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    • Jul 20, 1934
    Ralph Rinzler is born in Passaic, New Jersey. A longtime curator for the Smithsonian Institute, he becomes the manager for Bill Monroe, helping the bluegrass pioneer experience a resurgence in popularity during the 1960s
    Jun 24, 1962
    Bill Monroe brushes off a journalist at Sunset Park in West Grove, Pennsylvania. It's a less than auspicious first meeting with the man who will become the manager that revives Monroe's career, Ralph Rinzler
    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
    Feb 22, 1989
    Ralph Rinzler is one of four producers honored for Best Traditional Folk Recording, for "A Vision Shared: A Tribute To Woody Guthrie & Leadbelly," during the 31st Grammy Awards in Los Angeles
    Jul 2, 1994
    Bill Monroe's manager, Ralph Rinzler, dies of AIDS in Washington, D.C.
    Jul 7, 1994
    Bill Monroe attends a memorial service for his former manager, Ralph Rinzler, performing "Wayfaring Stranger" with Mike Seeger in Washington, D.C.
    Jun 13, 2008
    Dolly Parton, Earl Scruggs and The Carter Family are inducted into the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, along with fiddler Tommy Jarrell, Doc Watson and bluegrass manager Ralph Rinzler
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