Biography
Originally based in the Eastern United States, the Blue Ridge Mountain Boys have performed bluegrass music from coast to coast and overseas. The group was founded in the late 1960's by Bob Jones, who named it after the Blue Ridge region of the states of Virginia (a childhood home) and the Carolinas. In 1972 Jones moved the group's base of operations to the West Coast. The Blue Ridge Mountain Boys toured primarily in the western states until Jones, leader as well as founder, temporarily broke up the band late in 1975 and moved to Nashville, Tennessee to join Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys on guitar and vocals. In 1977 Jones reformed the Blue Ridge Mountain Boys with new personnel, again based on the West Coast. In 1979, the Blue Ridge Mountain Boys was named Band of the Year by the California State Bluegrass Federation.
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