BLUEGRASS GENERATIONS
Project goals:
Data collected for 680 artists
Primary sources of information:
Potential sources of error
Generation 0 - The Ancestors
Generation 1 - The Pioneers
Generation 2 - The Builders
Generation 3 - The Innovators
Generation 4 - The Conservators
Generation 5 - The Explorers
When were they actively recording?
What other genres did they record?
Born in 5 years beginningÖ
12 years old in 5 years beginningÖ
What happened in the peak years for 12-year-olds?
What happened in the ětroughî years for 12-year-olds?
1st recorded in 5 years beginningÖ
What happened in the peak years for first recording?
What happened in the ětroughî years for first recording?
Where were they born?
What states did they come from?
Primary instrument (overall %)
Overall (instrument %)
How many were women?
Did they play in the Blue Grass Boys?
How many were band leaders?
How many were prodigies (1st recording younger than 18) or late bloomers (after 40)?
Some observations
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