Pete Goble
Musician · 1932–2018 · Prestonsburg, Kentucky
Best known for
Songwriter
Pete Goble was one of bluegrass music's most respected songwriters, working largely in partnership with Leroy Drumm; the Goble–Drumm catalog produced a string of late-twentieth-century bluegrass standards recorded across the genre's biggest acts.
- Born John Goble on April 24, 1932 in Prestonsburg, Kentucky; moved with his family to Detroit, Michigan in 1948 and lived in Michigan for the rest of his life.
- Caught the bluegrass bug listening to the Flatt & Scruggs Mercury recording of "Down the Road" in 1949.
- Wrote, often with longtime co-writer Leroy Drumm, the bluegrass standards "Tennessee 1949," "Big Spike Hammer," "Blue Virginia Blues," "Windy City," and "Colleen Malone."
- "Colleen Malone," recorded by Hot Rize, won the IBMA Song of the Year award in 1991.
- Songs from the Goble–Drumm catalog have been recorded by J.D. Crowe and the New South, the Bluegrass Album Band, the Country Gentlemen, the Lonesome River Band, IIIrd Tyme Out, Hot Rize, and Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers, among many others.
- Recorded with Bill Emerson on the 1987 Webco album Tennessee 1949, and later released Back to Jubilee Road with Andy Ball.
- Inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame on October 28, 2022, four years after his death.
- Died July 25, 2018 in Wyandotte, Michigan, at age 86.
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Bill Emerson and Pete GoblePlayed on recordings with Bill Emerson and Pete Goble
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Bill EmersonPlayed on recording with Bill Emerson