ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, September 11, 1996 TAG: 9609130171
SECTION: EDITORIAL PAGE: A8 EDITION: METRO
American music has lost one of its great innovators in Bill Monroe, who died this week at the age of 83.
Like any artist, the founder of the Blue Grass Boys did not "invent" his body of work from thin air. Bluegrass is country music, drawn from the sounds and sorrows of Appalachia, just played in a different way. Please see microfilm for complete text.
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