The Kentucky Colonels
FolkCountry1960s folk revivalbluegrass modernismacoustic guitar innovation
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.
Influenced by: Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs, Flatt and Scruggs
- Active:
- 1954–1965
- Scene:
- Los Angeles / Burbank
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