Thursday, December 30, 2010
Bill Monroe Celebration Is Set
KENTUCKY...
Gabrielle Gray, executive director of the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, says the birthday bash will mark the first time so many bluegrass legends have performed at one event.
Performers include Earl Scruggs, Ralph Stanley and Doc Watson.
Bluegrass music fans need to reserve some vacation time for a long weekend in mid-September.
That's when virtually every active member of the International Bluegrass Music Association's Hall of Fame is scheduled to perform in the celebration for what would have been Bill Monroe's 100th birthday.
The Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration is set for Sept. 12 to 14 in Owensboro. Monroe, known as the "father of bluegrass music," was born on a farm in the town of Rosine near Owensboro on Sept. 13, 1911, and died on Sept. 9, 1996.
He is buried in Rosine Cemetery.
Gabrielle Gray, executive director of the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, says the birthday bash will mark the first time so many bluegrass legends have performed at one event.
Performers include Earl Scruggs, Ralph Stanley and Doc Watson.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 11:17 PM 
