Red Allen (Bluegrass) (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Harley Allen (February 12, 1930 - April 3, 1993), better known as Red Allen, was an American bluegrass singer and guitarist known for his powerful tenor voice. Allen, born in Pigeon Roost Hollow, near Hazard, Kentucky, grew up in the music-rich hills of eastern Kentucky, and following a stint in the Marines, settled in Dayton Ohio in 1949, where he began performing professionally. In 1952, Allen discovered a young teenaged mandolin virtuoso named Frank Wakefield who had moved to Dayton from Harriman Tennessee and soon Wakefield became a member of Allen's first band, The Blue Ridge Mountain Boys.