I thought Bill Monroe was dead. Sure do miss his mandolin and high lonesome singing.
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Bill Monroe gave his mandolin to Sam Bush. It likely doesn’t get out much anymore, now that Sam has a signature model Gibson.
And Pete Rowan does a pretty fair ‘impersonation’ of Bill during some of his shows. Pete was with Bill Monroe’s band in 1966, if I get the date right.
Rowan wrote a song about Ruby Ridge, to come back full circle to stuff freepers care about.
I saw Sam Bush maybe 12, 15 years ago here in NH with Emmylou Harris. What a great show that was. I didn’t even know who he was at the time. I was just there to see Emmylou, which was worth the price of admission all by itself.