Josh Graves, RIP
“Josh Graves, RIP-X049”
Musician Josh Graves, master of Dobro, dies
By PETER COOPER
Burkett Howard “Uncle Josh” Graves, whose bluesy Dobro innovations helped keep that curious and difficult instrument alive in country and bluegrass music, died Saturday in Nashville after a lengthy illness.
“He’s like Bill Monroe to the mandolin or Earl Scruggs to the banjo,” Jerry Douglas told Tennessean senior writer Tim Ghianni in 2003. “If you want to learn the instrument, you listen to Josh play.”</i>
