query: what is the capital of kentucky known for its bluegrass?

title: Music of Kentucky

text: home to the West Point Country Opry, while the city of Owensboro is a major bluegrass center, and is home to the International Bluegrass Music Association. In the capital city, Frankfort, there is the Kentucky Coffeetree Cafe. The cafe is a very intimate venue that features some of the top national and regional Bluegrass, American and Folk artists. The Rosemary Clooney House in Augusta pays homage to the life and career of this favorite daughter of Maysville. Singers gather annually at Benton on the fourth Sunday in May to sing from a shape note hymn and tune book called The

title: Fort Hill (Frankfort, Kentucky)

text: Fort Hill (Frankfort, Kentucky) Fort Hill is a hill overlooking downtown Frankfort, Kentucky, where military fortifications were built by the 103rd Ohio Infantry during the American Civil War to protect the city and its pro-Union state government. In September 1862 the Confederate States of America took control of Frankfort, becoming the only Union capital to be conquered during the Civil War. Although the Commonwealth of Kentucky did not secede from the Union, an attempt was made to set up a Confederate government at Bowling Green in western Kentucky. A Bluegrass Kentuckian, George W. Johnson of Scott County, was elected first

title: Capital City Airport (Kentucky)

text: Capital City Airport (Kentucky) Capital City Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Frankfort, a city in Franklin County, Kentucky, United States. This airport is owned by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. It is used entirely for general aviation and military aviation. Capital City Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 806 feet (246 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 7/25 which measures 5,900 by 100 feet (1,798 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending March 8, 2007, the airport

title: Capital City Airport (Kentucky)

text: had 34,200 aircraft operations, an average of 93 per day: 88% general aviation, 9% air taxi and 3% military. At that time there were 71 aircraft based at this airport: 75% single-engine, 14% multi-engine and 11% helicopter. Capital City Airport (Kentucky) Capital City Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Frankfort, a city in Franklin County, Kentucky, United States. This airport is owned by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. It is used entirely for general aviation and military aviation. Capital City Airport covers an area of at an elevation

title: Kentucky River

text: Kentucky River The Kentucky River is a tributary of the Ohio River, long, in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. The river and its tributaries drain much of the central region of the state, with its upper course passing through the coal-mining regions of the Cumberland Mountains, and its lower course passing through the Bluegrass region in the north central part of the state. Its watershed encompasses about . It supplies drinking water to about one-sixth of the population of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The river is no longer navigable above Lock 4 at Frankfort. Concrete bulkheads have been poured behind

title: Festival of the Bluegrass

text: Festival of the Bluegrass The Festival of the Bluegrass, located in Lexington, Kentucky, is the oldest bluegrass music festival in the bluegrass region of Kentucky. The festival takes place the first full weekend of June each year. The Festival of the Bluegrass helped shape the early bluegrass festival culture. The Cornett family of Georgetown, Kentucky, began the festival in 1974 with The Festival of the Bluegrass, which was named by Raymond McLain, Sr. The first festival stage was a farm wagon with a tarp for shelter. The fans also used a tarp as shelter from the terrible thunderstorms the first

title: Festival of the Bluegrass

text: music camp designed to teach bluegrass music to school-age children. In 2007 the festival received the International Bluegrass Music Association's Event of the Year award. In 2013, the weekend Festival of the Bluegrass will be following up a weeklong celebration in Lexington, "Best of Bluegrass". Festival of the Bluegrass The Festival of the Bluegrass, located in Lexington, Kentucky, is the oldest bluegrass music festival in the bluegrass region of Kentucky. The festival takes place the first full weekend of June each year. The Festival of the Bluegrass helped shape the early bluegrass festival culture. The Cornett family of Georgetown, Kentucky,

title: Bluegrass Parkway

text: Bluegrass Parkway The Martha Layne Collins Blue Grass Parkway is a controlled-access highway running from Elizabethtown, Kentucky to Woodford County, Kentucky, for a length of 71.134 miles (114.479 km). It intersects with Interstate 65 at its western terminus, and U.S. Route 60 at its eastern terminus. It is one of nine highways that are part of the Kentucky parkway system. The road is designated unsigned Kentucky Route 9002 (BG 9002). It is constructed similar to the Interstate Highway system, though sections do not measure up to current Interstate standards. The parkway was opened in November 1965 as the Kentucky Bluegrass

title: Bluegrass music

text: that are performed in the bluegrass style. The interplay between bluegrass and folk forms has been academically studied. Folklorist Dr. Neil Rosenberg, for example, shows that most devoted bluegrass fans and musicians are familiar with traditional folk songs and old-time music and that these songs are often played at shows, festivals and jams (Rosenberg, 1985). "Bluegrass" is a common name given in America for grass of the Poa genus, the most famous being Kentucky bluegrass. A large region in central Kentucky is sometimes called the Bluegrass region (although this region is west of the hills of Kentucky). Exactly when the

title: Bluegrass Cat

text: Bluegrass Cat Bluegrass Cat (foaled January 23, 2003) is an American thoroughbred race horse. Although he won several major stakes races, he is best known for finishing second in both the 2006 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. Bluegrass Cat was bred by WinStar Farm in Versailles, Kentucky and raced under their colors as a homebred. He is by leading American sire Storm Cat, while his dam She's a Winner belongs to "the best family on earth", descending from La Troienne through Numbered Account. He was trained by Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher. His jockey was John Velazquez except in the

title: Bluegrass music

text: known as buckdancing, flatfooting or clogging. As the bluegrass sound spread to urban areas, listening to it for its own sake increased, especially after the advent of audio recording. In 1948, what would come to be known as bluegrass emerged as a genre within the post-war country/western-music industry, a period of time characterized now as the golden era or wellspring of "traditional bluegrass." From its earliest days, bluegrass has been recorded and performed by professional and amateur musicians alike. Although amateur bluegrass musicians and trends such as "parking-lot picking" are too important to be ignored, it is touring musicians who

title: Kentucky

text: of its pastures due to the fertile soil. One of the major regions in Kentucky is the Bluegrass Region in central Kentucky, which houses two of its major cities, Louisville and Lexington. It is a land with diverse environments and abundant resources, including the world's longest cave system, Mammoth Cave National Park, the greatest length of navigable waterways and streams in the contiguous United States, and the two largest man-made lakes east of the Mississippi River. Kentucky is also known for horse racing, bourbon distilleries, moonshine, coal, the "My Old Kentucky Home" historic national park, automobile manufacturing, tobacco, bluegrass music,

title: Bluegrass Bowl

text: Bluegrass Bowl The Bluegrass Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played only once, on December 13, 1958, at Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. The Oklahoma State Cowboys defeated Florida State Seminoles, 15–6. Game organizers expected the Bluegrass Bowl to be an annual event in Louisville, starting with the 1958 contest. The first choices for the game were the Kentucky Wildcats and the Alabama Crimson Tide, which went 5–4–1 in its first season under Bear Bryant, who had previously coached at Kentucky for eight seasons. The Wildcats, who had received poor treatment from the Louisville crowd during a

title: Capital punishment in Kentucky

text: Capital punishment in Kentucky Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Kentucky. When the Commonwealth's Attorney seeks the death penalty, the sentence is decided by the jury and must be unanimous. Kentucky is the only state without provision on what happens if the penalty phase of the trial results in a hung jury. Thus, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that in cases that end with a hung jury, the judge must order a penalty retrial, applying the common law rule for mistrial. All sentences of death are automatically appealed to the Kentucky Supreme Court. Death sentences

title: Black-n-Bluegrass RollerGirls

text: Black-n-Bluegrass RollerGirls Black-n-Bluegrass RollerGirls (BBRG) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Northern Kentucky. Founded in 2006, Black-n-Bluegrass is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). The league was founded in May 2006, the first flat track league in northern Kentucky. It held its first season in 2008, and, by 2011, the league had more than forty skaters. By late 2011, the league had expanded its fanbase such that home games were held at the Bank of Kentucky Center. Black-n-Bluegrass was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in April 2010,

title: Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions

text: of certain performance testing ideas in public school assessment programs. BIPPS opposes the Common Core State Standards Initiative. The organization has blamed the Kentucky General Assembly for the state of Kentucky's public pensions, which are among the worst-funded in the country. Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions The Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions (BIPPS) is a libertarian think tank based in Bowling Green, Kentucky. BIPPS is a member of the State Policy Network. In 2005, BIPPS launched KentuckyVotes.org, a website which provides information about Kentucky General Assembly bills, amendments and roll-call votes. The website was launched after BIPPS successfully

text: Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions The Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions (BIPPS) is a libertarian think tank based in Bowling Green, Kentucky. BIPPS is a member of the State Policy Network. In 2005, BIPPS launched KentuckyVotes.org, a website which provides information about Kentucky General Assembly bills, amendments and roll-call votes. The website was launched after BIPPS successfully pushed the state's Legislative Research Commission to post legislative roll call votes online. BIPPS has argued that an increase in the federal minimum wage would disproportionately harm Kentucky as well as young, low-skilled workers. The organization has cautioned against the use

title: Bluegrass region

text: antebellum years, the Bluegrass region has been a center for breeding quality livestock, especially Thoroughbred race horses (see Equine industry in Kentucky). Since the late 20th century, the area has become increasingly developed with residential and commercial properties, particularly around Lexington, the business center. Farms are losing ground to development and slowly disappearing. In 2006, The World Monuments Fund included the Bluegrass region on its global list of 100 most endangered sites. The Kentucky Bluegrass is bounded on the east by the Cumberland Plateau, with the Pottsville Escarpment forming the boundary. On the south and west, it borders the Pennyroyal

title: Bluegrass region

text: Plateau, (also called the Pennyrile), with Muldraugh Hill, another escarpment, forming the boundary. Much of the region is drained by the Kentucky River and its tributaries. The river cuts a deep canyon called the Kentucky River Palisades through the region, preserving meanders that indicate that the river was once a mature low valley that was suddenly uplifted. Particularly near the Kentucky River, the region exhibits Karst topography, with sinkholes, caves, and disappearing streams that drain underground to the river. Although Bluegrass music is popular throughout the region, the genre is indirectly named for the state rather than the region. Bluegrass

title: Music of Kentucky

text: Music of Kentucky The Music of Kentucky is heavily centered on Appalachian folk music and its descendants, especially in eastern Kentucky. Bluegrass music is of particular regional importance; Bill Monroe, "the father of bluegrass music", was born in the Ohio County community of Rosine, and he named his band, the Blue Grass Boys, after the bluegrass state, i.e., Kentucky. Travis picking, the influential guitar style, is named after Merle Travis, born and raised in Muhlenberg County. Kentucky is home to the Country Music Highway (Highway 23), which extends from Portsmouth, Ohio to the Virginia border in Pike County. Renfro Valley,

title: Hell for Certain, Kentucky

text: been extensively mined for coal. The Geological Society of America has borrowed "Hell for Certain" as a name for the tonstein located in the area and throughout the Appalachian basin. The Bluegrass Brewing Company of Louisville, Kentucky has named one of their beers after Hell for Certain. Hell for Certain, Kentucky Hell for Certain is an unincorporated community in Leslie County, Kentucky, United States. Hell for Certain, properly known as Dryhill, is located north of the small town of Hyden at 37.1546° North, 83.4157° West. Dryhill became known by this name because it is located near Hell for Certain Creek.

title: International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame

text: International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame Induction to the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame, called the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor from its creation in 1991 through 2006, is managed by the International Bluegrass Music Association, and the Hall itself is maintained at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum, Owensboro, Kentucky. Each year a nominating committee creates a slate of 10-15 candidates. From these names, electors cast ballots to narrow the nominees to five finalists. There are over 200 electors who, themselves, must have participated actively in bluegrass for at least 10 years, and must merit

title: Culture of Kentucky

text: However, its depth lies in its signature sound — Bluegrass music. Bill Monroe, "The Father of Bluegrass", was born in the small Ohio County town of Rosine, while Ricky Skaggs, Keith Whitley, David "Stringbean" Akeman, Louis Marshall "Grandpa" Jones, Sonny and Bobby Osborne, and Sam Bush (who has been compared to Monroe) all hail from Kentucky. The International Bluegrass Music Museum is located in Owensboro, while the annual Festival of the Bluegrass is held in Lexington. Kentucky is also home to famed jazz musician and pioneer, Lionel Hampton (although this has been disputed in recent years). Blues legend W.C. Handy

title: International Bluegrass Music Association

text: International Bluegrass Music Association The International Bluegrass Music Association, or IBMA, is a trade association to promote bluegrass music. Formed in 1985, IBMA established its first headquarters in Owensboro, Kentucky. In 1988 they announced plans to create the International Bluegrass Music Museum as a joint venture with RiverPark Center in Owensboro. In 1990 IBMA established the World of Bluegrass, a combination trade show, concert, and awards presentation. This was originally set in Owensboro, before moving to Louisville, Kentucky in 1997. Nashville, Tennessee hosted this event from 2005 through 2012. Since 2013, the event has been hosted in Raleigh, North Carolina.

title: Music of Kentucky

text: hymns (camp songs) were sung. Earlier in the century, the first camp meeting was held in July 1800 in Logan County. In 1801, a meeting in Cane Ridge in Bourbon County lasted for six days and attracted ten to twenty thousand people. In 1916, Loraine Wyman and Howard Brockway collected Kentucky folk music which they published in two folios: Louisville is known for producing some of the earliest jug band music. Music of Kentucky The Music of Kentucky is heavily centered on Appalachian folk music and its descendants, especially in eastern Kentucky. Bluegrass music is of particular regional importance; Bill

title: Festival of the Bluegrass

text: day of the festival. This first festival was held on Walnut Hall Farm, part of which is now the Kentucky Horse Park just on the north side of Lexington. Later the festival was moved to Masterson Station Park, a Lexington city park, for initially two years. However, the festival did not move back to the Horse Park until the seventeenth year, by which time the Horse Park was fully developed with a suitable campground. The annual event is a traditional bluegrass festival dedicated to preserving bluegrass music. Since 1998, the festival consists of three stages of music and incorporates a

title: Bluegrass region

text: Bluegrass region The Bluegrass region (Shawnee: Eskippakithiki) is a geographic region in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It makes up the northern part of the state where a majority of the state's population has lived and developed its largest cities. Before European-American settlement, various cultures of indigenous peoples adapted to the region, which had mostly a savannah of wide grasslands with interspersed enormous oak trees. They hunted its large herds of bison and other game, especially near salt licks. The name "Kentucky" means "meadow lands" in several different Indian languages and was specifically applied to this region. Europeans adopted the

title: Red Allen (bluegrass)

text: Red Allen (bluegrass) Harley Allen (February 12, 1930April 3, 1993), better known as Red Allen, was an American bluegrass singer and guitarist known for his powerful tenor voice. Allen, born in Pigeon Roost Hollow, near Hazard, Kentucky, grew up in the music-rich hills of eastern Kentucky, and following a stint in the Marines, settled in Dayton, Ohio in 1949, where he began performing professionally. In 1952, Allen discovered a young teenage mandolin virtuoso named Frank Wakefield, who had moved to Dayton from Harriman, Tennessee. Soon Wakefield became a member of Allen's first band, the Blue Ridge Mountain Boys. The band

title: Red Allen (bluegrass)

text: this device include Rhonda Vincent. Red Allen (bluegrass) Harley Allen (February 12, 1930April 3, 1993), better known as Red Allen, was an American bluegrass singer and guitarist known for his powerful tenor voice. Allen, born in Pigeon Roost Hollow, near Hazard, Kentucky, grew up in the music-rich hills of eastern Kentucky, and following a stint in the Marines, settled in Dayton, Ohio in 1949, where he began performing professionally. In 1952, Allen discovered a young teenage mandolin virtuoso named Frank Wakefield, who had moved to Dayton from Harriman, Tennessee. Soon Wakefield became a member of Allen's first band, the Blue

text: In 1991 IBMA established the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor at the International Bluegrass Music Museum to recognize lifetime contributions to bluegrass, both by performers and non-performers. In 2003 IBMA relocated its offices to Nashville, Tennessee. Winners are chosen by the 2,500 members of the International Bluegrass Music Association. Hall of Fame Inductees International Bluegrass Music Association The International Bluegrass Music Association, or IBMA, is a trade association to promote bluegrass music. Formed in 1985, IBMA established its first headquarters in Owensboro, Kentucky. In 1988 they announced plans to create the International Bluegrass Music Museum as a joint venture

title: Bluegrass & Backroads

text: Bluegrass & Backroads Kentucky Farm Bureau's Bluegrass & Backroads is a television program produced by Kentucky Farm Bureau, based in Louisville, Kentucky. The half-hour program focuses on interesting cultural, historical, and artistic aspects of the Bluegrass State. The program is currently hosted and produced by Robert Shrader and Matt Hilton. The program normally consists of four segments each focusing on different subjects. The segments are usually 4–61/2 minutes in length which begin with introductions in the form of on-camera standups by Shrader and Hilton. The program was started in 2003 by former producer Todd Eklof, who is now a full-time

title: Kentucky

text: Kentucky Kentucky ( ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States. Although styled as the "State of Kentucky" in the law creating it, Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth (the others being Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts). Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 Kentucky became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th most extensive and the 26th most populous of the 50 United States. Kentucky is known as the "Bluegrass State," a nickname based on the bluegrass found in many

title: Bluegrass Brewing Company

text: beer "Black Silk" and a bronze medal, also in 2003, for its Dortmunder-style lager beer. and most recently in 2008 for Kick in the Baltic Porter. Bluegrass Brewing Company Bluegrass Brewing Company is a brewery and a chain of brewpubs based in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. The company was founded as a brewpub in Louisville, Kentucky in 1993 by chief brewer David Pierce and a small group of beer investors. In the late 1990s Pipkin Brewing Co began contract brewing and bottling BBC beers. In 2001 the BBC purchased the Pipkin Brewing Company located at 636 East Main St Louisville. In

title: Bluegrass Student Union

text: thanks to their well-crafted recordings and highly entertaining package shows that continued to draw large crowds throughout their career. Bluegrass Student Union; Volumes 1 through 6 (digital recordings) are available from iTunes and CDBaby.com Bluegrass Student Union Bluegrass Student Union is the Louisville, Kentucky barbershop quartet who won the 1978 SPEBSQSA International competition. They distinguished themselves by performing at a high level of proficiency on stage and in the recording studio throughout their 33-year career, and were the second youngest quartet to have won the SPEBSQSA championship, as of that time. The quartet became known for continually improving their art,

title: Lexington, Kentucky

text: Lexington, Kentucky Lexington, consolidated with Fayette County and often denoted as Lexington-Fayette, is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 60th-largest city in the United States. By land area, Lexington is the 28th largest city in the United States. Known as the "Horse Capital of the World," it is the heart of the state's Bluegrass region. With a mayor-alderman form of government, it is one of two cities in Kentucky designated by the state as first-class; the other is the state's largest city of Louisville. In the 2017 U.S. Census Estimate, the city's population was 321,959, anchoring a metropolitan area

title: Lexington, Kentucky

text: forecasting, bicycle and pedestrian planning, congestion management, and developing transportation plans and documents. All four are, like Lexington, major centers of the Thoroughbred breeding industry in their respective countries. Lexington, Kentucky Lexington, consolidated with Fayette County and often denoted as Lexington-Fayette, is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 60th-largest city in the United States. By land area, Lexington is the 28th largest city in the United States. Known as the "Horse Capital of the World," it is the heart of the state's Bluegrass region. With a mayor-alderman form of government, it is one of two cities in Kentucky designated

title: Bluegrass & Backroads

text: (Kentucky Educational Television), RFD-TV, Rural-TV in Great Britain, and several other Kentucky stations. On July 28, 2009, "Bluegrass and Backroads" won two first-place awards in the Ohio Valley Regional Emmy Awards administered by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The program won top honors in the general magazine category and videographers Matt Hilton and Bob Shrader won Emmys for their photography in a story about a retirement farm for thoroughbred horses. The program has also won numerous video production awards from the American Farm Bureau Federation "Bluegrass & Backroads" can be seen on the following stations: Bluegrass &

title: Bluegrass Stallions

text: in Georgetown, Kentucky. On 19 April 2011, in a post on the forums about basketball at the "Our Sports Central" website, a poster who had previously been identified as the Bluegrass Stallions's Tony Chase stated that the Stallions had formally withdrawn from the league privately earlier. Bluegrass Stallions The Bluegrass Stallions are a basketball team in the Premier Basketball League. They debuted in the American Basketball Association in 2009-10. The Stallions' first head coach was Kyle Macy, a former Kentucky Wildcats three-time All-American college basketball player. Based in Lexington, Kentucky, the Stallions began playing at the indoor arena at the

title: Gary Brewer and the Kentucky Ramblers

text: during the summer months for shoppers. Just like the Friday Night Bluegrass show, Gary Brewer brings in local, national, and regional touring bands to guest on the Bluegrass Summer Nights lineup. Gary Brewer and the Kentucky Ramblers Gary Brewer and the Kentucky Ramblers is a 6 generation Bluegrass family band that currently tours with 3 generations of Brewers. The band assembled in 1980 and is located in West Point, Kentucky. They are rooted out of Roan Mountain, TN. Gary, his dad, and his 2 sons perform Bluegrass originals, Bluegrass-Gospel, and Old-time Mountain music. Their style of music is referred to

title: Kentucky

text: geologically and affect the (small number of) inhabitants of the area at the time, the Kentucky Bend was formed because of a surveying error, not the New Madrid earthquake. Kentucky can be divided into five primary regions: the Cumberland Plateau in the east, the north-central Bluegrass region, the south-central and western Pennyroyal Plateau (also known as the Pennyrile or Mississippi Plateau), the Western Coal Fields and the far-west Jackson Purchase. The Bluegrass region is commonly divided into two regions, the Inner Bluegrass—the encircling around Lexington—and the Outer Bluegrass—the region that contains most of the northern portion of the state, above

title: Bluegrass Miracle

text: Bluegrass Miracle The Bluegrass Miracle was a 74-yard game-winning touchdown pass by the No. 16 LSU Tigers with no time left on the clock against the Kentucky Wildcats on November 9, 2002 at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky. The ball was tipped by a Kentucky player before being caught at the 15-yard line by Devery Henderson of LSU, who ran it in for the score. Kentucky, the home team, was the underdog to the defending SEC champion Tigers. LSU was ahead by as many as 14 points at one point and led 24–14 after a field goal with 13:58 left

title: Campbellsville, Kentucky

text: AAS). It is 2.5 miles from downtown Campbellsville. Campbellsville is accessible by two-lane roadways. The closest four-lane roadway is the Bluegrass Parkway. Campbellsville is twinned with Buncrana in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. Campbellsville, Kentucky Campbellsville is a rural city in central Kentucky founded in 1817 by Andrew Campbell. Campbellsville is known for its university Campbellsville University, regional healthcare system Taylor Regional Hospital, historic Downtown Campbellsville, and its proximity to Green River Lake State Park. Campbellsville is the county seat of Taylor County, Kentucky, whose geographic boundary is shaped like a heart. Campbellsville celebrated its bicentennial on July 4, 2017.

title: Bluegrass region

text: driven to Tennessee and other areas of the Ohio valley for sale. Planters, supported by slave labor, also cultivated major commodity crops, such as tobacco, hemp (see Hemp in Kentucky), and grapes (see Kentucky wine). The first commercial winery in the United States was opened in the Bluegrass region in 1801 in present-day Jessamine County by a group of Swiss immigrants. It was authorized by the state legislature. The Bluegrass region is characterized by underlying fossiliferous limestone, dolostone, and shale of the Ordovician geological age. Hills are generally rolling, and the soil is highly fertile for growing pasture. Since the

title: Bluegrass Railroad and Museum

text: and Ohio Railroad and now to the R.J. Corman Railroad/Central Kentucky Lines. Bluegrass Railroad and Museum The Bluegrass Railroad and Museum is a railroad museum and heritage railroad in Versailles, Kentucky, United States. Operating out of the Woodford County Park, the Railroad offers 11-mile round trip excursions through the horse farms of Kentucky to Tyrone, Kentucky where the train stops at Young's High Bridge and allows passengers to disembark and view Young's High Bridge and the Kentucky River valley area. The railroad uses diesel locomotives, of which it has four operational and two for static display. It also has about

title: Bluegrass Warhorses

text: Bluegrass Warhorses The Bluegrass Warhorses were a professional indoor American football team based in Lexington, Kentucky. The team joined the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) in 2014 as an expansion team. The Warhorses were the second indoor football team based in Lexington. (The Kentucky Horsemen of the United Indoor Football and af2 were the first.) The owner of the Warhorses is JaQuar Sanders. The Warhorses played their home games at the Alltech Arena inside of Kentucky Horse Park but were forced to cancel their last four home games "due to unpaid arena rent and other bills". The franchise was first

title: Bluegrass Railroad and Museum

text: Bluegrass Railroad and Museum The Bluegrass Railroad and Museum is a railroad museum and heritage railroad in Versailles, Kentucky, United States. Operating out of the Woodford County Park, the Railroad offers 11-mile round trip excursions through the horse farms of Kentucky to Tyrone, Kentucky where the train stops at Young's High Bridge and allows passengers to disembark and view Young's High Bridge and the Kentucky River valley area. The railroad uses diesel locomotives, of which it has four operational and two for static display. It also has about 40 pieces of rolling stock. Equipment is stored in three separate locations

title: Bluegrass Miracle

text: the 2001 game, also at Kentucky, the Tigers won 29–25, on a touchdown pass from Marcus Randall to Devery Henderson with 13 seconds left in the game. Earlier in the game, Kentucky had overcome a 12-point halftime deficit to take the lead in the 4th quarter. Bluegrass Miracle The Bluegrass Miracle was a 74-yard game-winning touchdown pass by the No. 16 LSU Tigers with no time left on the clock against the Kentucky Wildcats on November 9, 2002 at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky. The ball was tipped by a Kentucky player before being caught at the 15-yard line by

title: University of Kentucky

text: Kentucky Community and Technical College System, but relinquished control under the Postsecondary Education Improvement Act of 1997. The network of community colleges is now known as the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). Adjoining Lexington Community College, despite the reorganization of the community colleges, remained integrated with the university, but separated from the University of Kentucky in 2004 and became a part of KCTCS; it is now known as Bluegrass Community and Technical College. The College of Engineering currently operates a satellite campus in Paducah, located on the campus of West Kentucky Community and Technical College. The University of

title: Bluegrass Warhorses

text: four remaining home dates, and moving the league to seek new ownership for a possible 2015 season. "Note: Statistics are correct through Week 12 of the 2014 Continental Indoor Football League season." Bluegrass Warhorses The Bluegrass Warhorses were a professional indoor American football team based in Lexington, Kentucky. The team joined the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) in 2014 as an expansion team. The Warhorses were the second indoor football team based in Lexington. (The Kentucky Horsemen of the United Indoor Football and af2 were the first.) The owner of the Warhorses is JaQuar Sanders. The Warhorses played their home

title: Bluegrass Student Union

text: Bluegrass Student Union Bluegrass Student Union is the Louisville, Kentucky barbershop quartet who won the 1978 SPEBSQSA International competition. They distinguished themselves by performing at a high level of proficiency on stage and in the recording studio throughout their 33-year career, and were the second youngest quartet to have won the SPEBSQSA championship, as of that time. The quartet became known for continually improving their art, even after their win. They credited much of their success to their coaches, Mary Jo Hatton Thompson, Don Clause, Ron Riegler, Gene Stickler and Ed Weber, to their chorus Director, Jim Miller, and to

title: Todd County, Kentucky

text: the state were the Bluegrass region, Henderson and Oldham counties on the Ohio River, and the western Kentucky counties of Trigg, Christian, Todd, and Warren. Many Kentuckians from these areas joined the Confederate army. Nevertheless, Kentucky's allegiance was divided during the Civil War. The state was officially neutral until September 1861, when it pledged its support to the Union. In response, a pro-Confederate Confederate government of Kentucky was formed by representatives from several Kentucky counties, with a second capital at Bowling Green. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land

title: Bluegrass music

text: traditional songs, played in the newer style. The Johnson Mountain Boys were one of the decade's most popular touring groups, and played strictly traditional bluegrass. In recent decades bluegrass music has reached a broader audience. Major mainstream country music performers have recorded bluegrass albums, including Dolly Parton and Patty Loveless, who each released several bluegrass albums. Since the late 1990s, Ricky Skaggs, who began as a bluegrass musician and crossed over to mainstream country in the 1980s, returned to bluegrass with his band Kentucky Thunder. The Coen Brothers' film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (2000) has a country and bluegrass

title: Bluegrass music

text: chord pattern is common. Although traditional bluegrass performers eschew electrically amplified instruments, as used in other forms of popular music, it is common practice to "mike" acoustic instruments during stage performances before larger audiences. Traditional bluegrass bands such as Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, Del McCoury, Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, and The Gibson Brothers, enjoy nationwide popularity. California mountain bluegrass, a variation on traditional, has enjoyed regional popularity with such bands as Rita Hosking and Cousin Jack. Another major subgenre is progressive bluegrass. Groups may use electric

title: Bluegrass music

text: Bluegrass music Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music. It was named by Bill Monroe who named his band The Blue Grass Boys. The Bluegrass boys played a Mountain Music style that Bill learned in Asheville North Carolina from bands like Wade Mainer's and other popular acts on radio station WWNC. the 1939–1996 band of Kentucky mandolin player and songwriter Bill Monroe, who is considered "the father of bluegrass". It was further developed by musicians who played with him, including 5-string banjo player Earl Scruggs and guitarist Lester Flatt. It was then evolved by other musicians who admired

title: Jeffersontown, Kentucky

text: of those under age 18 and 5.4% of those age 65 or over. The Bluegrass Commerce Park (formerly known as The Bluegrass Research & Industrial Park) opened on in 1966. Created with an attractive, park-like setting, it was the first such development in the United States. Today, Bluegrass Commerce Park takes in over and is home to approximately 850 businesses. The park is the largest in the state of Kentucky, and the 38,000 employees make the park and Jeffersontown the third-largest city of employment in the state. The park's seven units include: Papa John's Pizza has its headquarters in Jeffersontown.

title: The Bluegrass Album (Alan Jackson album)

text: The Bluegrass Album (Alan Jackson album) The Bluegrass Album is the nineteenth studio album and the first bluegrass album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released on September 24, 2013 via Alan's Country Records and EMI Nashville. Jackson wrote eight songs for the album. It also includes covers of The Dillards' "There Is a Time", John Anderson's "Wild and Blue" and Bill Monroe's "Blue Moon of Kentucky". Also included is a re-recording of "Let's Get Back to Me and You" from his 1994 album "Who I Am", marking the second time Jackson has included two versions of

title: Renfro Valley, Kentucky

text: other programming originating in Renfro Valley was broadcast over the CBS Radio Network until the late 1950s. Today, Renfro Valley is known throughout Kentucky and the rest of the country for its rich history of "Real Country Music by Real Country Folks." This tradition continues today with outstanding stage shows put on by the current cast of Renfro Valley entertainers. Also, since 1992, Renfro Valley Entertainment Center has hosted Headliner Concerts that feature a mixture of well-known country singers with newer artists, as well as bluegrass, gospel, and comedy acts. Renfro Valley, Kentucky is also home to the Kentucky Music

title: Versailles, Kentucky

text: the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky, which became known for its thoroughbred horses and other livestock, the city was officially incorporated on February 13, 1837. It was briefly occupied during the American Civil War by both Confederate and Union forces. In the Inner Bluegrass Region, the area is a center for horse breeding and training, for thoroughbred and standardbred racehorses, and saddlebred pleasure horses. Thoroughbred farms include Standardbred farms include Brittany Farms. Lenore Farms is for Saddlebred horses. The Woodford Reserve Distillery, a station on the Bourbon Trail, is located here. Most of the small-town scenes in the movie "Elizabethtown (film)"

title: Capital punishment in Kentucky

text: Eddyville houses all of Kentucky's male death row inmates. Female death row inmates are housed at the Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women in unincorporated Shelby County, near Pewee Valley. All executions occur at the Kentucky State Penitentiary. The method of execution is lethal injection, but a prisoner condemned before March 31, 1998 may choose to be electrocuted instead. Electrocution is also authorized in the event that lethal injection is found unconstitutional by a court. Capital punishment in Kentucky Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Kentucky. When the Commonwealth's Attorney seeks the death penalty, the sentence

title: Bluegrass Stallions

text: Bluegrass Stallions The Bluegrass Stallions are a basketball team in the Premier Basketball League. They debuted in the American Basketball Association in 2009-10. The Stallions' first head coach was Kyle Macy, a former Kentucky Wildcats three-time All-American college basketball player. Based in Lexington, Kentucky, the Stallions began playing at the indoor arena at the Kentucky Horse Park, but moved home games in January 2010 first to Corbin, KY and then to Lexington Christian Academy high school gymnasium due to conflicts with Horse Park management. They finished their turbulent inaugural season by losing in the playoff semifinals, and placing guard Bobby

title: Bluegrass Balloon Festival

text: Kentucky and the fifth largest in the United States. The festival was cancelled in 2010 for various reasons. It was to return in 2011 with a new name, "Spirit of Kentucky Balloon Festival", but that was cancelled as well. There has been no sign of the existence of the festival since that time. Bluegrass Balloon Festival The Bluegrass Balloon Festival, formerly called the Adam Matthews Balloon Festival, was the fifth largest hot air balloon festival in the United States, and the largest in the state of Kentucky. From 1999 to 2009, it was held annually in late September at Bowman

title: Music of Kentucky

text: part of June every year. Other festivals include the Forkland Heritage Festival and Revue in Gravel Switch. Lexington is host to the oldest bluegrass music festival in the state. The Festival of the Bluegrass is held every June at the Kentucky Horse Park and considered one of the premier traditional bluegrass festivals in the country. Wilmore, Kentucky is home to the Ichthus Music Festival. Ichthus is a Christian music festival held each year on the Ichthus Farm. Notable bands such as Switchfoot, Relient K, Pillar, and P.O.D. have all played at past Ichthus festivals. Mount Sterling is home to the

title: Gary Brewer and the Kentucky Ramblers

text: Gary Brewer and the Kentucky Ramblers Gary Brewer and the Kentucky Ramblers is a 6 generation Bluegrass family band that currently tours with 3 generations of Brewers. The band assembled in 1980 and is located in West Point, Kentucky. They are rooted out of Roan Mountain, TN. Gary, his dad, and his 2 sons perform Bluegrass originals, Bluegrass-Gospel, and Old-time Mountain music. Their style of music is referred to as “Brewgrass”. Gary Brewer and the Kentucky Ramblers currently have 48 recordings, have toured all 50 US states, 11 countries in Europe, and have performed encores at the Grand Ole Opry

text: respect and recognition for their accomplishments and/or knowledge in one or more aspects of the field. After the five finalists have been selected, the electors again vote to select the inductee(s) for that year. The name(s) of the newest Hall of Honor inductee(s) are made public immediately following the final stage of balloting and the formal induction takes place each year during the International Bluegrass Music Awards Show. The plaques are displayed at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro, Kentucky. International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame Induction to the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame, called

title: Rigoletto... in Bluegrass

text: of Peterborough and recorded at the Peterborough Folk Festival. "Rigoletto... in Bluegrass" was awarded Best Originality at the Bluegrass Independent Film Festival in La Grange, Kentucky. Rigoletto... in Bluegrass Rigoletto... in Bluegrass is a 2006 Canadian independent film directed by Rob Swales, based on the 1851 opera "Rigoletto" by Giuseppe Verdi. Filming took place in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, in 2005 and the film was first screened in 2006. The plot takes the general form of Verdi's opera, but the character of the duke becomes Duke, the leader of a bluegrass band, played by eccentric multi-instrumentalist Washboard Hank. Most of the

title: Kentucky Colonel

text: at least two current brands of Kentucky bourbon have the word "Colonel" in their name – specifically, the Colonel E. H. Taylor and Colonel Lee bourbon brands. A number of sports teams in Kentucky, especially in Louisville, its largest city, have been known as the Kentucky Colonels or the Louisville Colonels. These include the Kentucky Colonels professional basketball team of 1967–1976, the Kentucky Colonels professional basketball team of 2004, and the Eastern Kentucky Colonels athletic teams of Eastern Kentucky University. A popular bluegrass band of the 1960s was also called the Kentucky Colonels. It included Clarence White, who was later

title: Bluegrass Community and Technical College

text: online course tuition is an affordable flat-rate for in-state and out-of-state students alike. Online students come from all over the world. Bluegrass Community and Technical College Bluegrass Community and Technical College (BCTC) is a public community college in Lexington, KY. It is one of sixteen two-year, open-admissions colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). It was formed from the consolidation of two separate institutions: Lexington Community College and Central Kentucky Technical College. Lexington Community College was the last remaining college in the University of Kentucky Community College System, until a vote by the trustees transferred governance to

title: Agriculture in Kentucky

text: Agriculture in Kentucky Kentucky is an agricultural producer in the United States. Value of agricultural products was $5 billion in 2012, of which slightly less than half was crops. Crops grown in the state include corn, soybeans, hay, wheat and tobacco. Historically, hemp has been a cash crop in the state (see hemp in Kentucky). Finished agricultural products produced in the state include Kentucky bourbon and Kentucky wine. Kentucky's bluegrass region contains the state's best farmland. By contrast, the agricultural potential of the Knobs region (which borders the Bluegrass region) is limited because of its inferior soil and steep topography.

text: Bluegrass Community and Technical College Bluegrass Community and Technical College (BCTC) is a public community college in Lexington, KY. It is one of sixteen two-year, open-admissions colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). It was formed from the consolidation of two separate institutions: Lexington Community College and Central Kentucky Technical College. Lexington Community College was the last remaining college in the University of Kentucky Community College System, until a vote by the trustees transferred governance to KCTCS in 2004. Prior to 1984, the college was named Lexington Technical Institute. Central Kentucky Technical College was part of the

title: International Bluegrass Music Museum

text: International Bluegrass Music Museum The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum is a bluegrass music museum in Owensboro, Kentucky, United States. The museum has interactive exhibits, posters, costumes, live instrument demonstrations, and the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame. The museum has 2004 m (21,000 square feet) of exhibits and offices on 2 floors. As a non-profit group, the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum has raised funds with the help of famous bluegrass musicians such as Ricky Skaggs and Ralph Stanley. They host their own annual summer music festival, ROMP (originally designating River Of Music Party because

title: International Bluegrass Music Museum

text: 2002 it re-opened after expanding. International Bluegrass Music Museum The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum is a bluegrass music museum in Owensboro, Kentucky, United States. The museum has interactive exhibits, posters, costumes, live instrument demonstrations, and the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame. The museum has 2004 m (21,000 square feet) of exhibits and offices on 2 floors. As a non-profit group, the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum has raised funds with the help of famous bluegrass musicians such as Ricky Skaggs and Ralph Stanley. They host their own annual summer music festival, ROMP (originally designating

title: Bluegrass Bowl

text: box and all crowded into a single enclosed, heated room with windows for the game. In January 1959 officials stated that paid attendance for the game was 3,152 and actual income was $18,132. The Bluegrass Bowl organizers proclaimed the game a success despite the low attendance and stated that the game would be played again in 1959, but it was not. "Florida State" "Oklahoma State" "Florida State" "Oklahoma State" "Florida State" "Oklahoma State" Bluegrass Bowl The Bluegrass Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played only once, on December 13, 1958, at Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. The

title: Greensky Bluegrass

text: Greensky Bluegrass Greensky Bluegrass is a five-piece American bluegrass/Country band founded in Kalamazoo, Michigan in Mid-2000. The band has evolved over the years, growing from 3 to 5 members, adding electric effects and touring with a full light show. "The whole notion of “traditional bluegrass” strangely remains a sticking point for plenty of the genre's faithful. Partly because of their name, every article written about the band addresses the fact that what Greensky does is “not quite” bluegrass. These depths have been plumbed. In fact, in their own promotional material, GSBG describes their sound as “their own version of bluegrass

title: Greensky Bluegrass

title: The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved

text: "This is it, this is pure Gonzo. If this is a start, keep rolling." Considered the first use of the word "Gonzo" to describe Thompson's work, Thompson took to the word right away, and according to Steadman said, "Okay, that's what I do. Gonzo." The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved "The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved" is a seminal sports article written by Hunter S. Thompson on the 1970 Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky, first appearing in an issue of "Scanlan's Monthly" in June of that year. Though not known at the time, the article marked the first

title: 2014 Bluegrass Warhorses season

text: 2014 Bluegrass Warhorses season The 2014 Bluegrass Warhorses season is the first season for the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) franchise. The franchise was first announced in May 2013. Owner Eric Taylor announced that the Warhorses would be playing at the Alltech Arena on the grounds of the Kentucky Horse Park. In July, it was announced the Warhorses would be a member of the Continental Indoor Football League. Harry Lewis was introduced in August as the team's first head coach. In March 2014, the team's financial troubles forced the cancellation of its last four home dates, and moved the league

title: Bluegrass Railroad and Museum

text: along the museum's 5.5 miles of track, all of which can be seen while riding the excursions from the Woodford County Park to Young's High Bridge. The museum was founded in 1976 by some members of the Bluegrass Railroad Club, a model railroad group. It began to acquire equipment from local railroads, initially storing the equipment in the old Louisville and Nashville Railroad's Lexington yard which is now part of the parking lot for Rupp Arena. The equipment was moved to a siding at Eastern State Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, then to the Bluegrass Army Depot grounds in Avon, Kentucky.

title: Bluegrass Brewing Company

text: Bluegrass Brewing Company Bluegrass Brewing Company is a brewery and a chain of brewpubs based in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. The company was founded as a brewpub in Louisville, Kentucky in 1993 by chief brewer David Pierce and a small group of beer investors. In the late 1990s Pipkin Brewing Co began contract brewing and bottling BBC beers. In 2001 the BBC purchased the Pipkin Brewing Company located at 636 East Main St Louisville. In 2001 the brewpub and brewery split into two separate companies with a mutual name due to irreconcilable differences between owners. The Main St brewery packaged and

title: Bluegrass Balloon Festival

text: Bluegrass Balloon Festival The Bluegrass Balloon Festival, formerly called the Adam Matthews Balloon Festival, was the fifth largest hot air balloon festival in the United States, and the largest in the state of Kentucky. From 1999 to 2009, it was held annually in late September at Bowman Field in Louisville, Kentucky. The festival features up to 100 hot air balloons participating in three early morning balloon races and two evening balloon glows. Other events include four live concerts, 11 free children's activities, and a car show featuring more than 150 classic, exotic, and modified cars. There is also a balloon

title: Kentucky

text: Muslim, Jewish, and Hindu communities. The Christian creationist apologetics group Answers in Genesis, along with its Creation Museum, is headquartered in Petersburg, Kentucky. Early in its history Kentucky gained recognition for its excellent farming conditions. It was the site of the first commercial winery in the United States (started in present-day Jessamine County in 1799) and due to the high calcium content of the soil in the Bluegrass region quickly became a major horse breeding (and later racing) area. Today Kentucky ranks 5th nationally in goat farming, 8th in beef cattle production, and 14th in corn production. Kentucky has also

title: Kentucky Colonels (band)

text: car, in Palmdale, California, following a concert by the New Kentucky Colonels. This tragic event marked the end of the Kentucky Colonels. Kentucky Colonels (band) The Kentucky Colonels were a bluegrass band that was popular during the American folk music revival of the early 1960s. Formed in Burbank, California in 1954, the group released two albums, "The New Sound of Bluegrass America" (1963) and "Appalachian Swing!" (1964). The band featured the influential bluegrass guitarist Clarence White, who was largely responsible for making the acoustic guitar a lead instrument within bluegrass, and who later went on to join the Los Angeles

title: The Bluegrass Sessions (Lynn Anderson album)

text: The Bluegrass Sessions (Lynn Anderson album) The Bluegrass Sessions is a bluegrass album by country musician Lynn Anderson, released in 2004. "The Bluegrass Sessions" contains versions of some of Anderson's biggest hits, including "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden", "Cry", "Top of the World", "How Can I Unlove You" and "What a Man My Man Is". The album also featured a remake of The Drifters' hit "Under the Boardwalk" and John Prine's "Paradise". The album was very well accepted by the public and critics. The album also earned Anderson a Grammy Award nomination in 2005 for "Best Bluegrass Album",

title: Geology of Kentucky

text: dolomite from the period. The Cincinnati Arch formed during the Silurian due to gentle folding and upwarped parts of the region above the water level, separating Kentucky into two geologic basins. The upwarping of the arch continued into the Devonian, which is supported by the lack of Early Devonian rocks in central Kentucky where the arch formed. Devonian rocks are only exposed at the surface in the Knobs Region and are not present in the Bluegrass Region, although they are known from the sub-surface throughout the rest of the state. For the most part, shallow sea conditions prevailed with areas

title: Blue Moon of Kentucky

text: Blue Moon of Kentucky "Blue Moon of Kentucky" is a waltz written in 1946 by bluegrass musician Bill Monroe and recorded by his band, the Blue Grass Boys. The song has since been recorded by many artists, including Elvis Presley. In 2003, the song was chosen to be added to the United States Library of Congress National Recording Registry. "Blue Moon" is the official bluegrass song of Kentucky. In 2002, Monroe's version was one of 50 recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry. In 2003, CMT ranked "Blue Moon" number

title: Bluegrass region

text: name to apply to the state. Europeans named the Bluegrass region for the blue flowered Poa grass that grew there. Americans settled in number in the region in the decades after the Revolutionary War, migrating mostly from Virginia. By 1800 these planters noticed that horses grazed in the Bluegrass region were more hardy than those from other regions; this is due to the high content of calcium in the soil. Within decades of increased settlement, the remaining herds of bison had moved west. Breeding of Thoroughbred horses was developed here, as well as of other quality livestock. Kentucky livestock was

title: Kentucky River

text: the Kentucky. The largest goldeye ever taken in the state of Kentucky () was caught in the Kentucky River. Kentucky River The Kentucky River is a tributary of the Ohio River, long, in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. The river and its tributaries drain much of the central region of the state, with its upper course passing through the coal-mining regions of the Cumberland Mountains, and its lower course passing through the Bluegrass region in the north central part of the state. Its watershed encompasses about . It supplies drinking water to about one-sixth of the population of the Commonwealth

title: Bluegrass music

text: - one of the first bands to include material from outside the usual corpus of bluegrass music. A second generation of bluegrass musicians began performing, composing and recording in the mid-to late-1960s, although many had played in first–generation bands from a young age. Some bluegrass musicians in this group are Jimmy Martin, Doc Watson, J. D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, Sam Bush, Béla Fleck, John Hartford, Jerry Douglas, Norman Blake, Frank Wakefield, Bill Keith, Del McCoury, Tony Rice, and the pioneering female duo Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard. As they refined their craft, the New Grass Revival, Seldom Scene, The Kentucky

title: University of Kentucky Wesley Foundation

text: of the Bluegrass, Lighthouse Ministries, and others. University of Kentucky Wesley Foundation The Wesley Foundation at the University of Kentucky is a United Methodist campus ministry and a Christian living community for students. It's located on the University of Kentucky's campus in Lexington, Kentucky. The Wesley Foundation was established in 1945 in a small building on the corner of Maxwell and Limestone Streets. The Foundation used this building as its primary ministry space until 1986 when the Kentucky United Methodist Conference obtained a residential dorm from a leaving sorority at 508 Columbia Ave. This purchase allowed the Foundation the opportunity

title: Kentucky Colonels (band)

text: Kentucky Colonels (band) The Kentucky Colonels were a bluegrass band that was popular during the American folk music revival of the early 1960s. Formed in Burbank, California in 1954, the group released two albums, "The New Sound of Bluegrass America" (1963) and "Appalachian Swing!" (1964). The band featured the influential bluegrass guitarist Clarence White, who was largely responsible for making the acoustic guitar a lead instrument within bluegrass, and who later went on to join the Los Angeles rock band the Byrds. The Kentucky Colonels disbanded in late 1965, with two short-lived reunions taking place in 1966 and 1973. In

title: Tottenham Bluegrass Festival

text: overlooking a small lake. Tottenham Bluegrass Festival The Tottenham Bluegrass Festival is an annual event which has been held in the community of Tottenham, Ontario since 1983. The Tottenham Bluegrass Festival presents a three-day stage show featuring well-known bluegrass bands from around Canada and the United States. In addition to the main stage entertainment, the festival also includes a children's talent show, instrument-specific workshops, new band showcases, an artisan's village, a barbeque supper, and campfire picking. Contributing to the 30-year success of this festival is its location, the Tottenham Conservation Area, with shady camping for hundreds of trailers and tents

title: Tottenham Bluegrass Festival

text: Tottenham Bluegrass Festival The Tottenham Bluegrass Festival is an annual event which has been held in the community of Tottenham, Ontario since 1983. The Tottenham Bluegrass Festival presents a three-day stage show featuring well-known bluegrass bands from around Canada and the United States. In addition to the main stage entertainment, the festival also includes a children's talent show, instrument-specific workshops, new band showcases, an artisan's village, a barbeque supper, and campfire picking. Contributing to the 30-year success of this festival is its location, the Tottenham Conservation Area, with shady camping for hundreds of trailers and tents and a natural amphitheatre

title: Bluegrass Cat

text: Kentucky Derby, where Ramon Dominguez picked up the mount after Velazquez suffered a serious injury two weeks before the race. Bluegrass Cat made his debut on June 24 in a maiden race at Churchill Downs, finishing eighth after being bumped hard at the start. On September 24, he broke his maiden by lengths in his second lifetime start in a seven-furlong race at Belmont Park. In his third career race, he won the one mile Nashua Stakes, also at Belmont. "What I loved about the race today was that he was in behind horses, and got an education," said Pletcher.

title: Kentucky

text: Bill Monroe, "The Father of Bluegrass", was born in the small Ohio County town of Rosine, while Ricky Skaggs, Keith Whitley, David "Stringbean" Akeman, Louis Marshall "Grandpa" Jones, Sonny and Bobby Osborne, and Sam Bush (who has been compared to Monroe) all hail from Kentucky. The International Bluegrass Music Museum is located in Owensboro, while the annual Festival of the Bluegrass is held in Lexington. Kentucky is also home to famed jazz musician and pioneer, Lionel Hampton (although this has been disputed in recent years). Blues legend W. C. Handy and R&B singer Wilson Pickett also spent considerable time in

title: Kentucky

text: development, Congress thought that it would be "unadvisable" to admit Kentucky into the Union, as it could do so "under the Articles of Confederation" only, but not "under the Constitution", and so declined to take action. On December 18, 1789, Virginia again gave its consent to Kentucky statehood. The United States Congress gave its approval on February 4, 1791. (This occurred two weeks before Congress approved Vermont's petition for statehood.) Kentucky officially became the fifteenth state in the Union on June 1, 1792. Isaac Shelby, a military veteran from Virginia, was elected its first Governor. Central Kentucky, the bluegrass region,

title: Bluegrass Unlimited

text: Bluegrass Unlimited Bluegrass Unlimited is a monthly music magazine "dedicated to the furtherance of bluegrass and old-time musicians, devotees and associates." First published in 1966, as of 2008 the magazine had a circulation of more than 25,000 copies and is widely considered the premier magazine for bluegrass music. "Bluegrass Unlimited" is a founding member of the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA). Folklorist and music scholar Neil V. Rosenberg, in "Bluegrass: A History", sets out the history of "Bluegrass Unlimited" and thereafter notes its prominence and influence as the oldest of the nationally distributed bluegrass magazines. The magazine launched, in 1966,

title: U.S. Route 62 in Kentucky

text: Anderson County was reconstructed to accommodate the new intersection with KY 555, which was extended from its junction with the Bluegrass Parkway in northern Washington County. US 62's junction with KY 248 was also reconstructed. From the KY 189 junction to the eastern city limits in Central City, US 62 is known as Everly Brothers Boulevard, in honor of the country music duo who were born and raised in the area. U.S. Route 62 in Kentucky U.S. Route 62 (US 62) in Kentucky runs for a total of across 20 counties in western, north-central, and northeastern Kentucky. It enters the

title: Bluegrass Brothers

text: Facebook page The Bluegrass Brothers. "Lonesome Mountain Soul" Bluegrass Brothers The Bluegrass Brothers is an American bluegrass band from Southwest Virginia. Brothers Robert and Victor Dowdy formed the band in 1989 after both had been members of the family group "The Bluegrass Playboys". The group became well known outside of Southwest Virginia after they recorded The Ballad of Mark Warner in 2001 for the gubernatorial campaign of Mark Warner. The Bluegrass Brothers have gotten high reviews for their 2005 album "Old Crooked Trail".2010 saw the band win instrumental group of the year at the SPGMA awards. 2010 also saw original

title: Bluegrass Cat

text: surface, which had shown a speed bias that favored horses on the lead. In the 2006 Kentucky Derby on May 6, Bluegrass Cat was a 30-1 longshot in a field of 20. For the first of a mile, he raced in fifth or sixth a few lengths behind the leaders, with Barbaro just ahead on the outside. On the far turn, Barbaro made his move, eventually winning by lengths. Bluegrass Cat could not match Barbaro's acceleration but was good enough to finish second by two lengths over Steppenwolfer, with Jazil and Brother Derek in a dead heat for fourth another

title: Kentucky Route 555

text: of Taylorsville Lake. KY 248 continues the high-quality road to KY 44 east of Taylorsville. KY 555 is a relatively new route; it replaced a portion of KY 53 near its south end. Until the 2010/11 fiscal year, the Bluegrass Parkway interchange was KY 555's northern terminus. In the 2011/12 fiscal year, KY 555 was extended into southwestern Anderson County to end at its current northern terminus at US 62. Kentucky Route 555 Kentucky Route 555 (KY 555) is a . north–south state highway that traverses two counties in the western part of central Kentucky's Bluegrass Region. KY 555 begins

title: Kentucky Kingdom

text: Bluegrass Boardwalk, Incorporated, to negotiate a lease agreement with the Kentucky State Fair Board and to apply for economic development incentives from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. On February 23, 2012, the Kentucky Fair Board approved a lease agreement for the former Kentucky Kingdom property to the Koch family. It was announced that Kentucky Kingdom would be renamed Bluegrass Boardwalk, would reopen on May 11, 2013, and employ 25 full-time and 800 seasonal workers. However, later that month the plans began to unravel. On May 30, 2012, it was confirmed that the park would not reopen in 2013. On June 15,