Earl Taylor and His Stoney Mountain Boys

Band · Active 1959–1976
Traditional Bluegrass

Earl Taylor and His Stoney Mountain Boys was an American bluegrass band led by the mandolinist and singer Earl Taylor.

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  • Was based in Baltimore, Maryland, and known for a hard-driving style of bluegrass.
  • The band included the banjo player Walter Hensley, known as the “Banjo Baron of Baltimore.”
  • Was presented by the folklorist Alan Lomax on the 1959 album “Folk Songs from the Blue Grass.”
  • Is remembered as the first bluegrass band to perform at Carnegie Hall, in 1959.
  • Earl Taylor
    Played on recordings with Earl Taylor and His Stoney Mountain Boys
  • Vernon McIntyre
    Played on recordings with Earl Taylor and His Stoney Mountain Boys
  • Curtis Cody
    Played on recordings with Earl Taylor and His Stoney Mountain Boys
  • Sam Hutchins
    Played on recordings with Earl Taylor and His Stoney Mountain Boys
  • Walter Hensley
    Played on recordings with Earl Taylor and His Stoney Mountain Boys
  • Jim McCall
    Played on recordings with Earl Taylor and His Stoney Mountain Boys
  • Tim Spradlin
    Played on recordings with Earl Taylor and His Stoney Mountain Boys
  • Brian Wicklund
    Played on recording with Earl Taylor and His Stoney Mountain Boys
  • Charles Haskins
    Played on recording with Earl Taylor and His Stoney Mountain Boys
  • Harley Gabbard
    Played on recording with Earl Taylor and His Stoney Mountain Boys
  • Jack Carter
    Played on recording with Earl Taylor and His Stoney Mountain Boys
  • Paul Mullins
    Played on recording with Earl Taylor and His Stoney Mountain Boys
  • Sandy Rothman
    Played on recording with Earl Taylor and His Stoney Mountain Boys

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