This traditional bluegrass and gospel group from North Carolina includes Mike Wilson (guitar, vocals), Mike Auldridge (mandolin, vocals), Mike Street (bass, vocals), Johnny Ridge (fiddle, guitar, vocals) and Jim Mills (banjo, guitar, vocals). The Bass Mountain Boys have released many albums, including Carolina Calling Me, Love of a Woman, My God... [+] Read More

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Bill Monroe is the father of bluegrass. He invented the style, invented the name, and for the great majority of the 20th century, embodied the art form. Beginning with his Blue Grass Boys in the '40s, Monroe defined a hard-edged style of country that emphasized instrumental virtuosity, close vocal harmonies, and a fast, driving tempo. The... [+] Read More

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Best remembered as one of Bill Monroe's original Blue Grass Boys, singer/songwriter/string player Clyde Moody also played in almost every other subgenre of country music during his over fifty-year career, and even performed as a solo artist. During the '40s, he was known as the "Hillbilly Waltz King" after his song "Shenandoah Waltz" became a... [+] Read More

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Canada's greatest contribution to country music, Hank Snow was famous for his "traveling" songs. It's no wonder. At age 12 he ran away from his Nova Scotia home and joined the Merchant Marines, working as a cabin boy and laborer for four years. Once back on shore, he listened to Jimmie Rodgers records and started playing in public, building up a... [+] Read More

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