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Delia Bell
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Delia Bell (Francis Leona Bell, Bonham, Texas, April 16, 1935 - June 15, 2018) was an American, country and bluegrass singer, songwriter and guitarist. She was known for her work with Bill Grant with whom she fronted the Kiamichi Mountain Boys with brothers Orville, Ben, Glenn and Virgil Bonham. Bill Grant and Delia Bell was a bluegrass duo from Oklahoma. Emmylou Harris has said of Delia Bell: “If Hank Williams and Kitty Wells had married and had a daughter, she would have sounded like Delia Bell.” Grant has been recognized as "Ambassador of Bluegrass Music" by three Oklahoma governors. Delia Bell was born Delia Nowell on 16 April 16, 1938 in Bonham, Texas. Bell moved to Hugo Oklahoma, as a child. She started playing music with her sisters and brother as a child, and began singing in her teens. She married Bobby Bell in 1959. Bill Grant was born Billy Joe Grant on May 9, 1930, a Choctaw tribal member, and grew up on a ranch near Hugo, Oklahoma. Inspired by the music of Bill Monroe, he took up mandolin. In 1959, Bell began singing with Bobby's friend Bill Grant. Bell accompanied herself on guitar, and Bill Grant played mandolin, and Bell sang tenor to Grant’s lead. In 1960, Bell and Grant were regulars on the Little Dixie Hayride radio show on KIHN radio. When Bill Monroe heard them perform, he invited them to perform at his festivals in Bean Blossom, Indiana. This introduced the duo to a wider audience. In the late 1960s, Grant and Bell formed the Kiamichi Mountain B
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O Sister!
Dreaming
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O Sister! The Women's Bluegrass Collection
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O Sister! - The Women's Bluegrass Collection
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O Sister: The Women's Bluegrass Collection
Delia Bell
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Luxury Liner [Bonus Tracks]
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O Sister (2002)
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Bluegrass Mountain Style
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O Sister
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O Sister - The Women's Bluegrass Collection
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Tennessee Mountain Home