
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, August 21, 1994                   TAG: 9408190051
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WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT

"I'd still rather listen to Bill and Charlie Monroe than any current record. That's what America's all about to me." - Bob Dylan

"Bill Monroe is the daddy of it all, and we owe him a debt of gratitude." - George Jones

"When I heard my first live tapes of bluegrass music, I went through the roof. The sound, the words, the titles of the songs - everything about it spoke to me on some primal level. I wanted to be a Blue Grass Boy in the worst way, but I didn't have the nerve to even talk to Bill. I still want to be a Blue Grass Boy." - Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead

"Upon meeting Elvis, Elvis said to me, 'You like Mr. Bill Monroe?' I said, 'I love Mr. Bill Monroe.' Elvis said, 'Man, I do, too.' Rock 'n' roll music is a derivative of rockabilly music; rockabilly is Bill Monroe and the blues tied together. That's it." - Carl Perkins

"He's the ultimate Kentucky gentleman. He had this wonderful air that I've never forgotten, and I've always tried to model my manners after him." - Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers

Source: liner notes from "The Music of Bill Monroe from 1936 to 1994."

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