Ron Block (born July 30, 1964) is an American bluegrass musician mainly playing the banjo and the guitar, singing, and writing gospel music. Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and is a sub-genre of Country music. The banjo is a Stringed instrument developed by enslaved Africans in the United States, adapted from several African instruments The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Gospel music is Music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life as well as (in terms of the varying music styles to
Biography
Ron Block was born Ronald Franklin Block in 1964 in Inglewood, California. Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County California, southwest of downtown Los Angeles. He received his first guitar at 11 and first became interested in banjo at 13 after seeing Lester Flatt play on television. Lester Raymond Flatt ( June 19, 1914 - May 11, 1979) was one of the pioneers of Bluegrass music. His interest in guitars and singing grew after seeing The Stanley Brothers and Larry Sparks. The Stanley Brothers ( Carter Stanley, August 27, 1925 - December 1, 1966, Larry Sparks (born 1947 is a Bluegrass musician and Guitarist He was the winner of the 2004 and 2005 IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year Award He is best known for his participation in the Grammy Award winning band, Alison Krauss & Union Station. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Alison Krauss ( born July 23 1971 is an American bluegrass - country singer and Fiddle player
Trivia
Ron Block supported Dan Tyminski in the Crossroads Guitar Festival, playing "Man of Constant Sorrow" and "The Road To Nash Vegas"
References
This article about a country musician from the United States is a stub. Dan Tyminski (born June 20, 1967) is a bluegrass composer vocalist and instrumentalist The Crossroads Guitar Festival was a Music festival and Benefit concert first held in 2004 and again in 2007 " Man of Constant Sorrow " is a traditional American folk song first performed by Dick Burnett, a partially blind fiddler from Kentucky Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic