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Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music is a magnificent representation of just exactly how important Bill Monroe truly is to multiple generations of musicians (as well as non-musicians!). Monroe put it this way, Bluegrass music is like going to school. When you learn Bluegrass, you can play a lot of music..
The Dallas-based Stone Mountain Boys won the band contest at Bill Monroeâs Beanblossom Bluegrass Festival in 1968. Their banjoist Alan Munde had already joined Jimmy Martinâs band and later formed the progressive band Country Gazette along with Joe Carr of Dallas.