Clyde Moody
Clyde Moody (Clyde Leonard Moody, 1915–1989) was an American country and bluegrass singer, guitarist, and songwriter who helped establish the genre's foundational sound. Born in Cherokee, North Carolina, he began his career in the mid-1930s with old-time groups like J.E. Mainer’s Mountaineers and Wade Mainer's Sons of the Mountaineers before joining Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys at WSM and the Grand Ole Opry in September 1940. As Monroe's primary lead singer and guitarist during a pivotal development stage, Moody helped define the band's historic 1940 debut recording session. He was posthumously inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2011.