/18/1973 Moratto, Jim banjo12/13/1973 Dillman, Dwight banjo 1974 Davis, Randy bass 7/1974 Lewis, Ralph guitar7/4/1974 Black, Bob banjo 9/1974 Jones, Bobguitar 2/1976 Lewis, Wayne guitar5/1976 Holden, Bill banjo, guitar 9/1976 Beasley, Larry banjo1/1977 Huffmaster,Raymond bass, guitar 6/1979 Hembree, Mark bass 8/1979 Williams, Blake banjo7/1981 Stamper, Art fiddle1984 Franks, Randall "Randy" fiddle, bass 10/30/1984Duncan, Glen fiddle1985 Morris, Dale fiddle 1/1985 Montgomery, Johnny bass1986 Ewing, Tom guitar 5/18/1986 Squires, Markfiddle 9/1986 Feagan, Mikefiddle1987 Foster, Billy Joe fiddle 2/1987 Jerrolds, Wayne fiddle12/1988Baugus, Scottie guitar 1/1989 Rose, Billy bass 4/1989 Campbell, Jimmy fiddle1990Cupp, Dana banjo1991 Bowlin, Robertf iddle1/1993 Kuykendall, Mark bass1994Sykes, Ernie bass 1996
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