Tag: Josh Williams

A First-Class Reunion

| February 19, 2013 | 2 Comments
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This reflection on the Bluegrass Album band reunion in Asheville is a contribution from Alan Tompkins, prominent Texas bluegrass musician, impresario, and radio host. Mid-February weather in Dallas is usually great, some of the best each year, and not something I would normally leave (voluntarily) [...]

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Bluegrass Album Band returns in fine style

| February 18, 2013 | 3 Comments
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This is the first of two articles about the historic reunion of The Bluegrass Album Band this past weekend in North Carolina. There’s no better way to start the Bluegrass Album Band reunion than with the crack of Crowe’s banjo kicking off the album one [...]

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Josh Williams joins Rhonda and the Rage

| November 18, 2012 | 11 Comments
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With their touring season just concluded, Rhonda Vincent has announced a change in her band, The Rage. Ben Helson, who has been holding down the guitar spot this past four years, is leaving, with 3-time IBMA Guitar Player of the Year Josh Williams set to step in. Williams [...]

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Bluegrass Album Band reunion in February

| October 18, 2012 | 1 Comment
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Bluegrass First Class has long been considered among the top destination events on the festival calendar for bluegrass fans. Held in February each year, the BFC offers a respite from the winter’s bluegrass isolation at a “first class” indoor resort, for what many think of [...]

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Randy Barnes leaving Josh Williams Band

| October 11, 2012 | 2 Comments
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Josh Williams has announced on Facebook that one of the original members of his band is moving on. “In a business where change is inevitable, the time has come to make a personnel change within the Josh Williams Band. After nearly 3 years of serving [...]

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Carolina Moonrise from Jim Lauderdale

| September 19, 2012 | 2 Comments
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Jim Lauderdale is set to release his 21st recording on September 25, a new bluegrass album called Carolina Moonrise. Like his previous grass projects, Jim has again teamed up with Randy Kohrs, who produced and engineered, and also provided reso-guitar. And like Jim’s most recent prior [...]

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Josh Williams goes above and beyond

| May 17, 2012 | 1 Comment

If you’ve ever wondered how Josh Williams has won the hearts of so many bluegrass fans, this video from last weekend’s Doyle Lawson Bluegras Festival in Denton, NC may help you understand. Saturday evening, after Josh closed out the show and the sound crew had [...]

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Welcome Ivy McKendree

| April 16, 2012 | 0 Comments
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Jason McKendree, banjo picker with The Josh Williams Band, and his lovely wife Carolyn, are celebrating the birth of their first child, Ivy Kathryn Elizabeth McKendree. Ivy was born on Sunday (4/15/12) at 5:12 p.m., weighing in at 5 lb, 7 oz, and standing a full 18” [...]

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Josh Williams Band live online

| April 15, 2012 | 0 Comments
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The folks at Music City Roots, who broadcast live every Wednesday evening from Nashville’s Loveless Barn, also have been filming live sets from the legendary Station Inn. These live sets are also streamed live, but on an irregular schedule. Earlier this month, an entire evening of [...]

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Josh’s little birdie wows ‘em in Japan

| March 8, 2012 | 0 Comments
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I wondered recently what events might have conspired to take the now famous video of Josh Williams and his feathered friend into true viral status. Shot by pure chance by Ted Lehmann at the Doyle Lawson festival during the summer of 2011, it has crossed [...]

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