Monroe’s Bluegrass Boys
Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Boys
This is a listing of performers who have been a member of the Blue Grass Boys. To qualify for this list, someone would have to have been on Bill Monroe’s payroll and played at least one performance as a Blue Grass Boy. If you find errors or omissions, please email us.
The information for this listing is from “America’s Music Bluegrass” by Barry Willis and Bill Monroe’s Museum & Bluegrass Hall of Fame with contributions from Paul Birch, Stewart Evans, Chip Jackson, James Moss, Jim Peva, Troy Pennie and others.
- Eddie Adcock | Banjo | 1958
- Jim Andrews| Tenor Banjo| 1945
- Dave “Stringbean” Akeman | Fiddle, Comedy | 1942-1945
- Steve Arkin | Banjo | 6-8/1964
- Bobby Atkins | Banjo | 1960
- Roger Aycock | Bass | 1984
- Billy Baker | Fiddle | 1964
- Kenny Baker | Fiddle | ′50s, early ′60s, 1969-1984
- Larry Beasley | Banjo | 1-6/1977
- Byron Berline | Fiddle | 1967
- Bob Black | Banjo | 1974-1976
- James Bowers | Banjo | 10/1951, Fiddle early ′50s
- Robert Bowlin | (Last Fiddle Player) Fiddle | 1993-1996
- Bill Box | Guitar | 1973-1974
- Andy “Bijou” Boyette | Comedy | 1945
- Thurman “Curly” Bradshaw | Guitar, Harmonica | 1945
- Carlos Brock | Guitar |′50s
- Frank Buchanan | Guitar | 1960-1963
- Jimmy Campbell| Fiddle, Bass | 1990s
- Rick Campbell | Fiddle, Bass | 1993, 1994
- Paul “Sharon” Charon (real last name Clothier) |Guitar, Bass | mid – late ′60s
- Gene Christian | Fiddle, Bass | 1949-1950
- Porter Church | Banjo 1959 | Guitar | 1960s
- Manuel (Old Joe) Clark | Banjo | 8/1951
- Vassar Clements | Bass, Fiddle | 1959, 1961, 1967
- Charlie Cline | Fiddle, Banjo | 1954
- Jack Cooke | Bass, Guitar | 1959
- Noah Crase | Banjo | 1954, 1956
- Dana Cupp | (Last Banjo Player)Banjo | 1991-1996
- Cleo Davis | (First Guitar Player)Guitar | 1938-1940
- Hubert Davis | Banjo | 1955-1956(?)
- Randy Davis | Bass | 1974
- David Deese | Banjo | 1962
- Bobby Diamond | Banjo | 1960s
- Dwight Dillman | Banjo | 1974
- Joe Drumright | Banjo | 1958, 1960, 1964
- Bill Duncan | Guitar | 1957
- Glen Duncan | Fiddle | 1985-1987
- Smilin’ Jim Eanes | Guitar | 1948
- Tony Ellis | Banjo | 2/1960
- Tom Ewing | Guitar | 1986-1996
- Mike Feagan | Fiddle | 1987–1988
- Lester Flatt | Guitar | 1945-1948
- Howard “Howdy” Forrester | Fiddle | 1942-1943, 12/1945-3/1946
- Joe Forrester | Bass | 12/1945- 3/1946
- Sally Ann Forrester | Accordian | 1943-1946
- Billy Joe Foster | Fiddle | 1987
- Robert “Bob” Fowler | Guitar | 1973
- Randall Franks | Fiddle, Bass | 1984-1985
- Lamar Grier | Banjo
- Jay Hugh Hall | Guitar | 1942-?
- John C. Hartford | Banjo | 1957
- R.C. Harris | Banjo | 1/71-4/71, 6/81-8/81
- Mark Hembree | Bass | 1979-1985
- Bobby Hicks | Fiddle, Banjo, Bass | 1954-1960
- Jack Hicks | Banjo | 4/1971-9/1973
- Bill Holden | Banjo, Guitar | 9/1976-1/1977, 6-7/1977
- Lonnie Hoppers | Banjo, Guitar | 10/1962-1963
- Raymond Huffmaster | Bass | 1979
- Doug Hutchens | Bass, Banjo | 1971
- Robert (Bob) E. Jamieson | (Original Member) ? 1938 to Nov 16, 1938
- Wayne Jerrolds | Bass | 1989
- Bob Jones | Guitar | 1976
- Dan Jones | Guitar | 1970-1971
- Vic Jordan | Banjo | 8/1967-1/1969
- Bill Keith | Banjo | 2/1963
- Gregg Kennedy | Bass | 1973-1974
- Doug Kershaw | Guitar | 1957
- Paul Kovac | Banjo | 1981
- Mark Kuykendall | Bass | Early ′90s
- Mitchell Land | Guitar | 2/1966-3/1967
- Jake Landers | Guitar | 1962-1963
- Ralph Lewis | Guitar | 1974-1976
- Wayne Lewis | Guitar | 1976-1986
- Don Lineberger | Banjo | 1965
- Tex Logan | Fiddle | 1950s-1960s
- Gene Lowinger | (First Yankee Fiddler)Fiddle | 1964-1965
- Ted Lundy | Banjo | late ′50s ?
- Rudy Lyle | Banjo | 1949, 1951-1953, 1955-1956
- Tommy Magness | Fiddle | 1940-1941
- Jim Marotta | Banjo | 11/1973-9/1974
- Benny Martin | Fiddle | 1948-?
- Jimmy Martin | Guitar | 1949-1951, 1952-1953
- Bessie Lee Mauldin | Bass | 1950s-1960s
- Ed Mayfield | Guitar | 1951-1958
- Jimmy Maynard | Guitar | 1961
- Del McCoury | Banjo 1963 | Guitar 1964
- Curtis McPeake | Banjo | 1960
- Vernon McQueen | Guitar | 1960
- Ralph “Joe” Meadows | Fiddle | 1957
- John Miller | Spoons, Bones, Jug, Comedy | 1938
- Birch Monroe | Bass | 1945-1948
- James Monroe | Guitar, Bass | 1965-1972
- Johnny Montgomery | Bass | 1986-1987
- Clyde Moody | Guitar | 1940-1941 & 1942-1945
- Dale Morris | Fiddle | 1985
- Alan O’Bryant | Banjo | 1978
- Sonny Osborne | Banjo | 1952
- Ben Pedigo | Banjo | 9-11/1973
- Robert Lee (Buddy) Pennington | Banjo | 1959
- Jackie Phelps | Banjo, Guitar | 1948
- Joel Price | Bass | 1948-?
- Pete Pyle | Guitar | 1941-1942
- Don Reno | Banjo | 1948-1949
- Larry Richardson | Banjo | 1951-1953
- Butch Robins | Banjo | 8/1977-6/1981
- Billy Rose | Bass | 1989
- Sandy Rothman | Banjo, Guitar | 1964
- Peter Rowan | Guitar | 1964-1967
- South Salyer | Guitar | 1951
- Earl Scruggs | Banjo | 1945-1948
- Jim Shumate | Fiddle |1943-1945
- Bobby Smith | Guitar | 1960
- Charlie Smith | Fiddle, Guitar | 1957-1960
- Roger Smith | Fiddle, Banjo | 1956
- Tim Smith | Fiddle | 1981
- Jim Smoak | Banjo | 1954
- Earl Sneed | Banjo | 12/1970-1/1971
- Paul Squires | Bass | 1984
- Carter Stanley | Guitar | 1951
- Guy Stevenson | Bass | 1973
- Travis Stewart | Guitar | 1971
- Don Stover | Banjo | 1957
- Harold Streeter | Banjo | late ′50s?
- Chick Stripling | Comedy, Buck Dancing | 1956
- Joe Stuart | Banjo, Bass, Fiddle, Guitar, Mandolin| 1955, 1957, 1959, 1964
- Clarence “Tater” Tate | Fiddle, Bass | 1956, 1984, 1994
- Merle “Red” Taylor | Fiddle | 1950-1958
- Gordon Terry | Fiddle | 1950s-1960s
- Howard Watts (Cedric Rainwater) | Bass, Comedy | 1944-1948, 1951
- Bill Egbert Wessbrooks (Cousin Wilbur) | Bass | 1940-1944
- L. E. White | Fiddle | 1953
- Roland White | Guitar | 1967-1969
- Benny Williams | Fiddle, Guitar | 1967
- Blake Williams | Banjo | 7/1981 – 9/1991
- Tex Willis | Guitar | 1945
- Jullan “Winnie” Winston | Banjo | 1964
- Chubby Wise | Fiddle | 1943, 1945-1948
- Mac Wiseman | Guitar | 1948-1949
- Art Wooten | (First Fiddle Player)Fiddle | 1938-1940, 1941-1942
- Rual Holt Yarbrough | Banjo | 1969-1970
- Bill Yates | Bass | 1969