Rual Yarbrough

Rual Yarbrough
Background information
Birth name	Rual Holt Yarbrough
Born	(1930-01-13)January 13, 1930
Origin	Lawrence County, Tennessee
Died	September 21, 2010(2010-09-21) (aged 80)
Genres	Bluegrass
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Banjo
Years active	Mid-1950s-1990s
Labels	Blue Sky, Dot Records, Time, United Artists, Decca Records, RCA Records, Old Homestead, Rutabaga

Rual Holt Yarbrough (January 13, 1930 – September 21, 2010) was an American five-string banjo player who worked with some of the most famous bluegrass musicians.

Biography

Yarbrough was born in

When Yarbrough was performing in Columbus, Ohio, with the Boys From Shiloh, he met Monroe who offered him a job with the Bluegrass Boys since his banjo player Vic Jordan had just left. Yarbrough was hired and made his first recordings with Monroe two days later, on March 26, 1969. Between 1969 and 1970 he made 21 recordings with Monroe.^[2] Yarbrough also recorded a number of solo albums, and also founded the group, The Dixiemen. Among these records with The Dixiemen was "The Old Oak Tree," in 1974, on Old Homestead Records in Brighton, Michigan, of which about 500 copies were pressed and few survived, though the recordings have been preserved in digital form.

Yarbrough also opened Rual's Music Service in

Rual Yarbrough died from complications from pulmonary fibrosis in Florence, Alabama, on September 21, 2010.

Legacy

Yarbrough was honored as an Alabama Music Achiever by the Alabama Music Hall of Fame both as a solo artist.^[5] and as a member of the Dixie Gentlemen.^[6]

In 2011, Yarbrough was inducted into the Alabama Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame.^[7]

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