The Franklin County bluegrass band Lost & Found was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Association Hall of Fame on Thursday night in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Cardinal News reported. The honor came about two months after founding member Allen Mills died.
Roger Handy, who played guitar with the group, attended the ceremony. The band’s fellow inductees were fiddler Byron Berline, the Nashville Bluegrass Band and Barry Poss, the former owner of Sugar Hill Records.
A Founder Learned of the Honor Shortly Before He Died
Mills, who wrote the band’s song Love of the Mountains, died on Aug. 18 at age 80, shortly after hearing of the induction. Mark Freeman, whose Rebel Records label released several Lost & Found albums, told Cardinal News he spoke with Mills a few days earlier.
Mills was excited and ready to attend, Freeman said…