ALLEN, RED
(1930–1993)
ALLEN, RED (b. Harley A.; February 12, 1930–April 3, 1993) Red Allen was a BLUEGRASS guitarist/vocalist who was quite influential on the first generation of blue-grass revivalists in the 1960s. Allen first came to prominence as the lead singer and guitarist for The OSBORNE BROTHERS in the mid-1950s. He soon broke away, however, and formed his own band, The Kentuckians . In the early 1960s he recorded and performed with innovative mandolinist Frank Wakefield and also with a new young revival…