Rex Yetman (1933 – December 18, 2009) hailed from Jamestown,

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. He was one of the founding members in 1953 of the York County Boys, Canada's first bluegrass

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, who played around

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and eastern Canada through the 1960s and early 1970s. They recorded "You Done Me Wrong" and "Down The Road Blues"."July-December 2009"
The Dead Rock Stars Club. Accessed December 2009. Yetman played

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and sang on the

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, ''Bluegrass Jamboree with the York County Boys'', which was the first bluegrass album released in Canada. The York County Boys appeared on the Tommy Hunter Show and Country Music Hall. He most recently played with Crooked Stovepipe"Biography"
Crooked Stovepipe, April 5, 2005 (Internet Archive). of St. John's, who were awarded the East Coast Music Association's bluegrass album of the year in 2006. Yetman died in December 2009, at the age of 76.

References

1933 births 2009 deaths Canadian bluegrass mandolinists Musicians from Newfoundland and Labrador People from Newfoundland (island) 20th-century Canadian male musicians {{Canada-musician-stub