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Tag: Dudley Connell
Longview All-Star Jam Caps Off Spring S.O.I.M.F.
In 1998, a team of bluegrass all-stars who reawakened the world to the sounds of traditional bluegrass were the big winners at the IBMA Awards Show. Bringing home Recorded Event of the Year and Song of the Year honors that year, Longview ruled the world [...]
A ‘Clusterpluck’ for Mike Auldridge
It’s one thing when one of the most talented Dobro players on the planet attributes his success to Mike Auldridge. It’s something else entirely when a whole stageful of top Dobro players line up to pay tribute. Sally Van Meter had the most colorful way [...]
The Story Behind The Song – The Shape I’m In
The Shape I’m In was written by Dudley Connell, a founder member of the neo-traditional band the Johnson Mountain Boys and currently guitar player with the Seldom Scene. It was included in the band’s Dream Scene album (Sugar Hill SHDC-3858), released in 1996, shortly after [...]
RIP Mike Auldridge
The word “legend” gets tossed around pretty casually these days, but it does apply to Mike Auldridge, who died of cancer Saturday morning, one day short of his 74th birthday. Mike was a founding member of the Seldom Scene, a band that expanded the reach [...]
Album of the Week #28 – Reno & Smiley’s Wanted
I have been around bluegrass radio my whole life. My grandpa, “Moon” Mullins, was a popular disc jockey in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio for forty-five years, and was instrumental in presenting bluegrass and classic country music to the Midwest. My dad, Joe Mullins, has been [...]
Herschel Sizemore tribute
In a long day of great music and great moments at Sunday’s benefit concert in Roanoke for Herschel and Joyce Sizemore, two backstage discussions captured the spirit of the man being feted and the music community that supported the event. One of those moments came [...]
Herschel Sizemore benefit show
Dean Hoffmeyer captured dozens of memorable images at yesterday’s (2/19) Sizemore Benefit Concert in Roanoke, VA.
Dudley Connell talks Seldom Scene on Bluegrass Country
Back in February, WAMU’s Bluegrass Country ran an extended interview with Dudley Connell. The piece ran 3 hours, and the response from listeners all over the world caught the staff by surprise. They quickly scheduled a number of re-airings, and the show has become one [...]
Dudley Connell melts the switchboard
Over this past weekend, WAMU’s Bluegrass Country ran the first 3 hours of the lengthy interviews they are conducting with Dudley Connell.He spoke in depth with Katy Daley and Lee Michael Dempsey about having grown up in the DC bluegrass scene, and his time as [...]
Martin Guitars – an anniversary remembrance
Martin Guitar & Co., probably the most famous guitar manufacturer, celebrates 175 years of production this week, September 9, 1833 being the date on which Christian Friedrich Martin immigrated to New York. During that same year “Fritz,” as Martin was known, opened a guitar workshop [...]
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