Bill Monroe's Formative Years
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Bill Monroe spent his early years with his Uncle Pen and Arnold Schultz, both musicians.
His parents died when he was young, so Bill Monroe spent much of his early years with his mother's brother, Uncle Pen, a renowned old time fiddler, and an African-American blues guitarist, Arnold Schultz, whose musical talents allowed him some freedoms otherwise not afforded blacks in a region marked by segregation.
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Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music is a local public television program presented by KET
Bill Monroe's Formative Years
Clip | 2m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
His parents died when he was young, so Bill Monroe spent much of his early years with his mother's brother, Uncle Pen, a renowned old time fiddler, and an African-American blues guitarist, Arnold Schultz, whose musical talents allowed him some freedoms otherwise not afforded blacks in a region marked by segregation.
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