From: gerry@maths.mq.edi.ai.i2u4email   
      
   In article ,   
    Abby Sale  wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:16:43 GMT, Gerry Myerson   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > >I was under the impression that Bill Monroe invented bluegrass   
   > >music. As Monroe was only 11 years old in 1922, I'm puzzled as   
   > >to how these songs can be bluegrass.   
   >   
   > Better buy the book.   
   >   
   > Bill (or Bill & Charlie) frequently get the credit but mainly because Bill   
   > was _the_ major early proponent and his band was called The Bluegrass Boys,   
   > not because he actually invented it.   
   >   
   > Further, I'm sure you know that the genre evolved from existing old time/   
   > gospel music.  It was the style that was innovative much more than the   
   > material.   
      
   OK, let me put it this way - was anybody doing anything in 1922   
   that you and I would recognize today as bluegrass? That's not   
   a rhetorical question, it's a genuine expression of my ignorance   
   on the topic. But if the answer is no, then I maintain my puzzlement   
   over a book of pre-1922 bluegrass gospel.   
      
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