Tag: Bill Emerson

String Time – Bill Emerson

Bill Emerson’s impact on the five string banjo cannot be overstated. A member of the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame, Emerson’s…

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Cliff Waldron passes

Bluegrass singer and bandleader Cliff Waldron, early musical partner of Bill Emerson, and one of the leading lights of the 1960s…

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Bill Emerson’s String Time, reissue from Patuxent Music

Marvelous news from Patuxent Music! The Maryland label run by Tim Mindte has brought back some classic tracks from the late,…

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Welcome to New York from Scott Vestal and Bluegrass 2022

Pinecastle Records has released a second single from their upcoming celebration of instrumental bluegrass, Bluegrass 2022, featuring banjo master Scott Vestal with…

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Bill Emerson memorial service

The memorial service for Bill Emerson (William Hundley Emerson, Jr.) will take place at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church…

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Bill Emerson passes

Bluegrass Hall of Fame banjo player Bill Emerson passed away on August 21 from complications of pneumonia. He died surrounded by…

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Ophelia drops for Bill and Billy Emerson

615 Hideaway Records has announced the signing of banjo legend Bill Emerson to the label, with plans for a new album…

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Moments in Bluegrass: BG75 #9 – Bill Emerson meets Bill Monroe

Following an invitation that the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) extended to its members that they share a memory from “75…

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Emerson 414 EP featuring Bill and Billy Emerson

2019 Hall of Fame inductee Bill Emerson has been a bluegrass music icon for over 60 years. His youngest son Billy…

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On This Day #53 – Bill Emerson turns 80

On this day ….. On January 22, 1938, Bill Emerson was born in Washington D.C., from where he went on to…

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