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​Bluegrass Hall of Fame and Museum

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

2020

New Grass Revival

Members

Curtis Eugene Burch
Born: January 24, 1945
Hometown: Montgomery , Alabama
Primary Instrument: Guitar, Dobro

John Edward Cowan
Born: August 24, 1953
Hometown: Minerva , Ohio
Primary Instrument: Electric Bass

Patrick Harding “Pat” Flynn
Born: May 17, 1952
Hometown: 
Redondo Beach, California
Primary Instrument: Guitar

Joseph Calvin “Butch” Robins
Born: May 12, 1949
Hometown: Lebanon , Virginia
Primary Instrument:
Electric Bass, Banjo

Charles Samuel “Sam” Bush
Born: April 13, 1952
Hometown: Bowling Green , Kentucky
Primary Instrument: Mandolin, Fiddle

Béla Anton Leoš Fleck
Born: July 10, 1958
Hometown: New York , New York
Primary Instrument: Banjo

Courtney Hall Johnson
Born: December 20, 1939
Died: June 7, 1996
Hometown: Glasgow , Kentucky
Primary Instrument: Banjo

Harry Lee Shelor, Jr. aka Ebo Walker
Born: October 19, 1941
Hometown: Louisville , Kentucky
Primary Instrument: Bass

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Johnson Mountain Boys

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Members

Dudley Dale Connell
Born: February 18, 1956

Hometown: Olney , Maryland
Primary Instrument: Guitar

Francis “Frannie” Davidson
Primary Instrument: Banjo

Raymond Thomas “Tom” Adams
Born: November 17, 1958
Hometown:  Gettysburg , Pennsylvania
Primary Instrument: Banjo

Edward Joseph “Eddie” D’Zmura
Born: November 30, 1955
Hometown: Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania
Primary Instrument: Mandolin

Gary Badger Reid
Born: October 2, 1956
Hometown: Olney , Maryland
Primary Instrument: Bass

Larry Robbins
Born: April 25, 1945
Hometown:
Montgomery County, Maryland
Primary Instrument: Bass

Hugh Clarke “Earl” Yeager
Born: November 2, 1953
Hometown: Gordonsville, Virginia
Primary Instrument: Bass

Ronald Padraic “Ron” Welch
Born: September 29, 1958
Hometown: Washington , DC
Primary Instrument: Guitar

Richard Dean Underwood
Born: July 14, 1956
Hometown: Seabrook , Maryland
Primary Instrument: Banjo

David Wallace McLaughlin
Born: February 13, 1958
Hometown: Washington, DC
Primary Instrument: Mandolin

Edward Lawrence “Eddie” Stubbs
Born: November 25, 1961
Hometown: Bethesda , Maryland
Primary Instrument: Fiddle

Mark Richardson Prindle
Born: January 24, 1956
Hometown:
Chevy Chase , Maryland
Primary Instrument: Bass

Marshall McKinney Wilborn
Born: March 12, 1952
Hometown: Austin , Texas
Primary Instrument: Bass

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Earl "J.T." Gray

Born: March 7, 1946
Died: March 20, 2021
Hometown: Corinth, Mississippi
Primary Instrument: Guitar

2021

The Stoneman Family

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Founded: 1924
Hometown: Galax, Virginia,

Members

Ernest Van Haden Stoneman
Born: May 25, 1893
Death: June 14, 1968
Hometown: Galax, Virginia 
Primary Instrument: Guitar and Autoharp

Pattie Inez “Patsy” Stoneman Murphy
Born: May 25, 1925
Death: July 23, 2015
Hometown: Galax, Virginia 

Donna LaVerne Stoneman
Born: February 7, 1934
Hometown: Alexandria , Virginia
Primary Instrument: Mandolin

Veronica Loretta “Roni” Stoneman
Born: May 5, 1938
Died: February 22, 2024
Hometown: Washington, D.C. 
Primary Instrument: Banjo

Hattie Elvinia Frost Stoneman
Born: September 28, 1899
Death: July 22, 1976
Hometown: Galax, Virginia 
Primary Instrument: Fiddle

Calvin Scott “Scotty” Stoneman
Born: August 4, 1932
Death: March 4, 1973 
Hometown: Galax, Virginia 
Primary Instrument: Fiddle

Oscar James “Jimmy” Stoneman
Born: March 8, 1937
Death: September 22, 2002
Hometown: Washington, D.C. 
Primary Instrument: Bass

Van Haden Stoneman
Born: December 31, 1940
Death: June 3, 1995
Hometown: Washington, D.C. 
Primary Instrument: Guitar

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Alison Krauss

Born: July 23, 1971
Hometown: Decatur, Illinois
Primary Instrument: Fiddle

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Lynn Morris

Born: October 8, 1948
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
Primary Instrument: Guitar and Banjo

2022

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Norman Lee Blake

Born: March 10, 1938

Hometown: Chattanooga, Tennessee
Primary Instrument: guitar
​(also fiddle, mandolin, Dobro)

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​Paul “Moon” Mullins

Born: September 24, 1936
Died: August 3, 2008 
Hometown: Frenchburg, Kentucky
Primary Instrument: Fiddle
Primary Involvement: Broadcaster

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Peter Hamilton Rowan

Born: July 4, 1942

Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts
Primary Instrument: Guitar

2023

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Samuel “Sam” Bush

Born: April 13, 1952
Hometown: Bowling Green, Kentucky
Primary Instruments: mandolin/fiddle

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Wilma Lee Cooper

Born: February 7, 1921
Died: September 13, 2011
Hometown: Valley Head, West Virginia
Primary Instrument: guitar

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David Grisman

Born: March 23, 1945
Hometown: Hackensack, New Jersey
Primary Instrument: mandolin

2024

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Alan Richard Munde​

Born: November 4, 1946
Hometown: Norman, Oklahoma​
Primary Instruments: Banjo

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Gerald Calvin
​ “Jerry” Douglas​

Born: May 8, 1956
Hometown:Warren, Ohio
Primary Instrument: Dobro

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Patricia Cole Meloon Brown “Katy Daley”

Born: January 10, 1949
Hometown: Washington, D.C.
Affiliation: Broadcaster

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