Introduction to Bluegrass Music

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Across
  1. 2. This city in Virginia in 1965, hosted the first weekend-long bluegrass music festival.
  2. 3. Lester _____ played guitar and lead vocals in Monroe's band.
  3. 4. The invention of this lead to bluegrass music being spread across the US.
  4. 7. In the 1960s, the idea of a "bluegrass ______" was first introduced.
  5. 9. Scruggs style playing was an innovative ______-finger picking style on the banjo.
  6. 10. Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt formed their own group, named the _____ Mountain Boys.
  7. 13. The last name of the popular black musician who influenced Bill Monroe's music.
  8. 14. The roots of bluegrass music can be traced back to Ireland, ______, and England
  9. 15. In the 1950s, Monroe started to refer to his style of music as bluegrass music, a reference to his home state, ________.
Down
  1. 1. This man is considered the "father of bluegrass music"
  2. 5. Chubby ____ played fiddle in Monroe's band.
  3. 6. Howard _____ played upright bass in Monroe's band.
  4. 8. In 1945, Earl _____ joined Bill Monroe's band.
  5. 10. This is the instrument Bill Monroe played.
  6. 11. Bluegrass music blends elements of ______ and blues music.
  7. 12. Bill Monroe's band had a core combination of _________, banjo, fiddle, guitar, and bass.