Died On This Date (July 13, 2010) Cullen Galyean / Bluegrass Pioneer
themusicsover Cullen Galyean
1939 – July 13, 2010
Cullen Galyean was an influential bluegrass picker who was equally proficient at the guitar, fiddle, mandolin, bass and banjo on which he earned a reputation as one of the top players during the ’60s. By the time he was 16, Galyean was playing professionally in a bluegrass outfit called the Mountain Ramblers. Throughout his career, he was featured on records by the likes of the Virginia Mountain Boys, the Mountain Ramblers, and the Foot Hill Boys. Galyean reportedly played on the first album ever released in Australia, thus likely sparking that country’s bluegrass movement. Cullen Galyean was 71 when he passed away on July 13, 2010.
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