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The Music of Bill Monroe
When:
November 29, 2012
8:00 PM
Location:
Kenan Auditorium
UNCW
601 South College Road
Wilmington, NC 28403
Website: http://www.uncw.edu/arts/kenancalendar.html
Admission:
$25.00 to $35.00
Description:
Appearing at Kenan Auditorium in Wilmington, NC, legendary bluegrass masters Peter Rowan, Tony Rice and The Travelin' McCourys pay homage to the "Father of Bluegrass," Bill Monroe. Few artists can claim to have invented a genre all their own, but Kentucky-born musician Bill Monroe (1911-1996) did exactly that when he added North Carolina banjo prodigy Earl Scruggs to his traditional stringband in 1945. Known as the Blue Grass Boys, Monroe and Scruggs, alongside singer/guitarist Lester Flatt, fiddler Chubby Wise and bassist Howard Watts, forged new ground, not only creating an entirely unique genre of American music, but forever changing the course of American rock-and-roll with one of their most famous songs, Blue Moon of Kentucky -- an early hit for an up-and-coming young musician named Elvis Presley.
More Info:
Phone: (910) 962-3500
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