Club Passim's archived history

Bill Monroe, father of bluegrass music and leader of Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys, is shown in this publicity still. Monroe, who was part of an extended national family of the club along with Doc Watson, Bukka White, Taj Mahal, and Mose Allison, recruited three Blue Grass Boys from Club 47: Bill Keith, banjo; Peter Rowan, guitar; and Richard Greene, fiddle.
(Publicity photo by David Gahr; Courtesy The Passim Archives. )
Bill Monroe, father of bluegrass music and leader of Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys, is shown in this publicity still. Monroe, who was part of an extended national family of the club along with Doc Watson, Bukka White, Taj Mahal, and Mose Allison, recruited three Blue Grass Boys from Club 47: Bill Keith, banjo; Peter Rowan, guitar; and Richard Greene, fiddle.