J.D. Crowe: ETSU Living History Series

Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies at East Tennessee State University presents the Living History Series. Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame member J.D. Crowe is considered to be one of bluegrass music’s most influential banjo players, band leaders, and producers. He visited campus with longtime friend and ETSU banjo instructor Jerry Keys on November 21, 2019.

Born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, Crowe picked up the banjo when he was thirteen years old having been inspired seeing Flatt & Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys. He performed and recorded both solo and as part of such varied ensembles as Jimmy Martin’s Sunny Mountain Boys, the all-acoustic Kentucky Mountain Boys, and the revolutionary New South, who created an adventurously eclectic brand of bluegrass by merging rock and country music influences with traditional forms. Over the decades, this highly influential group launched the careers of many other fresh talents such as Keith Whitley, Ricky Skaggs, Tony Rice, Jerry Douglas, and Doyle Lawson.

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