Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music

Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music

Documentary, Music | May 31, 1993

No single figure in American music so dominated a genre as did Bill Monroe with bluegrass. BILL MONROE: FATHER OF BLUEGRASS MUSIC 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 featuring Del McCoury, Chubby Wise and Bill Keith. The film features archival footage and rare 1990s performances from Monroe's final years including many of the greatest songs from his six decades of recording.

Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music

Documentary, Music | May 31, 1993

Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
No single figure in American music so dominated a genre as did Bill Monroe with bluegrass. BILL MONROE: FATHER OF BLUEGRASS MUSIC 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 featuring Del McCoury, Chubby Wise and Bill Keith. The film features archival footage and rare 1990s performances from Monroe's final years including many of the greatest songs from his six decades of recording.
Producers
Original title Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
Directors Steve Gebhardt
Writers Larry Nager

Cast

Bill Monroe

as Self

Roy Acuff

as Self

Jerry Garcia

as Self

Paul McCartney

as Self

Emmylou Harris

as Self

Dolly Parton

as Self

Marty Stuart

as Self

Earl Scruggs

as Self