An early bluegrass bassist to rise to prominence was Howard Watts ( also known as Cedric Rainwater ), who played with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys beginning in 1944.

Monroe's 1946 to 1948 band, which featured banjo prodigy Earl Scruggs, singer-guitarist Lester Flatt, fiddler Chubby Wise and bassist Howard Watts ( also known as " Cedric Rainwater ")— sometimes called " the original bluegrass band "— created the definitive sound and instrumental configuration that remains a model to this day.

The banjo is usually associated with country, folk, Irish traditional, and bluegrass music.

) folded or arched metal ring attached to a thick wood rim, over which a skin, or most often, a plastic membrane ( or head ) is stretched-it is the bell bronze that gives the banjo a crisp powerful lower register and clear, bell-like treble register-especially in bluegrass music.

The Car Talk theme song is " Dawggy Mountain Breakdown " by bluegrass artist David Grisman.

In addition, it is used in other genres such as jazz, 1950s-style blues and rock and roll, rockabilly / psychobilly, traditional country music, bluegrass, tango and many types of folk music.

In folk and bluegrass music, the instrument is also referred to as a bass fiddle or bass violin ( or more rarely as doghouse bass or bull fiddle ).

" Rockabilly and bluegrass bassists also prefer gut because it is much easier to perform the " slapping " upright bass style ( in which the strings are percussively slapped and clicked against the fingerboard ) with gut strings than with steel strings.

The string bass is the most commonly used bass instrument in bluegrass music and is almost always plucked, though some modern bluegrass bassists have also used a bow.

Some contemporary bluegrass bands favor the electric bass, because it is easier to transport than the large and somewhat fragile upright bass.

Slap-style bass is sometimes used in bluegrass bass playing.

Slapping is a subject of minor controversy in the bluegrass scene.

In addition to being a noted classical player, Edgar Meyer is well known in bluegrass and newgrass circles.

Todd Phillips is another prominent bluegrass player.

The acoustic guitar is used in many kinds of music including folk, country, bluegrass, pop, jazz, and blues.

Now, the older name is widely deemed offensive, but the term hillbilly music is still used on occasion to refer to old-time music or bluegrass.

Generally, in the United States, Gibson F-hole F-5 mandolins and mandolins influenced by that design are strongly associated with bluegrass, while the A-style is associated other types of music, although it too is most often used for and associated with bluegrass.

The upright bass remained an integral part of pop lineups throughout the 1950s, as the new genre of rock and roll was built largely upon the model of rhythm and blues, with strong elements also derived from jazz, country, and bluegrass.

Taking part the first full weekend of June is the Festival of the Bluegrass, Kentucky's oldest bluegrass music festival.

* Red Smiley-Famous bluegrass musician, part of the duo Reno and Smiley, lived in Bryson City as a young man while his father served as the Swain County School System Superintendent, before starting his career.

He also performed with Keller as part of Grateful Grass, a project performing bluegrass covers of songs by The Grateful Dead and releasing a live album in support of the Rex Foundation.

They continued recording and performing for several decades under the leadership of Jerry Garcia, experimenting with a wide variety of folk, country and bluegrass, and becoming a part of the jam band phenomenon.

First recorded in the 1920s, Appalachian musicians were a key influence on the early development of Old-time music, country music, and bluegrass, and were an important part of the American folk music revival.

There has been substantial overlap between Washington, D. C .' s folk and bluegrass scene in the past several decades, in part due to the patronage of disc jockeys at public radio station WAMU, including Mary Cliff, longtime host of the music show Traditions.

Alison Krauss was part of the revival of bluegrass music in the late 1990s.

Flatt and Scruggs popularized bluegrass as part of the Foggy Mountain Boys, which they formed in 1948.

In July 2009 the Martin Guitar Company issued as part of their Custom Artist Series a D28 Dreadnought acoustic guitar in recognition of Dan's life devoted to performing bluegrass and old-time music.

As part of the David Grisman Quintet, Rice expanded his musical horizons beyond three chord bluegrass, studying chord theory, learning to read charts and expanding the range of his playing.

As part of the highest-rated bluegrass show in the Atlanta market, Franks participated on the weekly broadcast and occasionally filled in for the hosts.

First recorded in the 1920s, Appalachian musicians were a key influence on the early development of Old-time music, country music, and bluegrass, and were an important part of the American folk music revival of the 1960s.

It was to begin with bluegrass music, then move through country and western, jazz, rhythm and blues, and rock music, before finally ending with the most advanced ( for the time ) form of electronic music.

With an improved rhythm section and the songwriting of Johnston and Simmons, the Doobies ' trademark sound-an amalgam of R & B, country, bluegrass, hard rock, roadhouse boogie, funk and rock and roll-emerged fully formed.

Daniels was born October 28, 1936, in Wilmington, North Carolina, and raised on a musical diet that included Pentecostal gospel, local bluegrass bands and the rhythm & blues and country music from Nashville's 50, 000-watt radio stations WLAC and WSM.

In bluegrass bands, the timekeeping role is shared between several instruments: the upright bass generally plays the on-beats while the mandolin plays chop chords on the off-beats, with the banjo also keeping a steady eighth note rhythm.

The classic lineup of this band, with J. D. Crowe and " Big " Paul Williams ( stage name for Paul Humphrey ) defined his " Good ' n Country " style, a commercially-oriented, crowd-pleasing bluegrass with simple harmonies, catchy melodies, and a strong rhythm propelled by Martin's effective guitar playing.

WWOZ programming is most heavily weighted toward contemporary jazz and rhythm & blues, with other programming including traditional jazz, blues, Cajun music, zydeco, old time and country music, bluegrass, Gospel, Celtic music and World music.

WDET now has less local and indie music coverage, although they continue to offer a niche for jazz, gospel, folk, rhythm and blues, and bluegrass.

White was also responsible for arranging the album's title track, the bluegrass standard " Farther Along ", a song that had crossed-over to a rock audience in 1970 when it had appeared on The Flying Burrito Brothers ' second album, Burrito Deluxe.

They became prized for their distinctive sound, however, and found life with several musical styles ( most notably bluegrass and also blues ) well after electric amplification solved the issue of inadequate guitar sound levels.

In fact, slaves influenced early development of the music that became country and bluegrass, through the introduction of the banjo and the innovation of musical techniques for both the banjo and fiddle.

The Engelhardt-Link ( formerly Kay ) brands of laminate basses have long been popular choices for bluegrass bassists.

Upright bass used by a bluegrass group ; the cable for a piezoelectric pickup can be seen extending from the bridge.

The twentieth century saw the rise in popularity of the mandolin for Celtic, bluegrass, jazz, and classical styles.

It includes three stages for music and a " music camp " that teaches the bluegrass music to school children.

In 1983 he produced and recorded Blue Ridge with the bluegrass band, The Seldom Scene, for Sugar Hill Records.

The double bass is the standard bass instrument for classical music, bluegrass, rockabilly, and most genres of jazz.

As the bluegrass sound spread to urban areas, listening to it for its own sake increased, especially after the advent of audio recording.

Originally Bluegrass style was included in the category of folk music and later changed to hillbilly and in 1948 bluegrass was placed under the country / western heading for radio airplay charting.

Music Index maintained this listing for bluegrass music until 1986.

Folklorist Dr. Neil Rosenberg, for example, shows that most devoted bluegrass fans and musicians are familiar with traditional folk songs and old-time music, and that these songs are often played at shows, festivals and jams.

( 2000 ) has a country and bluegrass soundtrack which won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2002.

Earl Eugene Scruggs ( January 6, 1924 – March 28, 2012 ) was an American musician noted for perfecting and popularizing a three-finger banjo-picking style ( now called " Scruggs style ") that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music.

Music is a main feature of the program ; the show is a significant outlet for American folk music of many genres, especially country, bluegrass, blues and gospel, but it also has guest performers from a wide variety of other styles of music, including classical and opera, and from a number of different countries.

Other recurring bits on the show include fictional commercials, including those for The Catchup Advisory Board ( its name a compromise between the two common spellings for the condiment: " catsup " and " ketchup "), which proclaims the good news about the condiment's " natural mellowing agents " after a short skit of the sufferings of Jim and Barb, a middle-aged couple ; the American Duct Tape Council ; Marvin and Mavis Smiley seasonal bluegrass albums ; Fred Farrell Animal Calls ; the Professional Organization of English Majors ( P. O. E. M.

While several compositions on 1964's Beatles for Sale, as well as " I'll Cry Instead " from A Hard Day's Night, had leaned in a country and western direction, McCartney's " I've Just Seen a Face " was almost pure country, taken at such a fast tempo that it might have been bluegrass if not for the absence of banjo and fiddle.

Jack Fallon played a bluegrass fiddle on " Don't Pass Me By ", and a team of orchestral players and background singers appeared on " Good Night " ( which was Beatle-free except for Starr's vocal ).

Calhoun County is home to five public parks, The Upper West Fork Park in Chloe on West Virginia Route 16, which offers free rough camping, camping hook ups for $ 5 a night, and free bluegrass music on summer Saturdays.