Fowle, Bluegrass then and now
Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys Bill Monroe born William Smith Monroe on September 13 1911, the hills of Kentucky. He created the bluegrass music genre. The origin of bluegrass music originally came to America with the migrants in the 1600's coming from Ireland, Scotland, and England. As the settlers moved south they wrote songs of daily life in the new land farming and the hills they moved to. The style consisted of gospel and blues style music. Bill Monroe introduced the music with the styles and rhythms consisting of gospel, string bands, black laborer songs, country, and blues music. The vocals of bluegrass music was harmonies in duets, trio, and quartets. The choice of instruments for this style of music was the mandolin, fiddle, banjo, guitar, and standup bass. What separates bluegrass from country music is the hard-driving style of acoustic instruments and the high vocal harmonies. These high vocals are in the upper range and referred to the "High Lonesome" so...