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Article: BILL MONROE INFLUENCED MUCH MORE THAN COUNTRY MUSIC.(EDITORIAL)(Column)
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- The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY)
- Article date:
- September 17, 1996
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Byline: William Weathers, assistant city editor for The Post
The Blue Grass Boys are ready.
A five-piece band. Dark suits, white shirts, dark ties, white western hats. Five men with their heads held high.
Adoring thousands crowd the stage - whether the stage is in New England or Europe or Georgia or Japan or California. The man at the front of the band is tall, lean, stern, brimming with willpower and artistry. He has been an American musical legend for decades, and you know his high-pitched voice speaks the truth:
The Blue Grass Boys are ready.
It was a thrilling sentence - six words that shot through crowds all over the ...