Bing was born on a farm near Windsor, CO, the youngest of 5 children. His sister Elsie Fisher, and brother Bill Solomon still live in Colorado and brother Dale Solomon lives in Wyoming. His brother Bob preceded him in death. He is a fourth generation Coloradoan. His Father was Elmer Solomon and his Mother was Minnie Linglebach. He grew up on their Colorado farms.

Bing was blessed with a sharp wit and humor, which lifted the spirits of those around him and made their lives better. His willingness to help anyone that needed it touched many lives but especially those of the children who he helped raise, Roxie Rau, Rick (Butch), Gary, Terri, Carl, Robert, Ricky, Matt, and Maggie Solomon, Aaron and Annie Cloud, and Michael Rudolph, as well as his seven grandchildren.

He graduated from Evans High School in 1956. He made his way through college playing guitar in a country band, which played in northern Colorado and Wyoming. It was during this time he married his first wife Janice Rice. Bing graduated from Colorado State University with a degree in economics. He took the first computer course there and made writing software his career. He retired from Lockheed Martin in 1993.

Bing loved music. He loved to play as well as watch other performers. He was married 25 years to Judy Brown. Their family spent many good times at The Walnut Valley Festival and Silver Dollar City in Missouri, listening to music. Harmonica was his first instrument. He began writing songs as an adult and picked up the banjo later in life. He was a wonderful clawhammer player. He led songs in church and played with the gospel group Glorybound as well as Parmalee Pickers, a group of local musicians from Indian Hills. Calvin Weatherall, Suzie Rudolph, and Bing had a band called Mountain Railway. Bing married Suzie in 1995 and they formed the duo SouthWind. Suzie’s sons Aaron and Michael joined them to form the SouthWind String Band.

One of the great joys of his life was being able to start the GospelGrass festivals in order to spread the good news of Christ’s salvation.

Bing is in heaven now and we hope you’ll all meet him there again, because in the words of Tom T. Hall, "We Still Have Forever to Go."

Bing as a senior in High School, 1956

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doing what he loved - making music


Glorybound


Mountain Railway


SouthWind


SouthWind String Band


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