Benny Cain
Benny Cain (born May 21, 1921) was an American bluegrass singer, guitarist, and bandleader, born in New Haven, Connecticut, and raised in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. With his wife Vallie he formed the Country Cousins in the late 1940s, playing on WINC in Winchester, Virginia. After their July 1950 marriage the couple moved to the Washington, D.C., area and switched to bluegrass as Benny & Vallie Cain and the Country Clan. Their band included many notable D.C. musicians, among them Bill Emerson, Don Stover, Scotty and Roni Stoneman, Pete Kuykendall, and Tom Gray.
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- No. 18 Winter 1999