Bluegrass band BBQ Festival classic cooker BLUEGRASS, BLUES & BARBECUE HISTORIC MUSIC & LEGENDARY TASTES This region feeds the soul and the senses, evoking the sounds and musical sensations of Kentucky. Bill Monroe, the Father of Bluegrass Music, invented the genre here in the rolling hills of Rosine. W.C. Handy, the Father of the Blues, lived and nurtured his appreciation for this African-American song form for nearly a decade in Henderson. FOOD FOR THE SOUL AND THE SENSES. The legacies of both are celebrated at the Rosine Barn Jamboree , the International Bluegrass Music Museum , the W.C. Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival , and countless other gatherings and impromptu jam sessions throughout the region. It is a heritage best served with barbecue and here, in the BBQ Capital of the World, that means mutton, chicken, pork – and more mutton. Even before Owensborough (later, Owensboro) was incorporated as a town in 1817, there was a tradition of simmering barbecue over an open pit. Yeah. It’s that good. 58 1-800-225-8747 / 1-800-225-TRIP
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