Bluegrass remains the most distinctive of ... the Louisiana Hayride was the launching-pad of country music in the 1940s and 1950s. The show, dubbed the "Cradle of the Stars, " presented area ...
it started in the 1940s,” Plunket said. “So we play some bluegrass, but we also play a lot of old-time music, which is ...
The Kentucky-born Bill Monroe, often called the Father of Bluegrass, first popularized the music in the 1940s. His Blue Grass Boys band originally featured Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs ...