Franklin "Amos" Garren was the first bassist for Bill Monroe and his band, the Blue Grass Boys.
Bill Monroe selected Amos Garren to become his bass player after the band moved to Greenville, South Carolina.
Amos Garren was hired in 1942, as Bill Monroe, known now as the "father of bluegrass music", was assembling his band.
[2] Amos Garren started his career with Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys in August 1939, after "Snowball" Millard left the band in July to be with his wife who was expecting a baby.
The quartet featured Garren on lead, Monroe and Art Wooten on tenor, and Johnnie Davis on bass.