KenH
Well-Known Member
“The IBMA Foundation, the charitable arm of the International Bluegrass Music Association, has announced today the establishment of a new endowment to support increasing participation from people of color in bluegrass music. Named the Arnold Shultz Fund, it recognizes the western Kentucky blues musician who Bill Monroe has credited as a major influence on the sound he developed as a young man. ...
He was acquainted with Monroe’s fabled Uncle Pen Vandiver, and is said to have hired young Bill for his first professional music gig. The taste of blues that Monroe acquired playing with Shultz has been a part of bluegrass since the very beginning, apparent in Bill’s singing, his mandolin style, and the many songs he wrote.“
https://bluegrasstoday.com/ibma-foundation-announces-arnold-shultz-fund
He was acquainted with Monroe’s fabled Uncle Pen Vandiver, and is said to have hired young Bill for his first professional music gig. The taste of blues that Monroe acquired playing with Shultz has been a part of bluegrass since the very beginning, apparent in Bill’s singing, his mandolin style, and the many songs he wrote.“
https://bluegrasstoday.com/ibma-foundation-announces-arnold-shultz-fund