34. With his Blue Grass Boys, this man crystallized the sound that is called bluegrass. Who is the 'father' of the bluegrass sound?
From Quiz A Little Taste of Bluegrass
Answer:
Bill Monroe
Bill Monroe was born in Roscine, Kentucky, on September 13, 1911. In 1934, with his two brothers, Birch (on fiddle), Charlie (on guitar), and Monroe (on mandolin), they were offered fulltime employment at radio WLS in Chicago. Shortly after, Birch quit music, but Charlie and Bill regrouped calling themselves the Monroe Brothers. In 1938, the brothers parted ways, and Bill, with his newly formed group, the Kentuckians, moved to KARK Radio in Atlanta, Georgia. It was in Atlanta that the Blue Grass Boys evolved. In 1939, Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys were invited to join the Grand Old Opry. In 1945, banjo picker Earl Scruggs joined the group. By 1946, the Blue Grass Boys consisted of one of the finest string and vocal bands ever assembled, with Monroe on mandolin and tenor vocals, Earl Scruggs on banjo, Lester Flatt on lead vocals and guitar, Chubby Wise on fiddle, and Cedric Rainwater (aka Howard Watts) on stand-up bass.
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