Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music

Overview

Examine the history of bluegrass music, from its origins to its eventual worldwide popularity, and hear from dozens of musicians who explain the ways bluegrass music transcends generational, cultural and geographic boundaries.

Release date

Aug 30, 2019

Rating

0 / 10

Runtime

1 hours 56 minutes

Genres

Music
Documentary

Cast

Bill Monroe
As Self (archive footage)
Earl Scruggs
As Self (archive footage)
Lester Flatt
As Self (archive footage)
Alison Krauss
As Self - Musician
Del McCoury
As Self - Musician
Peter Rowan
As Self - Musician
Rhonda Vincent
As Self - Musician
Jerry Douglas
As Self - Musician
Bobby Osborne
As Self - Musician
Sam Bush
As Self - Musician
Sierra Hull
As Self - Musician
Ricky Skaggs
As Self - Musician
Laurie Lewis
No picture available
As Self - Musician
Jim Lauderdale
No picture available
As Self - Grammy Award Winner
Graham Sharp
As Self - Grammy Award Winner
Béla Fleck
As Self - Musician
Abigail Washburn
No picture available
As Self - Grammy Award Winner
Chris Thile
As Self - Grammy Award Winner
Bob Dylan
As Self (archive footage)
Dale Ann Bradley
No picture available
As Self - Musician
Alison Brown
As Self - Musician
Chris Wadsworth
No picture available
As Self - Freshgrass Foundation
Neil V. Rosenberg
No picture available
As Self - Bluegrass Music Historian
Rex Ellis
No picture available
As Self - Smithsonian Institution
Marian Leighton Levy
No picture available
As Self - Co-founder, Rounder Records
Blake Williams
No picture available
As Self - Radio Broadcaster, WSMT
Joe Mullins
As Self - Radio Broadcaster
Kelsi Robertson Harrigill
No picture available
As Self - Musician
Ned Luberecki
No picture available
As Self - Radio Broadcaster / Musician
Jon Weisberger
No picture available
As Self - Musician
Darol Anger
No picture available
As Self - Musician / Berklee College of Music
Noam Pikelny
No picture available
As Self - Grammy Award Winner
Eugene O'Brien
No picture available
As Self - European Bluegrass Music Association
Chris Eldridge
No picture available
As Self - Grammy Award Winner
Larry Stephenson
No picture available
As Self - Singer/Songwriter
Raymond McLain
No picture available
As Self - Kentucky Center for Traditional Music
Ralph Stanley
As Self (archive footage)
Sonny Osborne
No picture available
As Self (archive footage)
Terry Eldredge
No picture available
As Self - Musician
Don Reno
No picture available
As Self (archive footage)
Red Smiley
No picture available
As Self (archive footage)
John Hartford
As Self (archive footage)
Tom Smothers
As Self (archive footage)
Dick Smothers
As Self (archive footage)
Glen Campbell
As Self (archive footage)
Steve Martin
As Self (archive footage)
Jerry Garcia
As Self (archive footage)
Tony Rice
As Self (archive footage)
John Cowan
As Self - Musician
J.D. Crowe
As Self (archive footage)
Dan Tyminski
No picture available
As Self - Grammy Award Winner
Kaia Kater
No picture available
As Self - Musician
Molly Tuttle
As Self - Musician
Missy Raines
No picture available
As Self - Musician

Crew

Teresa Day
No picture available
Role: Writer
Nick Helton
No picture available
Role: Director
Matt Grimm
No picture available
Role: Director
Matt Grimm
No picture available
Role: Producer
Nick Helton
No picture available
Role: Producer
Matt Grimm
No picture available
Role: Editor
Brent Abshear
No picture available
Role: Sound Mixer
Justin Allen
No picture available
Role: Drone Pilot
Shae Hopkins
No picture available
Role: Executive Producer
Linda Randulfe Marquez
No picture available
Role: Executive Producer
Nancy Southgate
No picture available
Role: Executive Producer

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