This week in honor of the passing of the Father of Bluegrass I thought it might be fun for us to post our pictures of Bill. These should be pictures you've taken yourself. My guess is that anyone here who got to see Mr. Bill probably has a photo somewheres.
This one was taken at the Wintergrass festival in 1995. I couldn't believe they got Bill Monroe for the first festival in '94 and I missed it
Well I was not going to miss my second opportunity to see him here in the Pacific Northwest. He was playing with the Bluegrass Boys over in the church venue and I and my friend Alan were looking for two seats when a couple in the first row got up and left right before Bill came on.
I didn't get to meet him or talk to him. Honestly at that time in my life I still didn't really know what he meant to the musical world (but I learned).
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