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Also known by the nicknames "Buck," and "Uncle Josh," he is credited with introducing the resonator guitar (commonly known under the trade name of Dobro) into bluegrass music shortly after joining Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys in 1955.
Biography. In 1955 Burkett Howard “Buck” Graves changed the sound of bluegrass music when he added a new instrumental voice, that of the Dobro, to the five instruments — fiddle, guitar, mandolin, bass, and banjo — first heard together in Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys of the mid-1940s.
6 de oct. de 2006 · Josh Graves, 79, whose bluesy Dobro adorned hundreds of bluegrass and country records, died Saturday in Nashville after a long illness.
5 de abr. de 2005 · This interview with acclaimed resonator guitar (dobro) player Josh Graves begins with a discussion of his background. He talks about his childhood and his interest in music, and what led him to start playing the resonator guitar. Graves also discusses his encouragement of young musicians, including the interviewer Jerry Douglas.
Josh Graves. Genre: Alternative/Indie. Uncle Josh Graves revolutionized the role of the Dobro in country and bluegrass.
Credited with introducing the resonator guitar into bluegrass music shortly after joining Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys in 1955, ‘Uncle Josh’ or ‘Buck’, to use two other sobriquets attributable to Graves, has penned a brief – 176 pages – story of his colourful life as a bluegrass music troubadour.
Josh Graves, born Burkett Howard Graves, was an American bluegrass musician. Also known by the nicknames "Buck," and "Uncle Josh," he is credited with introducing the resonator guitar into bluegrass music shortly after joining Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys in 1955.
