List of bluegrass bands

This is an alphabetical list of bluegrass bands. A bluegrass band is a group of musicians who play acoustic stringed instruments, typically some combination of guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, dobro and upright bass, to perform bluegrass music.[1]

Each band on this list either has published sources — such as a news reports, magazine articles, or books — verifying it is a performing or recording bluegrass band and meeting Wikipedia's notability criteria for bands, or a Wikipedia article confirming its notability.

For individual musicians, see the List of bluegrass musicians.

See also: Bluegrass music, Country music, and List of country music performers.

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* C
* D
* E
* F
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* M
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* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
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## A

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* The Accidentals
* Acoustic Syndicate
* Authentic Unlimited

## B

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* Balsam Range
* Barry Scott & Second Wind
* Bearfoot
* The Beef Seeds
* Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
* Biscuit Burners
* Blackberry Smoke
* BlueBilly Grit
* Blue Highway
* Bluegrass Album Band
* Bluegrass Brothers
* Bob Paisley and the Southern Grass
* Kathy Boyd and Phoenix Rising

## C

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* Chesapeake
* Charles River Valley Boys
* The Charlie Daniels Band
* The Coal Porters
* The Country Gentlemen
* The Cox Family
* Cherryholmes
* Chatham County Line
* Clinch Mountain Boys
* Crooked Still
* Crow and the Canyon

## D

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* Dailey & Vincent
* Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass
* The Dead South
* Del McCoury Band
* Della Mae
* The Dillards
* Dixie Flyers
* Dixie Gentlemen
* Donna Ulisse
* Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
* Druhá Tráva
* Dry Branch Fire Squad

## E

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* East Coast Bluegrass Band

## F

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* Foggy Mountain Boys (aka "Flatt and Scruggs")
* Front Porch String Band

## G

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* Gary Ruley and Mule Train
* The Gibson Brothers[2]
* Good Old Guard Gospel Singers
* The Grascals
* The Greenbriar Boys
* The Greencards
* Greensky Bluegrass
* Grass It Up

## H

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* Hackensaw Boys
* Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra
* Hayseed Dixie
* The Hillbilly Thomists
* The Hillmen
* Hot Rize

## I

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* IIIrd Tyme Out
* Ila Auto
* The Infamous Stringdusters
* Iron Horse (band)

## J

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* Jim and Jesse McReynolds and the Virginia Boys
* Jim & Jennie and the Pinetops
* Johnson Mountain Boys

## K

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* Kentucky Colonels
* Alison Krauss and Union Station

## L

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* Lonesome Pine Fiddlers
* Lonesome River Band
* Lonesome Sisters

## M

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* Mission Mountain Wood Band
* Mountain Heart
* Muleskinner

## N

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* Nashville Bluegrass Band
* Nashville Grass
* Nefesh Mountain
* New Grass Revival
* New South
* Nickel Creek
* Northern Lights
* Nothin' Fancy

## O

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* Oakhurst
* Old & In the Way
* Osborne Brothers
* Old Crow Medicine Show

## P

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* Packway Handle Band
* The Petersens
* Psychograss
* Punch Brothers

## R

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* The Rarely Herd
* Rautakoura
* Rhonda Vincent and the Rage
* Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out
* Railroad Earth

## S

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* Saddle River String Band
* Salamander Crossing
* The Seldom Scene
* Sister Sadie
* Sleepy Man Banjo Boys
* The Special Consensus
* The Stanley Brothers
* The SteelDrivers
* The Steel Wheels
* Steep Canyon Rangers
* The Stonemans
* Billy Strings
* Sweet Lillies

## T

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* Tangleweed
* Trampled by Turtles
* The Travelin' McCourys

## U

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* Uncle Monk

## W

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* Walker's Run
* Water Tower
* Watkins Family Hour
* The Waybacks
* The Whiskey Boys
* Robin and Linda Williams
* The Woodbox Gang

## Y

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* Yonder Mountain String Band

## References

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1. ^ Dix Bruce (17 December 2010). Getting Into Bluegrass Mandolin. Mel Bay Publications. pp. 54–. ISBN 978-1-61065-119-6.
2. ^ "The Gibson Brothers", AllMusic Guide, retrieved 2011-03-14

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