Bill Monroe

Bill Monroe

male, deceased (1996)
William Smith Monroe developed the style of music known as bluegrass, which takes its name from his band, the "Blue Grass Boys," named for Monroe's...
Sam Bush

Sam Bush

male, 57 years old
Sam Bush (b. April 13 1952 in Bowling Green, Kentucky) is an American mandolin player. As well as being an accomplished bluegrass vocalist, Bush...
Ricky Skaggs

Ricky Skaggs

male, 55 years old
Ricky Skaggs (born July 18 1954, in Lawrence County, Kentucky) is a country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He plays...
David Grisman

David Grisman

male, 64 years old
David Grisman is an acclaimed mandolin player. As a teenager, David met and studied with mandolinist/folklorist, Ralph Rinzler. He learned to play...
Tim O'Brien

Tim O'Brien

male, 55 years old
Tim O'Brien (b. March 16 1954 in Wheeling, West Virginia) is an American bluegrass musician. O'Brien plays guitar, fiddle, mandolin, bouzouki and...
Chris Thile

Chris Thile

male, 28 years old
Christopher Scott Thile (pronounced THEE-lee) (born February 20 1981) is both a renowned mandolin player and founding member of the progressive...
Doyle Lawson

Doyle Lawson

male
Doyle Lawson is an American bluegrass musician. He was born on April 20, 1944 in Ford Town, Sullivan County, Tennessee, near Kingsport, the son of...

Mike Marshall

male
Mike Marshall is a mandolin player and has been an instrumental part of new acoustic music for the past 25 years. He has performed and recorded...

Peter Rowan

male, 67 years old
Peter Rowan (b. July 4 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American bluegrass musician and composer. Rowan plays guitar and mandolin, yodels and...
Rhonda Vincent

Rhonda Vincent

female, 47 years old
Rhonda Vincent is an American bluegrass singer and an accomplished mandolin, guitar and fiddle player. She was born July 13, 1962, in Kirksville,...