Bluegrass is southern and especially south West Virginia where it originated
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Who knew that Bill Monroe was from West Virginia?
Hint: he wasn’t.
Yes, WV is in the appalachias, where bluegrass has its roots.
Given that many of the fiddle tunes as well as a number of songs originate across the pond in Ireland and elsewhere on the British Isles, the music originated before there was even a west virginia.
Did you watch the video of the Wildwood Flower??
Mother Maybelle and the Carter family preceded Bill Monroe. They were from South West Virginia
point of order..... my bad.
not west virginia, south west virginia as in Scott county, Hiltons, Poor Valley. The Carter County fold is there and still has Bluegrass every Saturday night. It is still operated by the original Carter family survivors. The place is Meca for blue grass musicians. If you haven’t played there, then you have not arrived
The Wild Wood Flower is a signature Carter Family tune
I will confess they claim to have originated country music and not strictly Blue Grass.
http://www.carterfamilyfold.org/