EMERSON, BILL
(*1938)
EMERSON, BILL (b. William Hundley E., Washington, D.C., January 22, 1938) Celebrated BLUEGRASS banjo player of the 1950s, Emerson was one of the original members of THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN , although he didn't stay long, and also played with JIMMY MARTIN and RED ALLEN . Emerson was an influential banjo player in the Washington, D.C.-Virginia-Maryland area in the 1950s, first working with Buzz Busby and The Bayou Boys , a band that featured Charlie Waller . After Busby was injured in an automobile…