Person · Male

Josh Graves

From
Tellico Plains, United States
Active
1927–2006
Releases
31

About

Josh Graves (September 27, 1927 Tellico Plains, Monroe County, Tennessee – September 30, 2006), born Burkett Howard Graves, was an American bluegrass musician. Also known by the nicknames "Buck," and "Uncle Josh," he is credited with introducing the resonator guitar (commonly known under the trade name of Dobro) into bluegrass music shortly after joining Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys in 1955. He was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor in 1997.

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He joined producers Randall Franks and Alan Autry for the In the Heat of the Night cast CD “Christmas Time’s A Comin’” performing "Christmas Time's A Comin'" with the cast on the CD released on Sonlite and MGM/UA for one of the most popular Christmas releases of 1991 and 1992 with Southern retailers.

From Josh Graves on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Discography

Albums 29
Live 1
Compilations 1

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Also known as

Burkett H. Graves · Burkett Howard Graves · Joshua Graves · Uncle Josh · Uncle Josh Graves

Identifiers

IPI
00012576896

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.