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Life without Earl
This tribute to Earl Scruggs on the anniversary of his passing is a contribution from Jim Mills, a life-long student of Scruggs-style banjo, and a serious collector of the sort of pre war Gibson banjos that Earl played. Jim also maintains a large collection of [...]
Banjothon 2013
At the early part of each year, prewar banjo enthusiasts of every stripe converge on the town of Maryville in east Tennesse for an annual celebration of all things banjo, known simply as Banjothon. The 2013 get together was held this past weekend, and Dean [...]
Vince Gill Bluegrass Band in Richmond
Richmond,VA photographer, and banjo pick aficionado, Dean Hoffmeyer captured a few images from Vince Gill’s 2012 bluegrass tour when they stopped at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens in Richmond last night. Joining Vince were Jim Mills on banjo, Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Dennis Crouch on [...]
Vince Gill going bluegrass again this summer
Vince Gill will once again be embarking on an acoustic bluegrass tour this summer, with an all-star cast in tow. Starting in mid-June, Gill has shows scheduled throughout the southern and central US with Jim Mills on banjo, Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Jeff White on [...]
Jim Mills remembers Earl Scruggs
This remembrance of the great Earl Scruggs comes from former Ricky Skaggs banjo player, celebrated recording artist and avid banjo collector, Jim Mills. First of all, let me say that Earl Scruggs was my all time hero on this earth. He was the driving force [...]
Smilin’ Jim Mills on TV
Banjo master Jim Mills is the subject of a short documentary piece produced by UNC-TV, the public television service at the University of North Carolina. The video starts with a musical biography on Mills, covering his early discovery of the banjo through his time with [...]
Jim Mills on the BBC
In a piece broadcast today (7/18) on the BBC 4 Americana podcast, banjo player and collector Jim Mills offers British listeners some insight into the history and development of our beloved 5 string banjo. Jim takes the producers into his sanctum sanctorum, where he houses [...]
Jim Mills in Garden & Gun
We’ve posted a few times about Garden & Gun magazine. It’s a glossy bi-monthly that merges content on southern lifestyle with hunting and outdoors features. They have been quite kind to bluegrass music, with recent features on Sam Bush, Punch Brothers, and Steve Martin with [...]
Jim Mills to fill in for Crowe
We have learned that power picker Jim Mills will be filling in this weekend for JD Crowe. As we reported last month, JD fell last month exiting his tour bus, and broke his left arm in two places. Jim has trimmed down to his ideal [...]
Catching up with Jim Mills
I had a chance to catch up last week with banjo monster Jim Mills, and was immediately curious about what he has been doing since leaving Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder last summer. Jim said that he has been enjoying the ability to spend some [...]
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