Bill Emerson (musician), Date of Birth

    

Bill Emerson (musician)

American bluegrass musician, banjo player

Date of Birth: 22-Jan-1938

Profession: banjoist, bluegrass musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Bill Emerson (musician)

  • William Hundley "Bill" Emerson, Jr.
  • (born January 22, 1938 in Washington, D.C.) is an American five-string banjo player known for being one of the founding members of the original The Country Gentlemen and Emerson & Waldron and considered one of the finest bluegrass banjo players in music history. Note: The bluegrass musician named Bill Emerson written about on this biography page is often confused with another country musician named Bill Emerson (known as "Wild Bill Emerson") who was also born in 1938.
  • As a result, bluegrass musician Bill Emerson is frequently incorrectly attributed to songs on various music databases (such as Discogs, AllMusic and Wiki) written by Wild Bill Emerson and/or his wife, Martha Jo "Jody" Emerson (who's often miscredited as "Jodie").
  • Wild Bill and Jody have written for many country artists such as George Jones, Hank Williams, Jr.
  • and John Anderson.

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