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   Grover C. McCoury III to All   
   Fiddler, guitarist to enter Bluegrass Ha   
   01 Sep 05 11:39:51   
   
   XPost: alt.music.country.classic, rec.music.country.western   
   From: gcmccoury@yahoo.com   
      
   Reuters - Fiddler Benny Martin and guitarist Red Allen will be inducted   
   posthumously into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor, the International   
   Bluegrass Music Association announced on Wednesday.   
   Induction will take place on October 27 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville   
   during the association's annual convention.   
      
   Fiddler-entertainer Martin, who died in 2001 at the age of 73, had a career   
   spanning more than five decades during which he performed with Bill Monroe,   
   Roy Acuff, Flatt & Scruggs and others. He recorded for Columbia Records.   
      
   Allen, who died in 1993 aged 63, recorded extensively on the MGM label with   
   the Osborne Brothers. His signature song was "Thinking Tonight of My Blue   
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