Julia Mainer, wife and musical partner of late bluegrass musician Wade Mainer, passed away on Jan. 21 at the age of 95. Her death came after a recent fall, from which she suffered fatal injuries. Born ...

Mainer’s idiosyncratic technique created a softer sound than the three-fingered style formerly associated with bluegrass, and represented a significant change from the heavier drop-thumb style known ...

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DETROITDETROIT — Wade Mainer, a country music pioneer who is credited with inventing the two-finger banjo picking style that paved the way for the Bluegrass era, has died. He was 104. Mainer died ...

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