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I was determined to carve out a music of my own. I didn't want to copy anybody.

Bill Monroe

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Bill Monroe
Age: 84 †
Born: 1911
Born: September 13
Died: 1996
Died: September 9
Bandleader
Composer
Guitarist
Mandolinist
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Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Rosine
Kentucky
William Smith Monroe
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