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 ...
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 ...
it started in the 1940s,” Plunket said. “So we play some bluegrass, but we also play a lot of old-time music, which is ...