BORN IN THE BLUEGRASS Talent runs deep in Kentucky, producing some of the finest musicians to grace a stage – regardless of region or genre. We’ve raised jazz greats like Helen Humes , Lionel Hampton and Rosemary Clooney , and early country luminaries like Lily May Ledford & The Coon Creek Girls , Bill Monroe , The Everly Brothers , Tom T. Hall and Skeeter Davis . Along the Country Music Highway (U.S. 23), you’ll wind along where Loretta Lynn , Tyler Childers , Chris Stapleton , Billy Ray Cyrus , The Judds , Ricky Skaggs , Dwight Yoakum and Keith Whitley called home. Other roads lead to the hometowns of Sturgill Simpson , Sam Bush , Patty Loveless , Joan Osborne , Ben Sollee , J.D. Crowe , Adrian Belew , The Osborne Brothers and Jean Ritchie . On the band front, Nappy Roots , Cage the Elephant and Kentucky Headhunters are some of the born-and-bred groups we boast. Making music, Kentucky-style Billy Goat Strut kentuckytourism.com 19
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