However, he didn’t solidify what would be the blueprint for generations of bluegrass bands–guitar, mandolin, bass, fiddle, and banjo–until Earl Scruggs joined the band in 1945. Bill Monroe and his ...

Orphaned by age 17, Monroe bounced between relatives’ homes before landing with his uncle, Pendleton Vandiver. He often accompanied Vandiver to dances where his uncle played the fiddle, which would ...

ROSINE, Ky. (WBKO) -Deep in the rolling hills of Western Kentucky lies the 95-person town of Rosine. The town might be small, but it was there that a young Bill Monroe first began utilizing the ...