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Happy 100th Birthday, Bill Monroe!

Happy 100^th birthday Bill Monroe! Listen to “Live and Let Live” from the 2006 Smithsonian Folkways box set, “Friends of Old Time Music”. http://goo.gl/3uSo1

Monroe, known as the “Father of Bluegrass”, helped create a genre that would become synonymous with his band, the Blue Grass Boys. Read more about his history and the three day centennial celebration in Kentucky: http://billmonroe100birthday.com/

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