Right, Art, I remember when the Keith style flame swept up all the bluegrass banjo players who could manage the technique, and Keith was doing it at a time when Monroe would put the whole band in a station wagon, tie the bass on top, and drive from Nashville to California for a one night stand. They went through some very hard times with nothing much but desire to live on. Ralph Rinzler with his promotion and scholarship along with Carlton Haney who produced the first bluegrass festival in 1965 really saved Monroe's career and bluegrass music along with it. It took Bill a little while to realize that's what they were doing but he eventually got the idea.

And don't forget Bob Black. Bob is one of the world's foremost fiddle tune banjo players and joined Bill's band at a time in the seventies when Bill was having a hard time finding and keeping really good banjo players. Bob and Bill had a mutual admiration that ended only at Bill's passing.

      - Mark