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​Bluegrass Hall of Fame and Museum

Location:
311 West 2nd Street
Owensboro, Kentucky 42301
(270) 926-7891

1991 (Initial Class)

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Bill Monroe
Born: September 13, 1911
Died: September 9, 1996
Hometown: Rosine, Kentucky
Instruments: Guitar, Mandolin

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Lester Flatt
Born: January 6, 1924
Died: March 28, 2012
Hometown: Shelby, North Carolina
Instruments: Banjo, Guitar

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Earl Scruggs
Born: January 19, 1914
Died: November 5, 1979
Hometown: Duncan's Chapel, Tennessee
​Instruments: Guitar, Mandolin

1992

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Reno & Smiley

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​Don Reno

Born: ​February 21, 1926
Died: October 16, 1984
Hometown: 
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Instruments: Banjo, Guitar

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Red Smiley

Born: May 17, 1924
Died: January 2, 1972
Hometown: Marshall, North Carolina
Instruments: Guitar

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The Stanley Brothers

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Ralph Stanley

Born: February 25, 1927
Died: June 23, 2016 
Hometown:
Big Spraddle Creek, Virginia
Primary Instrument: Banjo

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Carter Stanley

Born: August 27, 1925 
Died: December 1, 1966 ​
Hometown:
Big Spraddle Creek, Virginia
Primary Instrument: Guitar

1993

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Jim & Jesse

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Jim McReynolds

Born: February 13, 1927
Died: December 31, 2002
Hometown: Carfax, Virginia
​​Primary Instrument: Guitar

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Jesse McReynolds

Born: July 9, 1929
Died: June 23, 2023
Hometown: Carfax, Virginia
Primary Instrument: Guitar

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Mac Wiseman

Born: May 23, 1925
Hometown: Crimora, Virginia
​Primary Instrument: Guitar

1994

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The Osborne Brothers

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Bobby Osborne

Born: December 7, 1931
Died: June 27, 2023​
Hometown: Hyden, Kentucky
​​Primary Instrument: Mandolin

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Sonny Osborne

Born: October 29, 1937
DIed: October 24, 2021
Hometown: Hyden, Kentucky
Primary Instrument: Banjo

1995

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Jimmy Martin

Born: August 27, 1927
Died: May 14, 2005
Hometown: Sneedville, Tennessee
​Primary Instrument: Guitar

1996

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​The Country Gentlemen

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Eddie Adcock

Born: June 21, 1938

Hometown: 
​Scottsville, Virginia
Primary Instrument: Banjo

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John Duffey

Born: March 4, 1934
Died: December 10, 1996
Hometown: 
​Arlington, Virginia
Primary Instrument: Mandolin

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Tom Gray

Born: February 1, 1941

Hometown: 
​Chicago, Illinois
Primary Instrument: String Bass

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​Charlie Waller

Born: January 19, 1935
Died: August 18, 2004
Hometown: 
​Joinerville, Texas
Primary Instrument: Guitar

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​Peter V. Kuykendall

Born: January 15, 1938
Died: August 24, 2017
Hometown: Washington, D.C.
Primary Instrument: Banjo

1997

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Josh Graves

Born: September 27, 1927 
Died: September 30, 2006
Hometown: Tellico Plains, Tennessee
Primary Instrument: Dobro

1998

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Carlton Haney
(Promoter, Booking Agent)

Born: September 19, 2028
Died: November 3, 2016
Hometown: Rockingham, North Carolina

1998

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​Chubby Wise

Born: October 2, 1915
Died: January 6, 1996
Hometown: Lake City, Florida
Primary Instrument: Fiddle

1999

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Kenny Baker

Born: June 26, 1926
Died: July 8, 2011
Hometown: Burdine, Kentucky
Primary Instrument: Fiddle

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