This article represents a list of all past members of the bluegrass group
Country Gentlemen.
[http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/the_country_gentlemen Members info (retrieved Feb04, 2010]
this page also redirects from Glen Duncan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Duncan?action=edit
who is not on this page;
Founding members
Founding members of Country Gentlemen in 1957 were:
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Charlie Waller - vocals, guitar
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Bill Emerson
Norvell William Emerson (January 1, 1938 – June 22, 1996) was an American politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri from 1981 until his death from lung cancer in Bethesda, Maryland in 19 ...
- banjo, vocals
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John Duffey
John Humbird Duffey Jr. (March 4, 1934 – December 10, 1996) was a Washington D.C. based bluegrass musician.
Duffey was born in Washington, D.C., and lived nearly all his life in the Washington D.C. area. He graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Cha ...
- mandolin, vocals
* Larry Lahey - bass
The most famous are two other lineups of the
Country Gentlemen, usually called 1st Classic and 2nd Classic Lineup.
1st Classic lineup: 1960 - 1964
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Charlie Waller - vocals, guitar
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Eddie Adcock
Eddie Adcock (born June 21, 1938) is an American banjoist and guitarist.
His professional career as a 5-string banjoist began in 1953 when he joined Smokey Graves & His Blue Star Boys, who had a regular show at a radio station in Crewe, Virginia ...
- banjo, vocals
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John Duffey
John Humbird Duffey Jr. (March 4, 1934 – December 10, 1996) was a Washington D.C. based bluegrass musician.
Duffey was born in Washington, D.C., and lived nearly all his life in the Washington D.C. area. He graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Cha ...
- mandolin, vocals
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Tom Gray
Tom or TOM may refer to:
* Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name)
Characters
* Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head''
* Tom Beck, a character ...
- bass, vocals
Members of this lineup were inducted into the
International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor
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 mainta ...
in 1996.
2nd Classic lineup: 1972 - 1973
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Charlie Waller - vocals, guitar
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Bill Emerson
Norvell William Emerson (January 1, 1938 – June 22, 1996) was an American politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri from 1981 until his death from lung cancer in Bethesda, Maryland in 19 ...
- banjo, vocals
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Doyle Lawson
Doyle Lawson (born April 20, 1944) is an American traditional bluegrass and Southern gospel musician. He is best known as a mandolin player, vocalist, producer, and leader of the 6-man group Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. Lawson was inducted into ...
- mandolin, vocals
Bill Yates- bass, vocals
List of all past members by instrument
Guitar
Founding member (and the only one who was with the group from the beginning until the end),
Charlie Waller played exclusively the acoustic guitar. There were other members of the group, who contributed with guitar playing from time to time, especially for the songs where banjo was omitted, or when the group needed to overdub an extra acoustic guitar.
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Charlie Waller (1957-2004)
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Pete Kuykendall
Peter Van Kuykendall (January 15, 1938 – August 24, 2017) also known as Pete Roberts, was an American bluegrass musician, songwriter, discographer and a magazine and music publisher. He was a co-founder of ''Bluegrass Unlimited'' magazine a ...
(1958-1959)
* Randy Waller
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John Duffey
John Humbird Duffey Jr. (March 4, 1934 – December 10, 1996) was a Washington D.C. based bluegrass musician.
Duffey was born in Washington, D.C., and lived nearly all his life in the Washington D.C. area. He graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Cha ...
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Eddie Adcock
Eddie Adcock (born June 21, 1938) is an American banjoist and guitarist.
His professional career as a 5-string banjoist began in 1953 when he joined Smokey Graves & His Blue Star Boys, who had a regular show at a radio station in Crewe, Virginia ...
* Darin Aldridge
* Kenny Smith
* Billy Rose
* Gene Woten
* Jimmy Gaudreau
* Kent Dowell
Mandolin
* John Duffey (1957–69)
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Jimmy Gaudreau
Jimmy Gaudreau is a singer and mandolinist playing traditional and progressive bluegrass music. He is best known for his solo albums, and his work with The Country Gentlemen, Tony Rice, and J. D. Crowe.
Biography Early life
In high school in the ...
(1969-1972, 1981-1983)
* Doyle Lawson (1972-1979)
* Rick Allred (1979-1981)
* Jimmy Bowen (1983-1995)
* Darin Aldridge (1995-2004)
* Randall Hylton
* Jeff Davis
* Tim Finch
* David Kirk
* Norman Wright
* Dwight McCall
5-string banjo
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Bill Emerson
Norvell William Emerson (January 1, 1938 – June 22, 1996) was an American politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri from 1981 until his death from lung cancer in Bethesda, Maryland in 19 ...
(1957-1958, 1970-1973)
* Pete Kuykendall (1958-1959)
* Porter Church (June/July 1959)
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Eddie Adcock
Eddie Adcock (born June 21, 1938) is an American banjoist and guitarist.
His professional career as a 5-string banjoist began in 1953 when he joined Smokey Graves & His Blue Star Boys, who had a regular show at a radio station in Crewe, Virginia ...
(1959-1970)
* Walter Hensley (September 1961)
* James Bailey (1974, 1976-1979, 1986-1988)
* Mike Davis (1981-1986)
* Doyle Lawson (1974)
* Mike Lilly (1973-1974)
* Bill Holden (1974-1976)
* Kent Dowell (1979-1981)
* Dick Smith (1981-1988)
* Keith Little (1988)
* Kevin Church (1988-1990)
* Billy Rose (1990-1991)
* Greg Corbett (1991-2004)
* Mark Delaney
* Adam Poindexter
Acoustic bass
There were number of different bassist during almost five decades of lasting of the band.
Tom Gray
Tom or TOM may refer to:
* Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name)
Characters
* Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head''
* Tom Beck, a character ...
and Bill Yates were the most prominent ones, the latter spent almost 20 years with the group.
* Larry Lahey (1957)
* Tom Morgan (1958)
* Jim Cox (1958-1960)
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Tom Gray
Tom or TOM may refer to:
* Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name)
Characters
* Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head''
* Tom Beck, a character ...
(1960–64)
* Ed Ferris (1964–69)
* Ed McGlothlin (1969)
* Bill Yates (1970-1990)
* Jimmy Bowen (1990-1995)
* Ronnie Davis (1995-2004)
* Matthew Allred
* Tim Ashley
* Steve Block
* Gary Creed
* Stoney Edwards
* Billy Gee
* Spider Gilliam
* Sonny Johnson
* Billy Rose
* Roy Self
* Lester Deaton - bass
* Gene Wooten
* Jimmy Gaudreau
Dobro
The Country Gentlemen
The Country Gentlemen was a progressive bluegrass band that originated during the 1950s in the area of Washington, D.C., United States, and recorded and toured with various members until the death in 2004 of Charlie Waller (American musician), C ...
used
Dobro
Dobro is an American brand of resonator guitars, currently owned by Gibson and manufactured by its subsidiary Epiphone. The term "dobro" is also used as a generic term for any wood-bodied, single-cone resonator guitar.
The Dobro was originally ...
later on in their career - starting in 1973.
Jerry Douglas
Gerald Calvin "Jerry" Douglas (born May 28, 1956) is an American Dobro and lap steel guitar player and record producer.
Career
In addition to his fourteen solo recordings, Douglas has played on more than 1,600 albums. As a sideman, he has ...
and Mike Auldridge can be considered as the most prominent players on this instrument.
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Jerry Douglas
Gerald Calvin "Jerry" Douglas (born May 28, 1956) is an American Dobro and lap steel guitar player and record producer.
Career
In addition to his fourteen solo recordings, Douglas has played on more than 1,600 albums. As a sideman, he has ...
(1973–74, 1975, 1978)
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Mike Auldridge
Mike Auldridge (December 30, 1938 – December 29, 2012) was an American Dobro player and a founding member of the bluegrass group The Seldom Scene. The ''New York Times'' described Auldridge as "one of the most distinctive dobro players in the ...
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John Duffey
John Humbird Duffey Jr. (March 4, 1934 – December 10, 1996) was a Washington D.C. based bluegrass musician.
Duffey was born in Washington, D.C., and lived nearly all his life in the Washington D.C. area. He graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Cha ...
* Brian Blaylock
* Kenny Haddock
* Rob Ickes (2004)
* Gene Wooten
* Kim Gardmer
* Carl Nelson
* Steve Wilson
Fiddle
The Country Gentlemen
The Country Gentlemen was a progressive bluegrass band that originated during the 1950s in the area of Washington, D.C., United States, and recorded and toured with various members until the death in 2004 of Charlie Waller (American musician), C ...
used fiddle occasionally on some of their recordings and during some concerts. Ricky Skaggs was the most notable fiddle player for the group.
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Ricky Skaggs
Rickie Lee Skaggs (born July 18, 1954), known professionally as Ricky Skaggs, is an American neotraditional country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, ma ...
* John Hall
* Carl Nelson
* Greg Luck
* Glenn Duncan (1992)
* Tim Smith (1995)
Timeline
References
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Country Gentlemen members