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Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music

1993
1h 31m
Documentary/Music
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Cast

Bill Monroe (Self)Roy Acuff (Self)Kenny Baker (Self)Lester Flatt (Self)

Director

Steve Gebhardt

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Synopsis

Features performances by Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys, Lester Flatt, Emmylou Harris, Paul McCartney, the Osborne Brothers, Dolly Parton, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, John Hartford and a once-in-a-lifetime Blue Grass Boys reunion. Rare 1990s performances from Monroe's final years including many of the greatest songssuch as "Uncle Pen" and "Muleskinner Blues."

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