Jonathan Richman on Gram Parsons
Glorious Noise (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Who knew that Jojo was friends with the Grievous Angel?
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Eddie and Martha benefit report
The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
We posted last month about the benefit concert for Eddie & Martha Adcock, held to help them overcome the financial difficulties they face as a result of Eddie’s medical issues this past year. Scott Street, an attorney in Richmond, VA – and a fine banjo picker as well – sent along this report of the [...]
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Monday 5 November 1666
Pepys' Diary (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
(A holyday). Lay long; then up, and to the office , where vexed to meet with people come from the fleete at the Nore , where so many ships are laid up and few going abroad, and yet Sir Thomas Allen hath sent up some Lieutenants with warrants to presse men for a few ships to go out this winter, while every day thousands appear here, to our great trouble and affright, before our office and the ticket...
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Ghost Songs: Bringing Mary Home
SqueezeMyLemon (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Here is one of my favorite ghost songs. It is a country bluegrass song that I love to hear during this time of year. Bringing Mary Home I was driving down a lonely road, on a dark and stormy night A little girl by the roadside showed up in my head lights I stopped and she got inside and in a shaky tone She said my name is Mary, please won't you take me home She must have been so frightened, all alone...
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Friends of Eddie & Martha Adcock
The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
One thing that has always warmed my heart about bluegrass people is how willing we are to take care of our own. Though it is sometimes sad to see how often they occur, it is wonderful to see musicians and fans come together to support members of our extended bluegrass family when such a need [...]
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Darin & Brooke at IBMA
The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Over this next few weeks, we’ll be doing some “after action” coverage of the 2009 IBMA World Of Bluegrass event in Nashville. Our goal is to demonstrate the effectiveness of participation at WOB, from a number of standpoints in the business, and where IBMA succeeds and fails in the eyes of the attendees. First up is [...]
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Bluegrass Preservation Society Radio Show #255
Bluegrass Radio Show (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
This week folks we've got the Cumberland Gap for the first half of the show and then some great cardio vascular exercise songs for you to get your butts up off of them couches and dance your feet plumb off! Then we've got Lester and Earl singing the classic "Back To The Cross" and we close with the Country Gentlemen and, of course, Vern Williams. So, come on in and enjoy!
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Wednesday lunch showcases
The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
For a change, I was able to stay for all three main stage acts at Wednesday’s (9/30) lunchtime showcase, and I saw some very strong performances. Darren Beachley & Legends Of The Potomac were up first. That may sound like a fairly grandiose name for a new band, but with former Seldom Sceners Tom Gray on [...]
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Tapestry of the Times #16: The Country Gentleman; The New Lost City Ramblers; J.D. Short; Joe Hunter; Bill McAdoo; Lucy Stewart; Clyde "Kindy" Sproat
Dialogic (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Tapestry of the Times #16 The lightning-fast fingers of banjo picker Eddie Adcock and The Country Gentlemen, Saint Louis blues from the legendary JD Short, a work-song sung by the inmates of a Texas prison camp, a chant learned in a trance by an Eskimo medicine man, a melody from the mountains of North Sumatra, and much more. Real music, real people, and the stories behind the sounds. The Country Gentlemen...
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Bill Yates & Friends - Country Gentlemen Tribute # 2
The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
Mastershield Records has released a second volume from Bill Yates where he reprises some of the classic songs from The Country Gentlemen. Bill was a member of the band for 20 years, and his first Country Gentlemen tribute CD was warmly received by their legions of fans. Bill plays bass and sings (just as he did [...]
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BlogPoll Roundtable Responses: Throw That Doug a Bone Edition
DawgSports (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
Let’s face facts. Right about now, our good friend Doug Gillett is a bit down on his luck . Well, I mean, except for the fact that his fake engagement seems to have turned into an actual relationship , which worked out well for him, but which troubles me somewhat because I really had put a lot of thought into the bachelor party we were going to throw for him before his prearranged disengagement...
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IBMA Announced International Bluegrass Music Awards Nominees Today
Cybergrass (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
Nashville, TN -- IBMA is proud to announce the nominees for the 20th Annual International Bluegrass Music Awards, hosted by Grammy-winning country artist Kathy Mattea and the legendary bluegrass band, Hot Rize, on Thursday, October 1, 2009, at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. ...
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Well Enough Alone - a new Dublin bluegrass band
The Bluegrass Ireland Blog (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Thanks to Martin McWhorter , who reports: Well Enough Alone , a brand new bluegrass band coming together in Dublin, will be playing at Bewley's Theatre (upstairs from the cafe), Grafton Street, Dublin 2, on Thursday 27 August at 8.00 p.m. along with Oil and Blood , a Dublin-based Americana/country/southern-rock outfit. The band's MySpace site at present lists Martin himself and Hugh Dean Taggart (guitar)....
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Roanoke FiddleFest Just Two Weeks Away
Cybergrass (Free subscription) | 07/21/2009
Mike Conner with the Roanoke FiddleFest reminds us that the fest is just two weeks away -- July 31 and August 1, 2009!! The "line up this year is Mountain Heart with Tony Rice, Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, Paul Williams & The Victory Trio, Balsam Range, Randy Waller & The Country Gentlemen, Audie Blaylock & Redline, Blue Moon Rising, Sandy Ridge, Big Country Bluegrass, Southern...
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Coal Miners And Country Gentlemen
Geezer Music Club (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
At one time, several members of my extended family were involved in coal mining at some level, and that’s probably true of many of us with rural roots. Along with farming (something my family also knew a little about), mining was one of the most common jobs around in those days. In some cases — [...]