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Bill Monroe
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Considered the "Father of Bluegrass". The term bluegrass came from the name of Monroe's band -- the Blue Grass Boys.
Performed in the White House for four presidents.
Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970.
In 1989 won the first Grammy ever given for bluegrass music for his album "Southern Flavor".
Received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993.
His band was called "The Bluegrass Boys" in tribute to his home state of Kentucky, the bluegrass state - the music took its designation from the band.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 (under the category Early Influence).
Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 419-420. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
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