ROSINE, Ky. -- During the half-century that bluegrass master Bill Monroe wielded his mandolin, it was run over by a car, drenched with rain and beaten to pieces by a vandal. Yet through it all ...

Stuff belonging to Bill Monroe, the "Father of Bluegrass," is ... Others throw down $10 for a mandolin pick with a certificate of authenticity. Monroe's old musician's union card went for $30.

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Bill Monroe was a relentlessly independent ... carefully worked out fiddle parts and Monroe's fierce, jazzy mandolin playing. Among the radio listeners who heard "Blue Moon of Kentucky" were ...

"My dad had bought me a mandolin the year before when I was 5 and I played it in church," Skaggs said. "Then we found out Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys were coming to town." Skaggs had heard ...

By Jessica Nicholson In December 1945, Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium hosted the meshing of sounds that was Bill Monroe’s mandolin, Earl Scruggs’ three-finger banjo-picking style and Lester ...