What was then known as "hillbilly music" originated in the 1940's, a blend of Scots-Irish folk traditions and the more modern sounds of jazz and ragtime. But it would be Kentuckian Bill Munroe and his Blue Grass Boys, featuring the groundbreaking three-fingered banjo-picking style of a 21-year-old named Earl Scruggs, who would both popularize this new form of country music and give it a name: bluegrass. On this CD, which won the 2009 Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album, Scruggs joins Ricky Scaggs and Kentucky Thunder in an homage to Bill Munroe and the birth of a new American musical style.Reserve this CD
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