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...
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...
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...
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...

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...
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...
Steve Earle

Steve Earle

male, 54 years old
Steve Earle (born Stephen Fain Earle January 17, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter, well known for his rock and country music, as well as for...
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...

Jesse McReynolds

male, 80 years old
Jesse Lester McReynolds (born July 9, 1929, in Coeburn, Virginia) is known for his innovative crosspicking and split-string styles of mandolin...