Exploring Rudy Lyle’s Impact on the Banjo and Bluegrass Music with Max Wareham

As a banjo player, Max Wareham is captivated by the formative events that led to the prominence of bluegrass music, and the impact of the artists who came before him. One of those artists is Rudy Lyle, a banjo player who performed with early Americana and bluegrass luminaries, including Bill Monroe, Patsy Cline, and many more.

Max explores Rudy’s influence on those artists — and on the decades of bluegrass and Americana music that followed — in his new book, Rudy Lyle: The Unsung Hero of the Five-String Banjo. Learn more on today’s episode!