More Monroe stampers
Here are a few more photos that just came in of prominent bluegrass artists hopping on the Bill Monroe Stamp campaign.
When The Infamous Stringdusters were at the Bluegrass Country studios yesterday in DC, Jen Hitt asked them to add their names to the petitions which will be sent to the US Postal Service requesting a commemorative Bill Monroe stamp.
Of course, they happily obliged, giving a big thumbs up to the whole concept.
See how you can become involved in helping ensure that the 100th anniversary of Big Mon’s birth is recognized with his own stamp. It’s easy, it’s fun… and it just may work!
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This post is another contribution from Richard Thompson, who has provided several special pieces to The Bluegrass Blog as we recall Bill Monroe today.
Today marks the point beyond which the US Postal Services can issue a commemorative stamp for Bill Monroe, there being a ten year embargo before honourees...
Here's another update on the ongoing campaign to petition the US Postal Service to honor Bill Monroe with his very own postage stamp - and we have some very encouraging news!
People and organizations all over the US have been circulating petitions and returning them to the manager of stamp services...
We've made mention in the past about the campaign to convince the US Postal Service to issue a commemorative stamp honoring the musical contributions of Bill Monroe.
According to the USPS guidelines, such stamps can not be issued until ten years have passed since the person to be honored has died....
Our good buddy, Katy Daley from WAMU's Bluegrass Country, spent much of last week at the River Of Music Party, more commonly known as ROMP, in Owensboro, KY. It's a 4 day festival put on by the International Bluegrass Museum which always makes recognition of the pioneers of our music a part of their...
Karen Cannon has painted a new tribute to our beloved Father. The painting is titled Salute!, and honors both Bill Monroe and the mandolin he used to create the bluegrass music we know and love.
Karen has painted Bill Monroe and his mandolin before, and she explains how the image for this new original...
Bluegrass Country's Katy Daly sent along this report from The Bluegrass Train, which ran on Thursday just ahead of the big DelFest event this weekend.
"DelFest starts today but we had a good size crowd gather in Cumberland yesterday (Thursday, May 21) to ride the Bluegrass Train with Del McCoury. ...
Our Brazilian friend Erio Meili, President of the Sao Paulo Bluegrass Music Association sent us this photo of the postage stamp which they had created to help publicize their organization. The Brazilian postal authority, Empresa Brasileira de Correios, is under certain conditions allowing for the production...
We received a note from Mark Miracle, mandolinist with Mountain Therapy, about his original t-shirt designs, including one in support of the Bill Monroe postage stamp campaign.
Mark's company is called Grassware, and they have a variety a bluegrass-themed apparel items available on their web site....
We recently had some great posts reflecting on and remembering the life and career of Bill Monroe. Those posts were published on the anniversary of his death. Today is Bill's birthday and thought we should remember that as well. So...
Happy Birthday Bill!...
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