There has been a lot of Bluegrass music recorded in Cincy if I'm not mistaken.

(04-18-2015 04:52 PM)dawgitall Wrote:  There has been a lot of Bluegrass music recorded in Cincy if I'm not mistaken.

Yeah that was my next target but I not familiar with the Bluegrass scene. Lots and lots of Appalachian people in Cincy, and the southeast part of of metro area of Clermont and Brown counties are officially part of Appalachia. Of course, one fifth of the Cincy metro area lives in Northern Kentucky, which abuts the Bluegrass region of central Kentucky.

The Bill Lyerly Band, and Super Grit Cowboy Band were the top draws at the Carolina Opry House in Greenville in the 80s. Both are still performing. Bill grew up in Kinston, attended ECU for a while and lived off and on in Greenville. Now he plays more blues and blues / rock than country rock and lives in Spain. He comes home for a couple of months each year and plays Eastern and Central NC dates. Super Grit is an institution in ENC. The founder, Clyde Mattocks and "Thirteen" the fiddler are mainstays. Thirteen was a music major at ECU and Super Grit did some dates with the East Carolina Orchestra back in the 80s. These two bands were the counter balance to the evil disco that tried to corrupt music everywhere in that period.

(04-18-2015 08:25 PM)BearcatsUC Wrote:  

(04-18-2015 04:52 PM)dawgitall Wrote:  There has been a lot of Bluegrass music recorded in Cincy if I'm not mistaken.

Yeah that was my next target but I not familiar with the Bluegrass scene. Lots and lots of Appalachian people in Cincy, and the southeast part of of metro area of Clermont and Brown counties are officially part of Appalachia. Of course, one city of the Cincy metro area lives in Northern Kentucky, which abuts the Bluegrass region of central Kentucky.

The Stanley Brothers recorded for King Records. The three most important groups in Bluegrass are it's creator, Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys, Flatt & Scruggs and the Foggy Mt. Boys, and The Stanley Brothers.

King Records changed the world, paving the way for rock and roll and helping shape country music, bluegrass, soul, funk, and electric blues.—Larry Nager, The King is Dead, Long Live the King, Cincinnati Magazine

Founded by Syd Nathan, King Records was one of the most influential independent labels of the 1940s and 1950s. By the end of the latter decade, it had become the nation's sixth largest record company, with more than 400 employees. Nathan's policy of employing whites and African Americans side-by-side in various capacities made King Records one of the first integrated industries in Cincinnati, and, perhaps, the first integrated record company in the country. This diversity was reflected in its marketing. King Records was unique among independent record companies in that it recorded and sold both country and R&B music, filling two different niche markets neglected by the major record companies.