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Kenny Baker
Kenny Baker
American fiddle player
1
Foggy Mountain Boys
Foggy Mountain Boys
American bluegrass band
2
Benny Martin
Benny Martin
American musician
3
Lester Flatt
Lester Flatt
American musician
4
Benny Williams
Benny Williams
American musician
5
Chubby Wise
Chubby Wise
American bluegrass fiddler
6
Earl Scruggs
Earl Scruggs
American musician
7
Jimmy Martin
Jimmy Martin
American bluegrass singer
8
Sam Bush
Sam Bush
American musician
9
Charlie Monroe
Charlie Monroe
American musician
10
Gary Ruley and Mule Train
Gary Ruley and Mule Train
11
Vassar Clements
Vassar Clements
American musician
12
Billie Forrester
Billie Forrester
musician
13
The Stanley Brothers
The Stanley Brothers
American bluegrass duo
14
Ricky Skaggs
Ricky Skaggs
American singer
15
Doyle Lawson
Doyle Lawson
American musician
16
Roland White
Roland White
American bluegrass musician
17
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Stanley
American singer
18
Byron Berline
Byron Berline
American musician
19
Gordon Terry
Gordon Terry
American musician
20
Butch Baldassari
Butch Baldassari
American mandolinist
21
Red Allen
Red Allen
American bluegrass musician
22
Peter Rowan
Peter Rowan
American singer
23
Jim & Jesse
Jim & Jesse
American bluegrass duo
24
Osborne Brothers
Osborne Brothers
25
Bill Keith
Bill Keith
American banjo player
26
Hoot Hester
Hoot Hester
musician
27
Charlie Cline
Charlie Cline
American musician
28
John Hartford
John Hartford
American singer-songwriter and musician
29
Josh Graves
Josh Graves
American musician
30
The Greenbriar Boys
The Greenbriar Boys
musical group
31
Mike Compton
Mike Compton
American bluegrass mandolin player
32
Don Reno
Don Reno
musician
33
New Grass Revival
New Grass Revival
American progressive bluegrass band
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Buzz Busby
Buzz Busby
Bluegrass musician
35
John McEuen
John McEuen
American musician
36
Del McCoury Band
Del McCoury Band
American bluegrass band
37
Vernon Derrick
Vernon Derrick
American musician
38
Del McCoury
Del McCoury
American musician
39
Curly Ray Cline
Curly Ray Cline
American bluegrass fiddler
40
Richard Greene
Richard Greene
American violinist
Bill Monroe
American bluegrass musician, songwriter

Bill Monroe

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American bluegrass musician, songwriter
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Awards Received
Peabody Awards
National Medal of Arts
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
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William Smith Monroe (/mənˈroʊ/; September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter, who created the bluegrass music genre. Because of this, he is often called the "Father of Bluegrass".

The genre takes its name from his band, the Blue Grass Boys, who named their group for the bluegrass of Monroe's home state of Kentucky. Monroe's performing career spanned 69 years as a singer, instrumentalist, composer and bandleader.