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​Bluegrass Hall of Fame and Museum

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

2010

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John Hartford
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​Born: December 30, 1937 Died: June 4, 2001
Hometown: New York, New York
Primary Instrument: Banjo/Fiddle

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Anne Louise Certain Scruggs

Born: February 17, 1927 Died: February 2, 2006
Hometown: Grant, Tennessee
Role: Booking Agent and Manager

2011

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Del McCoury
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Born: February 1, 1939

Hometown: 
Bakersville, North Carolina
Primary Instrument: Guitar

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George Saunders Shuffler

Born: April 11, 1925
Died: April 7, 2014
Hometown: 
Valdese, North Carolina
Primary Instrument: Bass/Guitar

2012

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Doyle Wayne Lawson

Born: April 20, 1944
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Hometown: Ford Town, Tennessee
 Primary Instrument: Mandolin

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Ralph Rinzler
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Born: July 20, 1934
Died: July 2, 1994
Hometown: Passaic, New Jersey,
Primary Instrument: Mandolin

2013

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Tony Rice
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Born: June 8, 1951
Died: December 25, 2020
Hometown: Danville, Virginia
Primary Instrument: Guitar

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Paul Warren
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Born: May 17, 1918
Died: January 12, 1978
Hometown: Lyles, Tennessee,
​Primary Instrument: Fiddle

2014

Seldom Scene

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Members

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Michael Dennis “Mike” Auldridge
Born: December 30, 1938
Died: December 29, 2012
Hometown: Washington, D.C.
Primary Instrument: Dobro 

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

Benjamin “Ben” Eldridge
​Born: August 15, 1938

Hometown: Richmond, Virginia
Primary Instrument: Banjo

John Lewis Starling
​Born: March 26, 1940
Died: May 2, 2019
Hometown:
​Durham, North Carolina
Primary Instrument: Guitar

Tom Gray
​Born: February 1, 1941

Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Primary Instrument: String Bass

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Neil V Rosenburg

Born: March 21, 1939

Hometown: Seattle, Washington
Role: Author/historian 

2015

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William Bradford “Bill” Keith

Born: December 20, 1939
Died: October 23, 2015
Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts
Primary Instrument: Banjo

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Larry Sparks

Born: September 25, 1947

Hometown: Lebanon, Ohio
Primary Instrument: Guitar

2016

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The Rounder Founders

Members

Ken Irwin:
Born: May 23, 1944

Marian Leighton Levy
Born: August 23, 1948

Bill Nowlin
Born: February 14, 1945

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Clarence White

Born: June 7, 1944 
Died: July 15, 1973
Hometown: Lewiston, Maine
Primary Instrument: Guitar

2017

Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard

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Members

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Hazel Dickens

Born: June 1, 1925
Died: April 22, 2011 
Hometown: Montcalm, West Virginia
Primary Instrument: Guitar/String Bass

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Alice Gerrard

Born: July 8, 1934

Hometown: Seattle, Washington
Primary Instrument: Guitar

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Robert “Bobby” Hicks

Born: July 21, 1933

Hometown: Newton, North Carolina 
Primary Instrument: Fiddle

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​Roland Joseph White

Born: April 23, 1938

Hometown: Madawaska, Maine
Primary Instrument: Mandolin

2018

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Tom T. and Dixie Hall

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Dixie Hall

Born: May 26, 1934
Died: January 16, 2015
Hometown: 
​Birmingham, England

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Tom T. Hall

Born: May 25, 1936  Died: August 20, 202
Hometown: Olive Hill, Kentucky
Primary Instrument: Guitar

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Vassar Clements

Born: April 25, 1928
Died: August 16, 2005
Hometown: Kinard, Florida
Primary Instrument: Fiddle

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Allen Shelton

Born: July 2, 1936
Died: November 21, 2009
Hometown: Reidsville, North Carolina
Primary Instrument: Banjo

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Mike Seeger

Born: August 15, 1933
Died: August 7, 2009
Hometown: New York, New York
Primary Instrument: ALL of them

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Ricky Skaggs

Born: July 18, 1954

Hometown: Louisa, Kentucky
Primary Instrument: Mandolin

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Jake Tullock

Born: July 23, 1922
Died: June 18, 1988
Hometown: Etowah, Tennessee
Primary Instrument: String Bass

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Paul Williams

Born: March 30, 1935

Hometown: Wytheville, Virginia
​Primary Instrument: Mandolin

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Joe Val

Born: June 26, 1926
Died: June 11, 1985 i
Hometown: Everett, Massachusetts
Primary Instrument: Mandolin

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Terry Woodward

Born: July 19, 1937

Hometown: Owensboro, Kentucky, Primary Involvement: 
Volunteer Leader

2019

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Roland Joseph LeBlanc
(aka Roland White)
Born: April 23, 1938

Hometown: Madawaska, Maine Instruments: Mandolin

Leo Joseph LeBlanc
(aka Eric White)
Born: July 9, 1942
Died: June 7, 2012
Hometown: Bakersfield, California
Instruments: Bass

Clarence Joseph LeBlanc
(aka Clarence White)
Born: June 7, 1944
Died: July 5, 1973
Hometown: Lewiston, Maine
Instruments: Guitar

LeRoy Mack McNees
Born: September 19, 1940

Hometown: Glendale, California
Instruments: Dobro

Roger Bush
Born: September 16, 1940

Hometown: Hollywood, California
Instruments: Bass

Billy Ray Lathum
Born: January 12, 1938
Died: August 18, 2018
Hometown: Cave City, Arkansas
Instruments: Banjo

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Bill Emerson

Born: January 22, 1938
Died: August 21, 2021
Hometown: Washington, D.C.
Instruments: Banjo

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Mike Auldridge

Born: December 30, 1938
Died: December 29, 2012
Hometown: Washington, D.C.
Instruments: Dobro

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