1. Rual Holt Yarbrough was an American five-string banjo player who worked with some of the most famous bluegrass musicians.
11 Facts About Rual Yarbrough
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Rual Yarbrough grew up listening to Bill Monroe on the radio and eventually learned to play the banjo.
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Rual Yarbrough formed the Dixie Gentlemen in 1956 together with Jake Landers and Herschel Sizemore.
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The group disbanded in 1966 and Yarbrough found work with Jimmy Martin's Sunny Mountain Boys.
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When Rual Yarbrough was performing in Columbus, Ohio, with the Boys From Shiloh, he met Monroe who offered him a job with the Bluegrass Boys since his banjo player Vic Jordan had just left.
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Rual Yarbrough was hired and made his first recordings with Monroe two days later, on March 26,1969.
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Rual Yarbrough recorded a number of solo albums, and founded the group, The Dixiemen.
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Rual Yarbrough performed as session player in Nashville, and was featured on records by the likes of Hank Williams Jr, Mac Davis, and The Pointer Sisters.
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Rual Yarbrough died from complications from pulmonary fibrosis in Florence, Alabama, on September 21,2010.
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Rual Yarbrough was honored as an Alabama Music Achiever by the Alabama Music Hall of Fame both as a solo artist.
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In 2011, Rual Yarbrough was inducted into the Alabama Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame.