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Lynn Morris (born October 8, 1948) is an American bluegrass musician. Morris was raised in Lamesa, Texas, where she learned to play piano at the age of 6 and guitar at the age of 11. She went to Colorado College and graduated with a degree in art. The following year she began to play the banjo.
4 de feb. de 2006 · Official website of Lynn Morris, 3-Time IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year. Lynn Morris Band CDs available here.
9 de mar. de 2020 · Within five years, Lynn became the first woman to win the National Banjo Championship — and later became the first person to win it twice. She was slow to gain confidence in her singing, and in her earliest band affiliations she primarily played banjo and guitar, singing harmony and rarely taking vocal leads.
Coming of age on the West Texas plains in the 1950s and ‘60s with influences as diverse as Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton, and the Chuck Wagon Gang, Lynn Morris seemed an unlikely candidate to be a major player in the world of bluegrass.
Multi-award winning Rounder recording artist Lynn Morris is one of only a handful of female band leaders in bluegrass today. Since founding the group in Winchester, Virginia in 1988, Lynn and her husband, bassist Marshall Wilborn have earned international acclaim for their straightforward soulful singing, genuine warmth onstage, and one of the ...
5 de ene. de 2022 · 831 views 1 year ago. Lynn Morris Band performing at Cooper's Glen music festival in 2002. Recorded by Mike Siegel. Lynn Morris - Guitar, Clawhammer Banjo ...more.
4 de mar. de 2022 · A prolific banjo player and singer whose illustrious career has included multiple International Bluegrass Music Award wins for Best Female Vocalist and Song of the Year, and an induction into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2021 (alongside Alison Krauss and The Stoneman Family).
