Editing Bluegrass music (section)

===Origin of name===
"Bluegrass" is a common name given in America for the grass of the ''[[Poa]]'' genus, the most famous being [[Kentucky bluegrass]]. A large region in central [[Kentucky]] is sometimes called the [[Bluegrass region]] (although this region is west of the hills of Kentucky). Exactly when the word "bluegrass" was adopted is not certain, but is believed to be in the late 1950s.{{sfn|Rosenberg|1985|pp=98-99}} It was derived from the name of the seminal [[Blue Grass Boys]] band, formed in 1939 with [[Bill Monroe]] as its leader. Due to this lineage, Bill Monroe is frequently referred to as the "father of bluegrass".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibma.org/about.bluegrass/history/index.asp |title=Bluegrass Music: The Roots |website=International Bluegrass Music Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430180118/http://www.ibma.org/about.bluegrass/history/index.asp |archive-date=April 30, 2011 |access-date=September 10, 2018}}</ref>

[[File:Ralph Stanley 2006.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Ralph Stanley]] on April 20, 2008, in Dallas, Texas]]
The bluegrass style of music dates from the mid-1940s. In 1948, [[the Stanley Brothers]] recorded the traditional song "[[Molly and Tenbrooks]]" in the Blue Grass Boys' style, arguably the point in time that bluegrass emerged as a distinct musical form.{{sfn|Rosenberg|1985|pp=84-85}} Monroe's 1946 to 1948 band, which featured guitarist [[Lester Flatt]], banjoist [[Earl Scruggs]], fiddler [[Chubby Wise]] and bassist Howard Watts (also known as "Cedric Rainwater"){{snd}}sometimes called "the original bluegrass band"{{snd}}created the definitive sound and instrumental configuration that remains a model to this day. By some arguments, while the Blue Grass Boys were the only band playing this music, it was just their unique sound; it could not be considered a musical style until other bands began performing in a similar fashion. In 1967, the banjo instrumental "[[Foggy Mountain Breakdown]]" by [[Flatt and Scruggs]] was introduced to a worldwide audience as a result of its frequent use in the movie "Bonnie and Clyde". But the functionally similar [[old-time music]] genre was long-established and widely recorded in the period of the film's events and later CD was released.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7962923 |title=Bonnie And Clyde Soundtrack CD |publisher=cduniverse.com| access-date=21 July 2020}}</ref>

[[Ralph Stanley]] commented about the origins of the genre and its name.
{{blockquote|Oh, (Monroe) was the first. But it wasn't called bluegrass back then. It was just called old-time mountain [[hillbilly]] music. When they started doing the bluegrass festivals in 1965, everybody got together and wanted to know what to call the show, y'know. It was decided that since Bill was the oldest man, and was from the bluegrass state of [[Kentucky]] and he had the Blue Grass Boys, it would be called 'bluegrass.'<ref>"Old-Time Man" interview June 2008 ''Virginia Living'' pp. 55–7.</ref>}}