Throughout the '70s, '80s, and '90s, Dudley Connell has remained an important figure in bluegrass music, first as the founder and mainstay of the Johnson Mountain Boys and later as a member of the Seldom Scene. He also undertook a series of "brother-style" duo albums with Don Rigsby.
After growing up in Rockville, MD, as the son of bluegrass enthusiasts, Connell got his start in the mid-'70s fronting the Johnson Mountain Boys. Amongst a thriving "newgrass" scene in Washington, D.C., the group remained traditionally oriented. Early on, before the Johnson Mountain Boys, Connel...