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Traditional Bluegrass Canon

Traditional Bluegrass Canon. Meredith Braun. Guiding Questions. Why Bluegrass? What should a Bluegrass canon feature? How is it the same or different from a folk canon? Where did I start?. Cross Referencing For Performers. International Bluegrass Music Association Hall of Honor

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Traditional Bluegrass Canon

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  1. Traditional Bluegrass Canon Meredith Braun

  2. Guiding Questions • Why Bluegrass? • What should a Bluegrass canon feature? • How is it the same or different from a folk canon? • Where did I start?

  3. Cross Referencing For Performers • International Bluegrass Music Association Hall of Honor • The Bluegrass Reader-Thomas Goldsmith • Bluegrass-Richard Smith

  4. Bill Monroe Bill Monroe is credited with the creation of bluegrass. He is known today as the Father of Bluegrass. Monroe was a Kentucky native who played mandolin and sang the iconic high harmonies.

  5. Earl Scruggs Earl Scruggs was from North Carolina. In addition to introducing his three finger picking method to bluegrass banjo playing, he helped broaden the popularity of bluegrass across the nation. He and Lester formed their own band apart from Bill Monroe in 1948 called the Foggy Mountain Boys. They performed in concert halls across the nation and enjoyed several television performances.

  6. Lester Flatt Lester Flatt is famous for his Flatt picking techniques and singing voice. As a long time band mate and friend to Earl Scruggs, he too made bluegrass music more accessible to the nation through their show called Lester and Earl. Scruggs and Lester appeared at the Grand Ol’ Opry on many occasions too.

  7. The Stanley Brothers Ralph and Carter Stanley grew up on Smith Ridge in Virginia. They remained very true to the traditional bluegrass ideal with their band, the Clinch Mountain Boys. They performed daily on their radio spot, Farm and Fun Time, and recorded over 400 songs during their 20-year career. Even after the death of the Carter in 1966, Ralph enjoyed a successful solo career.

  8. Reno & Smiley Don Reno, of South Carolina, and Red Smiley, of North Carolina, were partners for over 20 years. Red wowed audiences with his versatility among each of the instruments and ability to compose such a large amount of bluegrass songs. Don Reno was an especially good banjo picker and provided tenor harmonies.

  9. Cross Referencing for Songs

  10. Three or More Albums • Foggy Mountain Breakdown -5 albums • Feudin’ Banjos -5albums • Blue Moon Of Kentucky -4 albums • Johnson Boys -4 albums • Rocky Top -3 albums • Willow Garden -3 albums

  11. 2 Albums • Angel Band • Cripple Creek • Hooka Tooka • How Mountain Girls Can Love • I Know You’re Married,But I Still Love You • In the Pines • Muleskinner Blues • Old Joe Clark • Old Salty Dog Blues • Orange Blossom Special • Red Apple Juice • Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms • Ruby Are you Mad • Shady Grove • Who Will you Call Sweetheart

  12. Conclusion Obviously, this is by no means a very complete or scientific canon. Yet, it does begin to shed some light on the traditional bluegrass canon. The performers and songs that emerged represent the community from which they come. They are songs and lives of love, death, faith, and family. They have survived 50 plus years and are still being recorded and enjoyed on traditional acoustic instruments today.

  13. Resources • Bluegrass Music: The Roots. IBMA. History. http://www.ibma.org/about.bluegrass/history/index.asp, accessed July 9, 2008. • Thomas Goldsmith. The Bluegrass Reader. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2004. • IBMA. IBMA Awards. http://www.ibma.org/ibma.awards/hall.of.honor/index.asp, accessed July 9, 2008. • Stephanie P. Ledgin. Homegrown Music: Discovering Bluegrass. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004. • Richard D. Smith. Bluegrass : An Informal Guide. Chicago : A Cappella Books, 1995.

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