Pee Wee Lambert
Pee Wee Lambert (born Darrell Lambert; August 5, 1924 – June 15, 1965){{Cite web|url=http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/ssdi/search?l=Lambert&ss=X&f=&m=&s1=&s2=&s3=&ib=0&ad=&by=1924&ba=0&dy=1965&da=0&bm=0&dm=0&bd=0&dd=0&rci=&bci=&rco=&bco=&rst=&bst=&rzi=&bzi=|title=Free Family Tree, Genealogy and Family History - MyHeritage|website=www.familytreelegends.com|access-date=2016-06-18}} was a mandolinist who worked with The Stanley Brothers. He left the group in 1950. He sang in a "high voice" like Bill Monroe.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4nvNYdw_q18C|title=Traveling the High Way Home: Ralph Stanley and the World of Traditional Bluegrass Music|last=Wright|first=John|date=1995-02-01|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=9780252064784|language=en}} He highly admired Monroe. In addition to singing like him he is said to have imitated Bill Monroe's posture, dress, and facial expressions.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gsDHolSxKuwC|title=Bluegrass Breakdown: The Making of the Old Southern Sound|last=Cantwell|first=Robert|date=2003-01-01|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=9780252071171|language=en}} He also worked with Curly Parker as "Bluegrass Pardners."{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LgAGzopOTbYC|title=The Bluegrass Reader|last=Goldsmith|first=Thomas|date=2004-01-01|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=9780252029141|language=en}}
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- [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p306447/biography|pure_url=yes}} All Music]
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Category:American bluegrass musicians
Category:American bluegrass mandolinists
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