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He’s considered one of the greatest songwriters of all time. But back in the early 1960s, the young, exasperating musician introducing himself as Bob Dylan was bouncing around Madison, Wisconsin.
Bluegrass features upright bass, banjo, fiddle, and mandolin. He didn't invent it, but Bill Monroe is considered the “Father of Bluegrass.”
Bluegrass is rooted in both American and European folk music. It developed in Appalachia with many varied influences.
The uncredited Minneapolis musicians who helped craft Bob Dylan's epochal "Blood on the Tracks" finally get their credit.
The 1972 thriller Deliverance was Billy Redden's first film role as Lonnie the banjo kid. Half a century later, he's trying to shake the Southern stereotypes