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The Kentucky Ramblers were formed in 1930 by Floyd "Salty" Holmes (March 6, 1909 – January 1, 1970). They changed their name to The Prairie Ramblers in 1933 and began broadcasting on Chicago radio station WLS with new vocalist Patsy Montana. They continued performing and recording under this name until 1952, playing country, hillbilly music, gospel, and pop songs. They were the backing group on Montana's platinum hit "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart". .

The Kentucky Colonels were a bluegrass band that was popular during the American folk music revival of the early 1960s. Formed in Burbank, California in 1954, the group released two albums, The New Sound of Bluegrass America (1963) and Appalachian Swing! (1964). The band featured the influential bluegrass guitarist Clarence White, who was largely responsible for making the acoustic guitar a lead instrument within bluegrass, and who later went on to join the Los Angeles rock band the Byrds. The Kentucky Colonels disbanded in late 1965, with two short-lived reunions taking place in 1966 and 1973. In 1954, the three...

It happened in lovely Bloomington, Indiana. Summer of 2003. One "Simon P. Moore" had a line on a show in August, and the idea of starting a band called "Kentucky Nightmare" had already been cultivated in his mind by a friend's reference to a Space Ghost Coast-to-Coast episode. He had been writing songs for almost ten years, and was eager to front a band. He joined forces with friends Ben C. Fowler (drums) and Evan L. Farrell (bass and vocals). Kentucky Nightmare began playing like a good power trio usually ought to: dynamic, classic, and powerful songs with Evan's dancing...