Terry Baucom has announced the newest member of his touring and recording group, the Dukes of Drive. And it's someone who has been associated with Bauc for a good many of his 50 years in the business. Clay Jones joins the
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Overlook Farm Fiddlers Convention – results and photos
The very first Overlook Farms Fiddlers Convention was held last week in Stoneville, NC. It was held specifically in order to give the pickers in that region a place to go and jam following the cancellation of the 2020 Old
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Overlook Farm Fiddler’s Convention in August, presented by Clay Jones
There's really nothing special about missing outdoor events this summer. All over the world, popular gatherings have been cancelled for 2020, with even a few next year already announcing postponements. But it's doubtful that anyone is grieving harder than those who regularly
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Clay Jones – Heritage Not Hate
Clay Jones has been both in and out of bluegrass music for most of his life. It seems like he'll be prominent on guitar with a leading band for a while, like Mountain Heart or Lou Reid & Terry Baucom,
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Reno Bound – Reno and Harrell
For most bluegrass fans, the name “Reno and Harrell” instantly brings to mind the 1960s band fronted by bluegrass legends Don Reno and Bill Harrell. However, some folks may have caught that name popping up once again at bluegrass shows,
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New face with Mountain Heart
Mountain Heart has announced that Jake Stargel has joined the band on guitar, filling the spot just vacated by Clay Jones. Jake is a fiery flatpicker from Georgia who at 19 years of age has already developed quite a reputation in
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Clay Jones back with Mountain Heart
After a hiatus of 16 months, Clay Jones has re-assumed the guitar chair with Mountain Heart. Jones left the band in August of 2007 to deal with some personal and familial issues, and with Clay Hess having left the group to
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Randy Kohrs adds new band members
Award winning dobro player and band leader, Randy Kohrs, has just added a couple new faces to the line up of his band, The Lites. UPDATE: We just heard from Ashley Brown, Randy's fiddle player, that the band name has been
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More Ultimate Pickin from Pinecastle
Some of the more popular bluegrass instrumental projects of recent years have been in a Pinecastle series which came to be called the Bluegrass Annual projects, as each was designated by the year in which it was released. Seven CDs
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Steve Dilling holiday tour
As a member of IIIrd Tyme Out, Steve Dilling is accustomed to having the month of December free each year. The band has long blocked the last month of the year off their tour schedule, both to allow for time