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    • Jan 5, 1963
    Six months after he was snubbed by Bill Monroe, Ralph Rinzler is reintroduced to the bluegrass legend at a party in New York. By the end of the evening, Rinzler is Monroe's manager, in charge of resurrecting his career
    Jan 25, 1964
    Bill Monroe performs "Uncle Pen" and "Mule Skinner Blues" on ABC's "Hootenanny," which also features Doc Watson, Homer & Jethro and The Geezinslaw Brothers
    May 16, 1964
    Buck Owens, Ernest Tubb and Bill Monroe draw fans to all-country concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York. Also featured: Webb Pierce, Bill Anderson, Stonewall Jackson, Skeeter Davis, Carl Smith, Hank Snow, Ray Price, Porter Wagoner and Leon McAuliffe
    Jul 25, 1965
    Folk singer/songwriter Bob Dylan angers the crowd when he plays his first electric concert at the Newport Folk Festival. For the last part of the show, he borrows a guitar from Johnny Cash. Also watching backstage: Bill Monroe
    Sep 3, 1965
    The first weekend bluegrass festival, organized by Carlton Haney, opens in Fincastle, Virginia. The three-day event features Bill Monroe, The Stanley Brothers, Clyde Moody, Jimmy Martin, Don Reno, Mac Wiseman, The Country Gentlemen and others
    Jul 10, 1966
    Bill Monroe performs on the same bill with Flatt & Scruggs at a bluegrass festival at Whippoorwill Park near Warrenton, Virginia. It marks the first time Monroe has been willing to share the stage with his former band members since they left him in 1948
    Dec 29, 1966
    "Second Fiddle To A Steel Guitar" debuts in movie theaters with Minnie Pearl, Sonny James, Lefty Frizzell, Kitty Wells, Johnny Wright, Connie Smith, Billy Walker, Curly Fox, Dottie West, Webb Pierce, Faron Young, Bill Monroe and Little Jimmy Dickens
    Jul 3, 1969
    A Smithsonian concert on the Mall in Washington, D.C., honors Bill Monroe. He performs with Charlie Monroe and Birch Monroe. The show also features J.E. Mainer and Wade Mainer
    Oct 28, 1969
    Bill Monroe records the original version of "Walk Softly On This Heart Of Mine" in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. Twenty years later, a suped-up version becomes the first single for The Kentucky HeadHunters
    Oct 14, 1970
    The Original Carter Family and Bill Monroe enter the Country Music Hall Of Fame during the fourth annual Country Music Association awards, hosted by Tennessee Ernie Ford from Nashville's Ryman Auditorium on NBC-TV's "The Kraft Music Hall"
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