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Summary Characteristics of Bluegrass Generations (680)
December 19, 2014
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Ancestors 0 (30) |
Pioneers
1 (118) |
Builders
2 (200) |
Born 1868-1900
Age 12 1880-1912
In 2005: mostly deceased
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Born 1901-1924
Age 12 1913-1936
In 2005: mostly deceased |
Born 1925-1941
Age 12 1937-1953
In 2005: 63-80 |
Recorded 1922-1980
Median 1st rec: 1927
at median age 32.5 |
Recorded 1927-on
Median 1st rec: 1946
at median age 27 |
Recorded 1941-on
Median 1st rec: 1959
at median age 25 |
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Born in the South |
Born in Appalachia |
Rural to urban migrants |
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Preserved & updated 19th century music
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Professional country music entertainers |
23% Blue Grass Boys |
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Major contributors to
bluegrass repertoire |
Created bluegrass vocal & instrumental styles |
Fleshed out & explored within classic parameters |
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Played fiddle, guitar, banjo, slide guitar |
Played guitar, fiddle,
mandolin, banjo, bass |
First to be called "bluegrass" |
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Initiated bluegrass
festivals |
Examples:
Dock Boggs
A.P. & Sara Carter
G.B. Grayson & Henry Whitter
Uncle Dave Macon
J.E. Mainer
Sam & Kirk McGee
Charlie Poole
Jimmie Rodgers
E.V./Hattie Stoneman
Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith |
Examples:
Roy Acuff
Bill & Earl Bolick
Maybelle Carter
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
Wade Mainer
Bill/Charlie Monroe
Molly O’Day
Red Smiley
Doc Watson
Chubby Wise
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Examples:
Country Gentlemen 1&2
Hazel Dickens
Jimmy Martin
Del McCoury
Jim & Jesse McReynolds
Bob/Sonny Osborne
Don Reno
Classic Seldom Scene
Carter/Ralph Stanley
Mac Wiseman |
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Innovators 3 (246) |
Conservators 4 (69) |
Explorers
5 (17) |
Born 1942-1962
Age 12 1954-1974
In 2005: 42-63 |
Born 1963-1976
Age 12 1975-1988
In 2005: 28-42 |
Born 1977-1992
Age 12 1989-2004
In 2005: 12-28 |
Recorded 1953-on
Median 1st rec: 1978
at median age 25 |
Recorded 1976-on
Median 1st rec: 1991
at median age
23 |
Recorded 1989-on
Median 1st rec: 1998
at median age
18 |
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Broadest geographic
origins |
59% from the South |
59% CA, CO, TN |
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Grew up with
rock ‘n roll |
Grew up with festivals |
Oldest now only 28,
youngest only 12 |
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Took music to new
directions & audiences |
3% Blue Grass Boys, 9% Quicksilver |
Echo characteristics of Gen 0: 41% fiddlers, reinterpret for a new century |
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Fewest fiddlers |
Returned to classic
patterns & repertoire |
Data base is thin;
generalizations shaky |
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Largest generation - baby boomers |
Much smaller generation-baby bust |
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Examples:
Sam Bush
Rodney Dillard
Jerry Douglas
Bela Fleck
Hot Rize
Laurie Lewis
Tony Rice
Ricky Skaggs & Keith Whitley
Larry Sparks
Rhonda Vincent |
Examples:
Sidney & Suzanne Cox
Stuart Duncan
Rob Ickes
Alison Krauss
Rob & Ron McCoury
Russell Moore
Ken & Valerie Smith
Adam Steffey
Ronnie Stewart
Dan Tyminski |
Examples:
Chapmans (not Bill)
Michael Cleveland
Ryan Holladay
Sierra Hull
Andy Leftwich
Nickel Creek
Brandon Rickman
Ralph Stanley II
Josh Williams
Gabe Witcher |
