Chords for Bill Monroe - father of bluegrass

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[D] _ _ _ _ [E] Hi [Bb] folks, I'm [Db] Andy Stahl with the Kentucky Blues Society History Corner.
Father Bluegrass was Kentuckian Bill Monroe, and Bill Monroe credits as a major influence
to Kentucky blues man Arnold Schultz.
Bill Monroe was born William Smith Monroe on the family farm near Rosine, Kentucky,
the youngest of eight children of James Buchanan Monroe and Melissa Van Diver Monroe.
Melissa and her brother Pennington Penn Van Diver were musically inclined, and Monroe
and his siblings grew up singing and playing music in the home.
_ _ _ Monroe's mother died when he was about 10 years old, followed by his father about six
years later, and because all of his siblings had moved away from Rosine, he lived for a
couple of years with his uncle Penn Van Diver, accompanying him when he played fiddle at local dances.
_ Arnold Schultz was a black country blues player that Monroe would see whenever he passed through Rosine.
Through his influence, he spiced up his playing with blue notes and blues licks, and the fusion
of these influences created a unique and unmistakable style.
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [B] Bill Monroe was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in [Gb] 1970, in the Nashville
Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1971, _ and in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an early
influence in 1997.
_ Jimmy Rogers, Bob Wills, Hank Williams Sr.,
and Johnny Cash are the only other performers
to be honored in all three.
As the father of bluegrass, he was an inaugural inductee into the International Bluegrass
Music Hall of Honor in 1991.
In 1993, he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and was awarded the National Medal of
Art in 1995.
_ _ _ His well-known song, Blue Moon of Kentucky, was covered not only by bluegrass, but country
rock artists as [A] well, most notably Paul McCartney, Elvis Presley, and Patsy Cline.
This one is written by Bill Monroe. _ _ _ _ _
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[Am] In 2003, [Gb] CMT ranked him among the 40 greatest men of country music.
He passed away September 9, 1996.
_ _ _ Very few people in the history of the world have fathered a new form of music.
_ Bluegrass was fathered by Bill Monroe of Rosene, Kentucky.
_ I'm Andy Stahl, and thanks for watching.
For more information, we're on the internet [B] at www _ _ .kentuckyblues.com.
Hope to see you here next time for more Kentucky Blues History. _ _
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