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Junior and the Cow
Junior Williams, banjo player with Newtown and legitimate funny guy, has agreed to send us occasional iPhone videos. Here he is with John Cowan, who is doing some touring with his own band during a break in his schedule with The Doobie Brothers.
Grassers with Bobby and Billy Ray Cyrus
Unless you’ve been living in a cave since 1992, there’s a strong likelihood that you are familiar with country singer and TV personality Billy Ray Cyrus. Odds are you are also acquainted with his daughter, singer, actress and gal-about-town, Miley. But did you know that [...]
Death & Taxes takes Vox Pop Poll award
Canadian bluegrass/Americana trio Tiller’s Folly have picked up a prestigious award in the 11th annual Independent Music Awards Vox Pop Poll. Their song, Death & Taxes, placed first in the Social Cause category, with online votes tallied from more than 60,000 music lovers worldwide. The song, [...]
Cowan at the Down Home live online
Now that John Cowan has signed up as the regular bass player with The Doobie Brothers, opportunities to catch his solo shops are rather limited. But tonight when the John Cowan Band performs at The Down Home in Johnson City, TN, fans worldwide can watch [...]
The Dogs of Bluegrass
With dog talk seemingly taking over the US Presidential race, it seems like a perfect time to highlight this clever piece of work from Zach White. Zach is a country/bluegrass musician currently studying commercial music at Belmont University, where he performs with the student bluegrass ensemble. [...]
John Cowan Presents: I Believe To My Soul
John Cowan is the latest Nashville music celebrity with a bluegrass connection to launch a recurring program on WSM radio. Mountain Heart also has a featured spot once a month. The debut edition of John Cowan Presents: I Believe To My Soul will air this [...]
Go the Road – Tiller’s Folly
It wasn’t too many years ago that the concept of a “band” began to change from simplistic to more complicated definitions. In fact, at the turn of the last century, many individuals would have considered the act of two people playing together (most commonly fiddle [...]
John Cowan Band live recording this weekend
If it seems like we haven’t heard much from John Cowan of late, it’s because we haven’t. In October of ’10, John accepted the full-time bass position with The Doobie Brothers, a job he had held previously for more than 10 years in the 1970s-’80s. [...]
John Cowan to tour later this year
John Cowan will be touring this Fall with an acoustic trio during a break in his schedule with The Doobie Brothers, to whom he had returned as a full time member in 2010. Most of us in the bluegrass world were introduced to Cowan through [...]
Leadbetter benefit photos
Mike Kelly has posted a good many photos from this past Saturday’s Phil Leadbetter benefit show at Dumplin’ Valley in Kodak, TN. A number of top bluegrass acts donated their time to help raise money to cover some of the medical expenses for Phil’s cancer [...]
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