Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
Music | Documentary
Release Date
August 30, 2019
Duration
116 min
Status
Released
Language
en
Overview
Examine the history of bluegrass music, from its origins to its eventual worldwide popularity, and hear from dozens of musicians who explain the ways bluegrass music transcends generational, cultural and geographic boundaries.
Casts
Self (archive footage)
Bill Monroe
Self (archive footage)
Earl Scruggs
Self (archive footage)
Lester Flatt
Self - Musician
Alison Krauss
Self - Musician
Del McCoury
Self - Musician
Peter Rowan
Self - Musician
Rhonda Vincent
Self - Musician
Jerry Douglas
Self - Musician
Bobby Osborne
Self - Musician
Sam Bush
Self - Musician
Sierra Hull
Self - Musician
Ricky Skaggs
Self - Musician
Laurie Lewis
Self - Grammy Award Winner
Jim Lauderdale
Self - Grammy Award Winner
Graham Sharp
Self - Musician
Béla Fleck
Self - Grammy Award Winner
Abigail Washburn
Self - Grammy Award Winner
Chris Thile
Self (archive footage)
Bob Dylan
Self - Musician
Dale Ann Bradley
Herself - Musician
Alison Brown
Self - Freshgrass Foundation
Chris Wadsworth
Self - Bluegrass Music Historian
Neil V. Rosenberg
Self - Smithsonian Institution
Rex Ellis
Self - Co-founder, Rounder Records
Marian Leighton Levy
Self - Radio Broadcaster, WSMT
Blake Williams
Self - Radio Broadcaster
Joe Mullins
Self - Musician
Kelsi Robertson Harrigill
Self - Radio Broadcaster / Musician
Ned Luberecki
Self - Musician
Jon Weisberger
Self - Musician / Berklee College of Music
Darol Anger
Self - Grammy Award Winner
Noam Pikelny
Self - European Bluegrass Music Association
Eugene O'Brien
Self - Grammy Award Winner
Chris Eldridge
Self - Singer/Songwriter
Larry Stephenson
Self - Kentucky Center for Traditional Music
Raymond McLain
Self (archive footage)
Ralph Stanley
Self (archive footage)
Sonny Osborne
Self - Musician
Terry Eldredge
Self (archive footage)
Don Reno
Self (archive footage)
Red Smiley
Self (archive footage)
John Hartford
Self (archive footage)
Tom Smothers
Self (archive footage)
Dick Smothers
Self (archive footage)
Glen Campbell
Self (archive footage)
Steve Martin
Self (archive footage)
Jerry Garcia
Self (archive footage)
Tony Rice
Self - Musician
John Cowan
Self (archive footage)
J.D. Crowe
Self - Grammy Award Winner
Dan Tyminski
Self - Musician
Kaia Kater
Self - Musician
Molly Tuttle
Self - Musician
Missy Raines
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