These are comments made by visitors to my Bill Monroe web site during 1999.
December 27, 1999
Name: Joel Mongin
Residence: Green Bay, WI
Email: joefiddlehead@aol.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Just Surfed On In
Favorite Male Artist: Del McCoury
Favorite Female Artist: Alison Krauss
Comments: Great Site! I've been interested in Bluegrass music since I was about 16 years old (now 40). About 9 years ago, I started playing fiddle and was fortunate to find some friends willing to teach me old time mountian music. About 2 years ago, I added mandolin and I'm having a blast! I am currently playing with 2 bands. They are: Echo Mountain and Twin Hill String Band. Both groups play in the Green Bay, and Northeast Wisconsin areas.
December 26, 1999
Name: Gary Kent Keyes
Residence: Traverse City, MI
Email: ufopilotso@aol.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Just Surfed On In
Favorite Male Artist: Aaron Neville
Favorite Female Artist: Irma Thomas w/ Tracey Nelson and Marcia Ball
Favorite Group: The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Favorite Duo: Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash
Comments: I tried to play a lot of harmonica since four years old, and the best two groups of real true blue grass music I have ever heard are The Rural Free Delivery Boys of Ann Arbor, Mich. and Hazel and the Delta Ramblers from New Orleans. I am very proud to say that thirty years ago and last year I played with the R. F. D. Boys. Hazel and Larry do a blue grass show on WWOZ on Sunday Morning that you can get over the internet. Anyone can learn a lot from listening to some of the history that accompanies the program of humor, music, and traditional blue grass and folk music presented.. I would advise anyone who loves Bill Monroe to buy a CD from both the R. F. D. Boys and Hazel and the Delta Ramblers. It takes years and years of playing together to make this kind of music possible and these two groups have the genuine touch of the tradition that Bill Monroe started. And it is hard to find. I would love to see the two groups be able to play The Grand Old Opry on the same bill one night. It would really bring down the house and make a lot of old timers sit up and take notice.
December 26, 1999
Name: Charles
Residence: Signal Mt., TN
Email: CRCheshire&aol.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Link From Webpage
Favorite Male Artist: Bill Monroe, Peter Rowan, Doc Watson
Favorite Female Artist: Kathy Chiavola
Favorite Group: Hot Rize
Favorite Duo: Doc & Merle Watson / Norman Blake & Tony Rice
Comments: Great website. Bill once played Molly & Tenbrooks for me at a concert in Chattanooga, I'll never forget that. As I once heard Butch Baldassari say "he (Bill Monroe) was truly THE MAN."
December 23, 1999
Name: Carrie
Residence: Tennessee
Email: danandcarrie@juno.com
How do you rate my website?: Good
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Duo: Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
December 18, 1999
Name: Linda
Residence: Kentucky
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Link From Webpage
Favorite Male Artist: The Man in Black (Mr. Cash)
Favorite Female Artist: Pam Tillis
Favorite Group: Statler Brothers
Favorite Duo: The Judds
December 16, 1999
Name: James
Residence: Ohio
Email: stanleyj@marietta.edu
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: James King
Favorite Female Artist: Lynn Morris
Favorite Group: Del McCoury Band
Favorite Duo: Patty Loveless and anybody
December 14, 1999
Name: Paul Shaffer
Residence: Cross Lanes, WV
Email: acidrain34@aol.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Johnny Cash
Favorite Female Artist: Dolly Parton
December 13, 1999
Name: BECKY DAVIS
Residence: GLEN ST. MARY, FL
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Just Surfed On In
Favorite Male Artist: RICKY SCAGGS
Favorite Female Artist: LORETTA LYNN
Favorite Group: PATSY CLINE
Favorite Duo: GEORGE AND TAMMY
Comments: I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT BILL'S MEMORY WILL GO ON FOR ALL TO ENJOY. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR WEB SITE. I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED IT.
December 13, 1999
Name: Sue Galloway
Residence: Coyle, OK
Email: c.s.galloway@worldnet.att.net
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Link From Webpage
Favorite Male Artist: George Strait
Favorite Female Artist: Reba
Favorite Group: Oak Rige Boys
Favorite Duo: Brooks and Dunn
Comments: I enjoy counrty and bluegrass music. And I like a lot of country singers.
December 12, 1999
Name: Russs Martin
Residence: Ohio; now Arizona
Email: Russ 1320@aol.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Just Surfed On In
Favorite Male Artist: Bill Monroe, Carter Stanley
Favorite Group: Del McCory
December 11, 1999
Name: Carolyn Bradshaw
Residence: Belle, MO
Email: carolyn@socket.net
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
December 8, 1999
Name: Linda Riffle
Residence: West Virginia
Email: Sharpweston@aol.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Bill Monroe
Favorite Female Artist: Lorrie Morgan
Favorite Group: Blackhawk
Favorite Duo: Sweethearts of the Rodeo
Comments: The information on Bill Monroe is excellent and I have really enjoyed it.
December 8, 1999
Name: Ted McNamer
Residence: Perkins, OK
Email: ted@provalue.net
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Bill Monroe
Favorite Female Artist: Kitty Wells
Favorite Group: Bob Luis Family
Favorite Duo: Jim & Jesse
Comments: I actually found this through a friend, Anita Jones, who lives at Coyle, Oklahoma. Her e-mail is A3481taz@aol.com
December 5, 1999
Name: Malavasi Ivano
Residence: Italy
Email: countryrush@geocities.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Alan Jackson
Favorite Female Artist: Faith Hill
Favorite Group: Asleep at the Wheel
November 26, 1999
Name: Debbie & Bill
Residence: Renton, WA
Email: debbie@dcsseattle.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Just Surfed On In
Favorite Male Artist: BIll Monroe
Favorite Female Artist: Alison Krauss
Favorite Group: Del McCoury Band
Favorite Duo: Reno & Smiley
November 23, 1999
Name: John Sabol
Residence: Austintown, OH
Email: BENONE20@AOL.COM
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Just Surfed On In
November 22, 1999
Name: JOHN MORIE
Residence: GRAND BAY, AL
Email: JOHNMORIE@AOL
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Just Surfed On In
Favorite Male Artist: GENE AUTRY
Favorite Female Artist: SKEETER DAVIS
Favorite Group: LESTER FLATT & EARL SCRUGGS
Comments: I ENJOYED THE PAGE ON BILL MONROE. I LIKE HIS SINGING VERY MUCH.
November 20, 1999
Email: jnglslg@aol.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
November 18, 1999
Name: Terry Kline
Residence: Bowling Green, OH
Email: ssdtak@gateway.net
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Rodney Crowell
Favorite Female Artist: Emmylou Harris
Favorite Duo: Emmylou/Gram Parsons
Comments: I have a cd to sell, The Music Of Bill Monroe Sampler...(MCA3P-3126, 1994)...a Promo Only CD with songs from the box set "The Music Of Bill Monroe". [It is]in excellent condition.
November 14, 1999
Name: Ken Gentry
Residence: St.Louis, MO
Email: gbruno4448@aol.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Link From Webpage
Favorite Male Artist: Doc Watson
Favorite Female Artist: Alison Krauss
Favorite Group: David Grisman Quintet
Favorite Duo: Doc Watson/David Grisman
November 11, 1999
Name: Jason Lowe
Residence: Georgia
Email: jlowe@alltel.net
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Just Surfed On In
Favorite Male Artist: Reno & Smiley
Favorite Female Artist: Sonia & Becky Isaacs
Favorite Group: Reno & Smiley
Favorite Duo: Reno & Smiley
November 11, 1999
Name: NORA SONNIER
Residence: LOUISIANA
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: BILL MONROE
Favorite Female Artist: EMMYLOU HARRIS
Favorite Group: ALABAMA
Favorite Duo: ALL OF THEM
Comments: I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED BLUEGRASS MUSIC & COUNTRY. MY HUSBAND PLAYED IN A COUNTRY-WESTERN BAND IN AUSTIN, TX BEFORE I MET HIM. HE PLAYS LEAD GUITAR, QUITE WELL I MIGHT ADD. WE ALSO LOVE GOSPEL. OUR FAVORITE IS THE SINGING RAMBO'S.
November 10, 1999
Name: Lisa
Residence: Minnesota
Email: kjudeb@ix.netcom.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Comments: I just read about Bill Monroe in Southern Living and wanted to check out his music. Thank you for the website. It's great.
November 9, 1999
Name: Christopher Villani
Residence: Montclair, NJ
Email: pierogie2@aol.com
How do you rate my website?: Good
Found my website how?: Link From Webpage
Favorite Male Artist: Mike Maker
Favorite Female Artist: Bianca Miller
Favorite Group: The Minutemen
Comments: I just started taking an interest in Bluegrass. I guess I sort of got interested after listening to the Schramms. They're a band from here in Jersey who occasionally have a little bit of a bluegrass feel. I just bought the Rhino compilation entitled Appalachian Stomp and, if I may, some of these tunes truly kick ass. I think this little nook of a genre has a new fan. Cool site.
November 7, 1999
Name: LAURA
Residence: FARGO, ND & TAOS, NM
Email: LORAVIG@HOTMAIL.COM
How do you rate my website?: Good
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: LEONARD COHEN
Favorite Female Artist: LUCINDA WILLIAMS & EMMYLOU HARRIS
Favorite Group: GRAM PARSONS & THE FALLEN ANGELS
Favorite Duo: EMMYLOU & GRAM
Comments: LOOKING FOR LYRICS & INFO ON COUNTRY BABTIZING DOWN AT THE CREEK.
November 7, 1999
Name: Elmer Daugherty
Residence: Beaver Dam, KY
Email: elmer@apex.net
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Ronnie Bowman
Favorite Female Artist: Dolly Parton
Favorite Group: Lonesome River Band
Comments: I live about 5 miles from Rosine, KY. Visit Rosine.com we try to keep it reasonably updated. You have a very nice web page.
November 6, 1999
Name: Jerry
Residence: Hartsville
Email: aaware@mindspring.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Comments: I have a 1972 "the Gibson" F5 signed twice by the late and great Bill Monroe. [It is] rich in history with photograps, footage and cds to authenticate this special treasure. Finished when new to be an exact duplicate of Mr. Monroe's by the same man that worked the king's F5...nearly 30 years of verifiable bluegrass history...interested in owning this treasure? E-mail for pix...incredible mandolin available for the right person.
November 3, 1999
Name: Terry Brister
Residence: Quitman, LA
Email: terryb@pineynet.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Just Surfed On In
November 1, 1999
Name: KEN WHITE
Residence: HARMAN, WV
Email: KWHITE@MEER.NET
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: MERLE HAGGARD
Favorite Female Artist: LYNN MORRIS
Favorite Group: NASHVILLE BLUEGRASS BAND
Comments: BILL, YOU WERE THE GREATEST. I MISS YOU VERY MUCH.
November 1, 1999
Name: Lora Ireton
Residence: New Cambria, KS
Email: loraleei@hotmail.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Robert Plant
Favorite Female Artist: Ann Wilson
Favorite Group: Led Zeppelin
Favorite Duo: Willie Nelson & Johnny Cash
Comments: I'm writing to you because of a program I came across. The program is "Bill Monroe's Grand Ole Opry Tour". I am assuming it is from around the 30's or 40's. It has lots of signatures on the back including Bill Monroe, Minnie Pearl, etc. This is legitimate because I found them while looking through the old stuff my husband's grandpa left in the house that we live in now. I am sure that it has not even been considered important until now. Could you give me some idea of how much this item might be worth?
October 26, 1999
Name: Lee Brown
Residence: Kentucky
Email: leeb65@aol.com
How do you rate my website?: Good
Found my website how?: Link From Webpage
Comments: I was looking for info r/t his cancer and his Hospice Care.
October 26, 1999
Name: Lourenz
Residence: Netherlands
Email: lourenz@stads.net
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Vince Gill, Hank Williams Sr.
Favorite Female Artist: Allison Kraus
Favorite Group: Bob Wills, Asleep at the Wheel
October 24, 1999
Name: Robert Tornfelt
Residence: Anchorage, Alaska
Email: chalice@alaska.net
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Comments: I would like to find a recording of Wheel Hoss, and printed music if it is available...I teach Orchestra in the Anchorage Public School District.
October 23, 1999
Name: Clyde Ball
Residence: California...born Strunk, KY
Email: cb.cball@mciworld.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Just Surfed On In
Comments: I am and avid fan of all the old timers.
October 20, 1999
Name: Doug Hutchens
Residence: Spencer, VA
Email: DMHutchens@aol.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Comments: This is an excellent tribute. Bill would have been proud to read it. I worked with him in the early 70' and remained a friend to the end. Thanks for your words.
October 20, 1999
Name: Paul Angelos
Residence: Las Vegas, NV
Email: pna924@aol.ccom
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Comments: I enjoy all kinds of music. Middle-Eastern, African, Pop, Classical, Folk, Bluegrass, All Country and come to think of it, I like it all. (Except Rap) Brrrrr!
October 10, 1999
Name: Craig norton
Residence: Seattle
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Hank Williams
Favorite Female Artist: Lori Morgan
Favorite Group: USA Navy Bluegrass Band
Favorite Duo: Stanley Brothers
Comments: Hello,
Back in the early sixties Bill sat in my kitchen playing music with my dad. His name is Al Norton. I don't remember much about it. I was only 2yr. old at the time. My uncle Curly took pictures and that is why I am sending this. My dad lives in Kellogg, Iowa now. There is not a day goes by that we aren't either listening to him or playing his
music. We all play also. Well take care and prayers for Bill.
October 9, 1999
Name: Amelia Adams
How do you rate my website?: Good
Found my website how?: Link From Webpage
Comments: I like the music you have put online.
October 6, 1999
Name: Rob Kamphues
Residence: The Netherlands
Email: famkamphues@hetnet.nl
How do you rate my website?: Good
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Bill Monroe/Lester Flatt
Favorite Group: Country Gazette
Favorite Duo: Flatt and Scruggs
Comments: I'm a bluegrass banjo player and interested in all kind of bluegrass information.
October 5, 1999
Name: Jennifer Savage
Residence: North Carolina
Email: kaya003@hotmail.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Comments: I recently got really into bluegrass. I have numerous friends that are excellent players of fiddle, mandolin, guitar, banjo, well the list goes on. I have the Bill Monroe Bean Blossom cd and I love it. I would like to get sheet music for my friends and myself aswell. I am learning the guitar. You have a wonderful site...
October 4, 1999
Name: Gene Kline
Residence: Pennsylvania
Email: klinewb@sunlink.net
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Bill monroe
September 30, 1999
Name: Katarina
Residence: Sweden
Email: anondaga@hotmail.com
How do you rate my website?: Good
Found my website how?: Just Surfed On In
Favorite Male Artist: Randal Graham
Favorite Group: Downhill
September 28, 1999
Name: Mike Roberts
Residence: Charlotte, NC
Email: Mikerob211@aol.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Ricky Skaggs
Favorite Female Artist: Trisha Yearwood
Favorite Group: Dixie Chicks
Comments: I really appreciate your listing the lyrics to some of Mr. Monroes songs. It is kind of hard to find them sometimes.
September 26, 1999
Name: William H. Wyatt
Residence: Bristol, TN
Email: wwyatt 1228@aol
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Link From Webpage
Favorite Male Artist: Glen Campbell
Favorite Female Artist: no choice
Favorite Group: Flatt & Scruggs
September 26, 1999
Name: Carol
Residence: Cookeville, TN
Email: mooneycarol@hotmail.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Just Surfed On In
Favorite Male Artist: Bill Monroe
Favorite Female Artist: Emmylou Harris
Favorite Group: Old & In The Way
Favorite Duo: Flatt & Scruggs
Comments: I appreciate the help you give to keep bluegrass alive.
September 25, 1999
Name: Rickey Byrd
Residence: Coloma, MI
Email: rbyrd@qtm.net
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Link From Webpage
Favorite Male Artist: Bill Monroe
Favorite Female Artist: Tammy Wynette
Favorite Group: Rolling Stones
Favorite Duo: George and Tammy
Comments: Cool. Nice job on your site. Thanks for putting my picture in. I will show my dad this week.
September 21, 1999
Name: TOMMY PRATER
Residence: MATEWAN, WV
Email: tpratersr@wizardsinc.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Just Surfed On In
Favorite Male Artist: ALAN JACKSON
Favorite Female Artist: DOLLY PARTON
Favorite Group: BLUEGRASS BOYS
Favorite Duo: GEORGE JONES AND TAMMY WYNETTE
Comments: I PLAY A LOT OF BILL'S MUSIC. I PROBABLY PLAYED HIS LAST SHOW WITH HIM AT THE LONG HOLLOW JAMBOREE JUST NORTH OF NASHVILLE, ON DECEMBER 26 , 1995. I WAS THE BANJO PLAYER THAT NIGHT. HE SHORTLY TOOK SICK WITH THE FLU, AND WHILE IN THE HOSPITAL, [HAD] STROKE AND NEVER GOT OVER IT.
September 21, 1999
Name: Trish
Residence: Charlotte, NC
Email: tricha5000@aol.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Elvis!
Favorite Female Artist: Emmylou Harris
Favorite Group: Blue Highway
Favorite Duo: Waylong Jennings & Willie Nelson
Comments: Thanks for your informative site!
September 9, 1999
Name: Mike
Residence: New Mexico
Email: plainsman@usa.net
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Bill Monroe
Favorite Female Artist: Grace Slick
Comments: Really good info on Bill Monroe. What a man he was and he is sorely missed.
August 24, 1999
Name: Jeffrey B. Bond
Residence: Lebanon, MO
Email: jbond@sprg.smhs.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Ricky Skaggs
Favorite Female Artist: Allison Krauss
Favorite Group: New Traditions
Comments: I very much enjoyed this info on Bill Monroe. I was was actually surfing the web for lyrics and tabs for bluegrass music.
August 17, 1999
Name: Lois & Harry Beyea
Residence: Hampton, New Brunswick, Canada
Email: hlbeyea@nb.sympatico.ca
How do you rate my website?: Good
Found my website how?: Just Surfed On In
Favorite Male Artist: Ricky Skaggs & Vince Gill
Favorite Female Artist: Emmylou Harris & Rhonda Vincent
Favorite Group: Statler Brothers & Oak Ridge Boys
Favorite Duo: Vince Gill with Patti Loveless
Comments: I wish there had been music to go with the words of the songs. He did a lot more bluegrass songs so maybe you could add more of his songs to the site.
August 10, 1999
Name: Sue & Buck Helton
Residence: Texas
Email: skhelton1@juno.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Marty Robbins
Favorite Female Artist: Loretta Lynn
Favorite Group: Riders in the Sky
Favorite Duo: Vince Gill & Reba McEntire
Comments: Without a doubt this has got to be the best website that I have come across for country, bluegrass, and western music.
August 9, 1999
Name: Charles Kinser
Residence: West Virginia
Email: edkinser48@hotmail.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Just Surfed On In
Favorite Male Artist: Del McCoury
Favorite Female Artist: Lynn Morris
Favorite Group: Lonesome River Band
Comments: I love blusgrass music. Keep up the good work.
August 5, 1999
Name: Vernon Crewse
Residence: South Whitley, IN
Email: vcrewse@ctlnet.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Bill Monroe
Favorite Female Artist: Patsy Cline
Favorite Group: Lester Flatt / Earl Scruggs
Favorite Duo: Bob & Sonny Osborn
August 3, 1999
Name: J. C. Bell
Residence: Oxford, PA
Email: JoeCBell@Juno.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: No specific favorite
Favorite Female Artist: Rani Harbo of Salamander Crossing
Favorite Group: Salamander Crossing and the Grateful Dead
Favorite Duo: Reno and Smiley
Comments: I really enjoyed your web site. I play Bluegrass music in Lancaster, PA and
Newark, Delaware. My grandfather has been playing for about 40 years so I guess you could say I dig the music. Brief explanation of some of my info above. My two favorite music genres are Bluegrass and Classic rock. That is why I like the Grateful Dead. I play Mandolin and Guitar. My mandolin was owned by Don Reno. I share the same kind of musical influence that Bill Monroe had when he was a kid. Like his Uncle Pen, my grandfather got me into playing guitar. Then I started with mandolin. Your site kicked butt!
July 27, 1999
Name: DORA MEADOR
Residence: FRANKLIN, IN
Email: MEADOR1958@WEBTV.NET
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Link From Webpage
Favorite Male Artist: BILL MONROE
Favorite Female Artist: PATSY CLINE
Favorite Group: STATLER BROTHERS
Favorite Duo: PATSY CLINE / JIM REEVES
Comments: MR. MONROE IS TRULY AN AWESOME SINGER. I LOVE ALL HIS SONGS.
July 26, 1999
Name: Cary Crnic
Residence: Houston, TX
Email: ccrnic@alignsc.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: George Strait
Favorite Female Artist: June Carter
Favorite Group: Brooks & Dunn
Favorite Duo: The Judds
Comments: Great biography. Looks like you spent a lot of time researching. Just want you to know Monroe is a hero among Committeemen with the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo. Each year at our trailride we listen for hours and talk of his greatness. Keep up the good work.
July 8, 1999
Name: M & N Leonard
Residence: Colorado/California
Email: NLeo451356@aol.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Comments: I've been all over your web pages tonight. Will probably return many times.
June 26, 1999
Name: Rochelle Lagree
Residence: Rochester, NY
Email: lag96@rochester.infi.net
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Alan Jackson/Vince Gill
Favorite Female Artist: Dolly Parton/Emmylou Harris
Favorite Group: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
June 20, 1999
Name: Jim Campbell
Residence: Paw Paw, WV
Email: dsoupline@raven-villages.net
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Ralph Stanley
Favorite Female Artist: Allison Kraus
Favorite Group: The Seldom Scene
Favorite Duo: Ralph & Carter Stanley
June 9, 1999
Name: Joel S. Parshall
Residence: Pittsburgh, PA -- soon to move to Houston, TX
Email: joelpars@webtv.net
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Carter Stanley
Favorite Group: The Stanley Brothers
Comments: Bill Monroe was a man who knew and loved his roots and refused to let the grim realities of leaving home separate him from his heart's memory. He was determined, stubborn, tenacious, tireless and a canny entrepreneur. But for being the latter, he still refused to sell out, and thank God for that! What a legacy he gave us. The Bluegrass that has been in my heart since I was 12 back in 1962 -- and I'm a suburbanite and no true "country boy" -- originally came from the great Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs and in years was enriched by the haunting brilliance of Carter and Ralph Stanley. Needless to say, Bill Monroe made his own wonderful imprint. But it's just about certain that those other greats -- and their abundant kindred spirits -- would not have done their work nearly so purposefully, so well or perhaps even at all, had it not been for one man with the strength of character to make the difference against the steepest odds -- Bill Monroe.
May 31, 1999
Name: Richard Speer
Residence: Kernersville, NC
Email: r.w.speer@worldnet.att.net
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Link From Webpage
Favorite Male Artist: Doc Watson
Favorite Group: The Dillards
May 30, 1999
Name: Drew McDonald
Residence: South Carolina
Email: hvymac@aol.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Female Artist: Allison Krauss
Favorite Group: Hot Rize
May 30, 1999
Name: Serge Reygaerts
Residence: Belgium
Email: perchpike@excite.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Link From Webpage
Favorite Male Artist: Hank Williams
Favorite Female Artist: Patsy Cline
Favorite Group: Country-Bluegrass
Favorite Duo: my guitar and my guitarbanjo
Comments: I was checking out "Bluegrassroots links" when I stumbled upon this site. As many others I was looking for lyrics and/or music that were somewhat bluegrasslike. And yep, I was infected as well by the "bluegrassvirus"!
May 29, 1999
Name: Frank
Residence: Liverpool, UK
Email: mando@line11.freeserve.co.uk
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Merle Haggard
Favorite Female Artist: none
Favorite Group: Dillards
Favorite Duo: Homer & Jethro
Comments: I love bluegrass music and I am always appreciative of anyone who promotes it.
May 11, 1999
Name: Joyce
Residence: Canada
Email: joyce@postal.ca
How do you rate my website?: Good
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: George Jones
Favorite Female Artist: Patty Loveless
Favorite Group: Statler Bros.
Favorite Duo: Brooks & Dunn
May 8, 1999
Name: Hector C. Chrest
Residence: North Carolina
Email: hrchrest@lexcominc.net
How do you rate my website?: Good
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Tony Rice
Favorite Female Artist: Rhonda Vincent
Favorite Group: Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Comments: I am a music reviewer. Love your site!
May 7, 1999
Name: Mirek Prokop
Residence: Prague, Czech Republic
Email: sunny.side@atlas.cz
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Link From Webpage
Favorite Male Artist: Emmylou Harris
Favorite Female Artist: Bobby Osborne
Favorite Group: more of top US bands
Favorite Duo: Mark Schatz & Edgar Mayer
Comments: I'm an acoustic bass player from the Czech traditional bluegrass band Sunny Side.
May 7, 1999
Name: Jamie Piercey
Residence: Newfoundland, Canada
Email: jamie77@hotmail.com
How do you rate my website?: Good
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Paul McCartney
Favorite Female Artist: Don't really have one.
Favorite Group: The Beatles
Favorite Duo: Simon & Garfunkel
Comments: I came here looking for the "Blue Moon of Kentucky" lyrics. I downloaded the .midi file, but you had the wrong one. You have the Elvis version, which is in 4/4 time. The Bill Monroe is in 3/4 time. It's like a waltz. If you count 1-2-3 over and over you'll get the beat. You should see if you can get the Bill version 'cause it's a lot better than the Elvis one.
May 5, 1999
Name: James Parker
Residence: Pompano Beach, FL
Email: L5gato@aol.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Al Green
Favorite Female Artist: Salena Jones
Favorite Group: Beatles
Favorite Duo: Peaches & Herb
Comments: I was backstage at the opry one night, with Jimmy Snow and his Gospel Show, and found my way down to Bill Monroe's dressing room. He didn't know me and I had never seen him before. He looked at me and then picked up his mandolin and played Blue Moon of Kentucky all by himself. It was a strong delivery and worthy of praise. Only two people heard it. He was, and remains, a talent of lasting treasure.
May 3, 1999
Name: Shannon
Residence: Athens, Ohio
Email: bluegrass_girl_1@yahoo.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Just Surfed On In
Favorite Male Artist: Ricky Skaggs
Favorite Female Artist: Rhonda Vincent
Favorite Group: Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
Favorite Duo: Flatt and Scruggs
Comments: This was a really awesome, very extensive page. I could tell it took a lot of work and time. I am a really big bluegrass fan, in fact I just got back from MerleFest yesterday. There were some really good shows and a lot to see down there so I suggest going if you have never been there.
April 12, 1999
Name: Amanda Davis
Residence: Waco, TX
Email: sdavis@brazosport.cc.tx.us
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Just Surfed On In
Favorite Male Artist: Stevie Ray Vaughn
Favorite Female Artist: Allison Krauss
Comments: I really enjoyed your site. Monroe's music takes me back to when my
grandfather was alive and listening to bluegrass. It stirs up so many memories and puts a feeling in your bones like nothing else.
April 9, 1999
Name: TOMMY BLACKBURN
Residence: ROGERSVILLE, AL
Email: GTB15@HOTMAIL.COM
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: TOO MANY TO LIST
Favorite Female Artist: DOLLY PARTON
Favorite Group: SHENANDOAH
Favorite Duo: GEORGE AND TAMMY
Comments: I GOT TO MEET BILL IN 1981 AT THE JOHNNY LEE PICNIC IN GUNTERSVILLE, AL. WE TALKED FOR SOME TIME. THE TEMP WAS VERY HOT AND HE DID THE WHOLE SHOW IN HIS THREE PIECE SUIT. HE THEN WENT TO THE AUTOGRAPH TABLE AND SIGNED FOR ALMOST AN HOUR. TO SAY HE WAS A TROOPER IS DEFININTLY AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
March 22, 1999
Name: Dick Tinsley
Residence: Mississippi
Email: AJRIDER@BELLSOUTH.NET
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Link From Webpage
Favorite Male Artist: Slim Whitman
Favorite Female Artist: Loretta Lynn
Favorite Group: Carter Family
Favorite Duo: Bill & Earl Bolick-The Blue Sky Boys
Comments: Great web page!
March 20, 1999
Name: Bo Gustafsson
Residence: Eskilstuna, Sweden
Email: bo.gustafsson@mbox204.swipnet.se
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: WSM and Carter Stanley
Favorite Female Artist: Hazel And Alice
Favorite Group: Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Favorite Duo: Reno & Smiley
Comments: You have done a beautiful work with this web site! I am very honnored that you chosed this picture of the great grave site of Bill Monroe. Say "Hello" to my very good friends Bill and Sue Oakley who took us to Rosine KY in the summer of 1997. An important moment for me.
March 16, 1999
Name: Norm Stark
Residence: Priest River, Idaho
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Dudley Connel
Favorite Female Artist: Lauri Lewis
Favorite Group: Johnson Mountian Boys
Favorite Duo: Norman & Nancy
March 15, 1999
Name: Ludek Pycha
Residence: Czech Republik
Email: ludek.pycha@seznam.cz
How do you rate my website?: Good
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Rober Krestan (CZ)
Favorite Group: Druhá tráva (Second Grass (CZ))
March 12, 1999
Name: Cindy
Email: cleell@aol.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Comments: I am looking for the words to the song "Boat of Love".
March 11, 1999
Name: Sue Davies
Residence: Swansea, South Wales, UK
Email: suedavies@breathemail.net
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Jim Reeves
Favorite Female Artist: Annie Lennox
Favorite Group: The Beatles
Favorite Duo: Mikki & Griff
Comments: We have sung 'Kentucky Waltz', as a family, for many years. From my father, who is 71, to my son, who is 20, all of us know and love this song. Traditionally, it was sung, by the men of the house, each New Year's eve while waiting for the bells at midnight. I was watching a film called 'Fire Down Below', starring Steven Segal recently, and it featured this song. I looked for the credits, and found the name of the writer. Then, just in case, I checked out the Internet for details. I have printed all the information from this website, but would like to obtain a recording if possible. can you advise me of any source? I'd be very, very grateful. It would be a marvellous surprise for my Dad!
March 8, 1999
Name: Brett Retherford
Residence: Kansas
Email: autry1@southqind.net
How do you rate my website?: Needs some work
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Comments: I think you should have some music by each artist you feature.
March 5, 1999
Name: Drew Black
Residence: Bonne Terre, MO
Email: drew_black@hotmail.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Just Surfed On In
Favorite Male Artist: Ricky Skaggs
Favorite Female Artist: don't have one
Favorite Group: don't have one
Favorite Duo: don't have one
Comments: I come from a small town and lived on a farm. I came from a family that got together every saturday night to play music together so I feel the importance of Bluegrass. I also have an uncle in the family that wrote many songs for Bill Monroe and was good friends with him. And yes I enjoyed your website.
Feb. 21, 1999
Name: Johnny Vance
Residence: Elkhart, IN
Email: jdjv@webtv.net
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Ricky Skaggs
Favorite Female Artist: Tammy Wynette
Favorite Group: Everly Brothers
Favorite Duo: Ricky Skaggs & Bill Monroe
Comments: Bill Monroe's music has touched my heart since 1965. I can still remember standing outside the house with my father in the middle of December looking at the Christmas lights that my mother had put in the window of our trailer with the front door open and the music of Bill Monroe's "Chritmas Times Coming" playing on the old phonograph that my folks used to have. From that day on, the memory of that night still echoes in my mind.I can still here Bill's mandolin and his voice in my head. God Bless Ricky Skaggs for keeping bluegrass alive.
Feb. 17, 1999
Name: Debra Rakes
Residence: Ranger, WV
Email: debrarakes34@webtv.net
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Bill Monroe
Favorite Female Artist: Loretta Lynn
Favorite Group: Alabama
Favorite Duo: Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty
Feb. 18, 1999
Name: Kimmo Mäki
Residence: Finland
Email: maki@productionhouse.fi
How do you rate my website?: Good
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Bill Monroe
Favorite Female Artist: ?
Comments: I hope to come some day to that great festival, Bean Blossom. I am a bluegrass guitar player and vocalist with a Finish group called Warmer Bros.
Feb. 19, 1999
Name: Jon Pass
Residence: Orinne, OK
Email: jon465@webtv.net
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Bill Monroe
Favorite Female Artist: Hazel Dickens
Favorite Group: Isaacs
Favorite Duo: Joe Isaacs & Ralph Stanley
Comments: I also rate the Stanley Bros, J.D.Crowe, Don Stover, Claire Lynch, Del McCoury, Jimmy Martin, the Osbornes and Phyllis Boyens very high. Thanks for the info on a man that has had so much influence on my life.
Feb. 16, 1999
Name: Eddie Roymans
Residence: Belgium
Email: eduard.roymans@skynet.be
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Just Surfed On In
Favorite Male Artist: Hank Williams
Favorite Female Artist: Patsy Clyne
Favorite Group: Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys
Favorite Duo: The Collins Kids
Feb. 6, 1999
Name: Steven Alyea
Residence: Salem, Oregon
Email: SALYEA48@MSN.COM
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Hank Williams
Favorite Female Artist: Patsy Cline
Favorite Group: Sons Or The Pioneers
Favorite Duo: Lorretta Lynn & Patsy Cline
Comments: I am liking you're midi files just fine...
Jan. 29, 1999
Name: George Scrivner
Residence: Fort Worth, TX
Email: lynmb@flash.net
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Bill Monroe
Comments: If there are any Bluegrass muscians in the Fort Worth, Texas area please contact me at lynmb@flash.net. I played with Mr. Monroe in Harrison, Arkansas at Dogpatch USA and he has always been my role model.
Jan. 21, 1999
Name: Ned Henry
Residence: Nashville, TN
Email: Ned.henry@nashville.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Jan. 18, 1999
Name: Kjerstia
Residence: New York
Email: kjarch2@juno.com
How do you rate my website?: Excellent
Found my website how?: Search Engine
Favorite Male Artist: Bill Gaither
Favorite Female Artist: Reba McEntire
Favorite Group: Statler Brothers
Comments: My Dad, Earl Allen, is 73 and enjoys the older, to me, singers and really enjoys Bill Monroe.